The annual Antenatal Survey of women attending public health facilities, which is designed to give general trends in HIV infection over time, shows that in 2006, there are pleasing signs of changes in the right direction even though HIV remains an important public health challenge in South Africa.
In the developing world the contribution of the ?ABC? message (abstinence, be faithful, use a condom) remains unknown. Programmes that exclusively encourage abstinence from sex do not seem to affect the risk of HIV infection in high income countries, finds a review of the evidence in this week?s BMJ.
Sexual abstinence only programs to prevent HIV infection in high income countries. Programmes that exclusively encourage abstinence from sex do not seem to affect the risk of HIV infection in high income countries, finds a review of the evidence in this week?s BMJ.
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.
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.
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.
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.