A trial in Zimbabwe has shown that a programme of integrated peer education, condom distribution, and management of sexually transmitted infections did not reduce the overall incidence of HIV-1.
HIV-positive men who have sex with men are up to 90 times more likely than the general population to develop anal cancer. Detection of precancerous changes (anal dysplasia) by anal cytology ? essentially an anal canal Pap smear ? is a relatively new procedure and one that has yet to enter standard practice.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), adolescents and young adults currently account for fifty percent of new HIV infections on an annual basis. As a result, ongoing research and information on HIV prevention has become a high priority for this age group.
HIV infection is on the rise in South Africa, and women continue to be most affected, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) said on Wednesday, reported by IRIN.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest HIV/AIDS healthcare and prevention and education provider, which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, today excoriated US drug giant, Abbott Laboratories for its heartless decision to blacklist the country of Thailand by withdrawing its new drugs? applications from that country?s government review process?a move which in essence deprives Thailand and its citizens of access to any new Abbott medications.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will team up with UNAIDS, UNICEF and the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 to highlight the situation of children and young people living with and affected by HIV.
A new method for analysis of retroviral proteins gives new opportunities to the development of novel retardants for HIV/Aids. The study, which was published in the March issue of PLoS Computational Biology, shows how to in a very exact way analyze the interaction of drug targets with small molecules.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced 60 U.S. and international institutions selected as HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) in a newly restructured system of six HIV/AIDS clinical research networks. NIAID expects to fund additional CTUs within the next several months, bringing the total to 73.
Scientists have highlighted for the first time the plight of the growing number of older children and adolescents living with undiagnosed HIV and AIDS in Africa.
In observance of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2007, Vivian Berryhill, president of the National Coalition of Pastors’ Spouses, issued the following statement urging women of all ages to be routinely tested for HIV: