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White physicians slower to prescribe HIV medications for African-Americans than for whites
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 05 04
A new UCLA study shows that African-American HIV patients treated by white doctors receive life-saving HIV medication less than those who have an African-American…
Drug Therapy Delayed for Blacks With HIV
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 03 04
White doctors routinely delay treatment of HIV-positive black patients, a new finding that adds to a growing body of research that suggests a…
Studies Show HIV Rising Among Migrant Workers
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 02 04
Two new studies have found that HIV infections are rising at a significant rate among migrant Mexican workers.
A study of 600 migrant workers…
Muslim Clerics Help Raise HIV/AIDS Awareness
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 29 04
Kyrgyz organizations are increasingly joining forces to achieve progress in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Earlier this year, the Kyrgyz Football Federation began…
Drug side-effects place treatment scale up at risk, says Ugandan HIV expert
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 28 04
One of Africa’s leading HIV doctors says that efforts to scale up antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa risk being undermined by inadequate preparation throughout…
AIDS fund head warns of 2005 funding crunch
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 28 04
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, battling a shortfall in funding from donors, faces a critical year in 2005, its executive…
Aids warning over bushmeat trade
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 26 04
An Aids-like virus has been found in African hunters who have eaten ape meat which is being sold illegally in the UK.
A leading…
S. Africa AIDS group drops legal case on drug delays
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 25 04
South Africa’s main AIDS treatment lobby group has dropped a court case against the government demanding it reveal target dates for the rollout of…
Asia-Pacific Region Risks ‘AIDS Crisis’, UNAIDS Says
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 20 04
The Asia-Pacific region risks an “AIDS crisis similar in scale to Africa’s” unless national governments and regional institutions “step up” efforts to fight HIV/AIDS,…
Uganda opens Africa’s biggest AIDS training center
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 20 04
The biggest HIV/AIDS training center in sub-Saharan Africa opened in Uganda Wednesday with officials hopeful it will significantly boost the continent’s ability to fight…
China to scrutinise blood sellers for AIDS
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 13 04
China is to launch a nationwide survey of people who sold their blood in the 1990s as it tries to track down HIV/AIDS victims,…
Beijing to Install Condom Machines to Fight AIDS
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 11 04
Beijing will install about 1,000 condom vending machines in hotels, bars, universities and on construction sites in the Chinese capital this month to fight…
HIV hot spots persist in rural Florida
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 06 04
A new survey of the first US community in which heterosexual sex was shown to be the main way HIV was transmitted has found…
Apartheid gov’t had AIDS plan for South Africa
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 04 04
South Africa’s last white government had a detailed plan to fight AIDS but it was ignored by the country’s new black rulers because it…
Mobile phones keep track of HIV treatments
• AIDS/HIV • Oct 03 04
South African researchers have developed a novel application for mobile phone technology that helps health workers monitor HIV patients with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus…
Needle exchange users take fewer HIV risks
• AIDS/HIV • Sep 28 04
Illicit injection drug users who take part in needle exchange programs are less likely than other injection drug users to engage in drug-related behaviors…
HIV infection disclosure to partner can vary
• AIDS/HIV • Sep 23 04
Whether or not HIV-infected intravenous drug users (IDUs) disclose their status to their sex partners depends on different factors, according to a report in…
Ugandan HIV/AIDS rate higher than thought: NGO
• AIDS/HIV • Sep 21 04
The rate of HIV/AIDS cases in Uganda, a country widely praised for its fight against the disease, may be nearly three times as high…
Experts warn of rising AIDS stats from East Europe
• AIDS/HIV • Sep 17 04
A lack of information and public funding is helping fuel the spread of HIV/AIDS in several recent European Union entrants and threatens to become…
Risky sex uncommon among HIV patients
• AIDS/HIV • Sep 16 04
The results of large study of US residents infected with HIV show that the majority of them refrain from sexual activities likely to spread…
HIV Scare - Health Workers Move Into Public Health Practice
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 30 04
Several clinicians are opting for public health courses and jobs to avoid bedside healthcare practice.
This is as a result of the HIV epidemic…
Counseling prevents STDs in those most at risk
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 19 04
Even a couple brief sessions with a counselor may help prevent cases of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among people at greatest risk,…
Brazil plans 3 billion free condoms for AIDS fight
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 11 04
Brazil intends to distribute 3 billion free condoms every year, mainly to the poor and young, in a bid to prevent the spread of…
U.S. OKs wrinkle-filler for HIV patients
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 03 04
HIV patients who suffer from facial wasting will be able to treat sunken cheeks, hollow eyes and other signs of the virus with a…
Helping teens in HIV-affected families pays off
• AIDS/HIV • Aug 03 04
For adolescents whose parents have HIV, programs designed to help them cope with a parent’s illness may improve their own health and well-being, California…