HIV-positive people who say religion is an important part of their lives are likely to have fewer sexual partners and engage in high-risk sexual behavior less frequently than other people with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a study issued today by the RAND Corporation.
New Mexico now joins Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington in protecting medical marijuana patients from arrest.
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have been selected to participate in a collaborative initiative to develop a simple, affordable and rapid test to measure the immune systems of people infected with HIV/AIDS in developing countries. The four-year CD4 Initiative is conducted under the leadership of Imperial College London with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Health services in many developing countries are weak and there is a shortage of skilled health professionals. There is a need, therefore, to ensure that male circumcision services for HIV prevention do not unduly disrupt other health care programmes, including other HIV/AIDS interventions.
A new report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) shows that the fight against AIDS is being undermined by the requirement that most US funding to address sexual transmission of HIV go to abstinence-until-marriage programs.
A WHO background document will be used to help guide discussions and stir debate. The paper profiles eight issues linked to international health security, together with key points to focus the debate:
Members of the Confederation of Indian Industry would spend around Rs 100 crore in setting up 100 anti-retroviral treatment (ART) centres throughout the country for free treatment of HIV/AIDS patients.
In response to the urgent need to reduce the number of new HIV infections globally, WHO and the UNAIDS Secretariat convened an international expert consultation to determine whether male circumcision should be recommended for the prevention of HIV infection.
Political, business and opinion leaders are gathering in Singapore on 2 April for a global debate that will focus on the urgent need to improve international health security.
After visiting sex workers and slum dwellers in Mumbai to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS, Hollywood actress Ashley Judd has launched an Emergency Contraceptive (EC) programme here, in the presence of actor Akshay Kumar.