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WHO says Cambodia can end HIV infections by 2020

Cambodia is on track to become one of the few countries in the world to successfully reverse its HIV epidemic and may eliminate new infections by 2020, the World Health Organization said Friday.

HIV & AIDS created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Self-collection of samples for HPV testing shows promise in detection of cervical cancer in Kenya

In Kenya, women face a cervical cancer mortality rate that is approximately 10 times as high as in the United States. A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that training women ...

Cancer created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Give needles, condoms to inmates to curb HIV, experts urge

Giving inmates drug substitution treatment, needles and condoms are key ways to help curb addiction and HIV infection in European jails, experts say, calling on authorities to change their approach to prison health care.

HIV & AIDS created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing

New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients' HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with e ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More S.African pregnant women contracting HIV, study reports

A new study on Monday showed increased HIV infection rates among pregnant women living in areas with high migrant labour in South Africa, the country with one of the world's highest caseloads.

HIV & AIDS created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HIV/AIDS: Studies shed light on benefits of enhancing links to primary care and services in jail settings and beyond

(Medical Xpress)—More than nine million people are admitted into U.S. jails every year, disrupting access to health care for the tens of thousands who are HIV positive.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

G.Bissau warns AIDS patients without treatment since coup

HIV-positive people in Guinea Bissau have been without access to treatment since the Global Fund to fight AIDS suspended funding over an April military coup, the west African nation's AIDS boss said Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers show cost-effectiveness of HIV testing in drug abuse treatment programs

Less than half of community-based substance abuse treatment programs in the United States currently make HIV testing available on-site or through referral. A new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College shows ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prevalence of TB, hepatitis C, HIV high among homeless

(HealthDay) -- The global prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis C virus infection, and HIV is high among homeless people, although significant heterogeneity is seen in prevalence estimates, according to a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

DC Female Condom program highly effective in preventing HIV infections

A new economic analysis, conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and featured in the current issue of Springer's journal AIDS and Behavior, showed that the DC Female Condom program, a public-private partne ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In developing countries, female sex workers 14 times more likely to become infected by HIV

Female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries are nearly 14 times more likely to be infected by HIV compared to the rest of country's population, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First findings released from Swaziland HIV incidence measurement survey announced at CROI 2012

The first findings from a nationally representative HIV survey were presented today at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2012) in Seattle, WA. The Swaziland HIV Incidence Measurement Survey ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oral supervised HIV self-testing in Malawi is acceptable and accurate

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Augustine Choko of the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Malawi and colleagues assess the uptake and accuracy of home-based supervised oral HIV self-testing in Mal ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Treating HIV sooner would save South African lives and money

If the South African government followed a recent recommendation by the World Health Organization to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected residents earlier in the progress of the disease, the policy shift would ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Higher HIV risk in black gay men linked to partner choice, risk perception

Young black men who have sex with men (MSM) get infected with HIV nearly five times more often than MSM from other races, even though they don't have more unprotected sex.

HIV & AIDS created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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