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International AIDS Conference hears how drugs, sex and HIV interlock
Two sessions at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington looked at the way injecting drug use, recreational drug use and unsafe sex interlock to multiply HIV risk, and how new outbreaks of injecting drug use continue to spawn localised HIV epidemics. Read more here.
South African study finds most women disclose HIV status to family, but far fewer to sexual partners
A study of HIV-positive people in the high-prevalence area of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa shows that a high proportion of people disclosed their HIV status to family members, generally immediately after diagnosis, but fewer disclosed their HIV status to partners.Findings from the study were reported at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012)in Washington.
Support for new smoking regulations
A number of public health organisations yesterday (Wednesday) came out in support of the new smoking regulations proposed by the Ministry of Health.
Catching children before they fall
What is desperately needed are the drugs that will keep HIV-positive children alive from birth to the age of three. By Stephen Lewis
How lack of funding affects AIDS programmes Living with AIDS # 525
New United Nations data shows great gains in AIDS treatment coverage, but countries most affected by the AIDS epidemic continue to struggle to place enough people on treatment, mainly due to cuts in donor funding.
Vitamin D may help smokers’€™ lungs
Lung function may decline slower in smokers with sufficient vitamin D levels compared to smokers who are vitamin D deficient. This is according to a recent report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
UNAIDS and PEPFAR spotlight global progress in eliminating new HIV infections among children
WASHINGTON '€” Speaking at a satellite session today at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), commended countries and their international partners for recent progress in preventing new HIV infections among children and saving mothers'€™ lives.
Mental illness tied to cancer risk
People with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder 2.6 times increased risk of developing cancer, according to a recent study in Psychiatric Services.
Leadership key in getting people to protect against HIV
Leadership is key in influencing people to protectthemselves against HIV, according to the latest HIV Communication Survey released yesterday (24 July).
Most women return to work after breast cancer
Women who worked before a breast cancer diagnosis often return to their normal job routine after treatment, a study in Swedish women found.
First-ever study of HIV treatment policies in 23 countries
Washington '€“ A first-of-its-kind study released today by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) maps progress across 23 countries on HIV treatment strategies, tools and policies needed to increase treatment scale-up. The results show that governments have made improvements to get better antiretroviral treatment (ART) to more people, but implementation of innovative community-based strategies is lagging in some countries.
Health-e board member addresses world AIDS Conference with Elton John
Washington DC - "I play before capacity crowds and get an awful sense of fulfillment from that. But the emotion cannot compare to listening to Florence this morning," so said Sir Elton John at a Congressional Global Aids breakfast meeting he hosted yesterday in the Kennedy Caucus Room in partnership with UNAIDS.
Family planning key in maternal health outcomes
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says it'€™s time that the country focuses on family planning programmes to reduce the scourge of maternal and child mortality. The minister was speaking at the opening of a new health facility whose primary purpose is child and maternal health.
SA TB trial brings hope of faster, cheaper treatment
A TB drug combination that killed 99 percent of patients'€™ bacteria in two weeks could cure TB in record time and cut treatment costs by 90 percent.