A study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers of girls and women who were sex-trafficked from Nepal to India and then repatriated has found that 38 percent were HIV positive.
In a study that could lead to new ways to prevent infection by human immunodeficiency virus and similar organisms, Purdue University researchers have been able to genetically modify a plant to halt reproduction of a related virus.
The effectiveness and value of an increasingly popular treatment used in the treatment of long term wounds are questioned in this month?s Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB)
International health volunteers make a small yet significant contribution in sub-Saharan Africa, according to research published in the online open access journal Human Resources for Health. Medical volunteer numbers remain low, and resources are shifting to local capacity building initiatives.
In this issue of CMAJ, 2 research groups report on the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in different inmate populations: people in provincial prisons in Quebec, and adult and young offenders admitted to remand facilities (jails, detention centres and youth centres) in Ontario.
An innovative employee mapping process developed by the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) will help ensure ambulance response is available in times of major emergencies, Health Minister George Abbott announced today.
Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced that it has submitted an application for marketing authorisation for TMC125 to the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA).
The rise in the number of Australian HIV cases in the past seven years is likely to be related to risky sexual behaviour in men having sex with men, according to work co-authored by UNSW researchers.
The World Bank today announced it will work with Jamaican authorities to prepare a Second HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project based on the current program?s successful performance and ratings.
Seeking to take the battle against AIDS to rural and semi-urban areas, the health ministry is finalising the preparation for flagging off a train that will reach out to 60,000 villages across the country.