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Uzbekistan President Criminalizes Negligent AIDS Infection
Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov May 24 signed a bill amending the criminal code to make medical personnel criminally liable if they infect someone with AIDS through negligence or improper discharge of their duties.
KENYA: Counselors Face Burnout As National Testing Drive Presses on
The Kenyan government has won praise for a national door-to-door HIV testing drive that aims to test 80 percent of the population for HIV/AIDS by the end of 2010, but once-enthusiastic counselors are beginning to show signs of burnout.
Treatment First, Rape Case Number Later
Rape victims in South Africa will no longer need a case number before getting treatment at health institutions said Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Motsoaledi said when a rape victim arrives at a health institution, they won’t be asked to...
UCSF Study Finds Clinic-based HIV Prevention is Effective in Reducing Risk Behaviors
When they received risk assessment prevention counseling from their clinical providers, HIV patients showed a consistent decline in risky behavior over the 12-month study period. The researchers saw HIV patients cut almost in half their sexual risk behaviors:...
Community Acquired MRSA Infection Rates are 6 Times Greater in HIV Patients
A study, published in the April 1 issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, found the incidence of CA-MRSA in the Chicago area was six-fold higher among HIV-infected patients than it was among HIV-negative patients. Science Brief thanks to EurekAlert. Read...
Acne Drug Prevents HIV Breakout
Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and...
Venezuelan Researchers Claim a Cure for HIV/AIDS
VHeadline Venezuela News reports: Venezuelan researchers are claiming a cure for HIV/AIDS revealed at a conference given at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV) by Fundacite Guayana scientist Manuel Escobar who says a magnetic panel impregnated...
Bill Clinton Pledges Antiretroviral Treatment for an Extra 600,000 Children in Developing Countries
Visiting former US President, Bill Clinton on Sunday said his foundation will provide antiretroviral treatment for about 800,000 up from the 200,000 that are presently benefiting from the incentive in developing countries.
