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AIDS experts at Johns Hopkin disproves theory of defective virus

AIDS experts at Johns Hopkin disproves theory of defective virus

   Rare Case In A Baltimore Couple Explains Why Some Infected With HIV Remain Symptom Free For Years Without Antiretroviral Drugs Finding renews promise of vaccine against AIDS; disproves theory of defective virus

Posted : Thu, Aug 14, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Hope: an overlooked tool in the battle against HIV/AIDS

Hope: an overlooked tool in the battle against HIV/AIDS

   The links between HIV transmission and the degree to which people are able to adopt realistic plans to achieve future projects, in other words, hope, have been overlooked in policies to tackle HIV/AIDS.

Posted : Fri, Aug 08, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

UNICEF Executive Director in Mexico for International AIDS Conference

UNICEF Executive Director in Mexico for International AIDS Conference

   UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman is in Mexico City on the last leg of a twelve day, three-country mission. She is leading the UNICEF delegation to the 17th International AIDS Conference.

Posted : Wed, Aug 06, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

WHO launches new HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access

WHO launches new HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access

   Today, at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support.

Posted : Wed, Aug 06, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Global AIDS Legislation

Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Global AIDS Legislation

   Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening in support of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde Global Leadership Against HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

USAID Announces New Mission Director to Regional Mission in Ukraine

USAID Announces New Mission Director to Regional Mission in Ukraine

   The Acting Deputy Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), James Kunder, today administered the oath of office to Janina Jaruzelski as Mission Director for the USAID Regional Mission in Ukraine.

Posted : Sun, Jul 20, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

UNICEF Rushing Emergency Relief to Children in Sichuan

UNICEF Rushing Emergency Relief to Children in Sichuan

   First hand reports indicate surviving children without food, water, shelter

Posted : Sat, May 17, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

Monitoring AIDS treatment by physical symptoms is effective

Monitoring AIDS treatment by physical symptoms is effective

   Result is almost as good as therapies based on advanced laboratory tests, a new study finds

Posted : Mon, Apr 28, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Leading HIV Researchers to Collaborate on Vaccine Development

Leading HIV Researchers to Collaborate on Vaccine Development

   Two global research organizations dedicated to designing a vaccine against HIV - the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI)

Posted : Sat, Apr 19, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

UNICEF and Family Health International Expand PMTCT Services in Zambia Province

UNICEF and Family Health International Expand PMTCT Services in Zambia Province

   Family Health International (FHI) and UNICEF have joined forces to provide quality services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) to women and children in one of Zambia's most remote provinces, Luapula.

Posted : Sat, Mar 29, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and NCHADS Partnership Adds 8th Cambodian AIDS Treatment Center in Kirivong

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and NCHADS Partnership Adds 8th Cambodian AIDS Treatment Center in Kirivong

   AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, is honored to announce the partnership between the Cambodian Government and AHF and the start of its collaborative AIDS treatment center in Cambodia.

Posted : Thu, Feb 14, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Newly Approved HIV Drug Shows Great Promise

Newly Approved HIV Drug Shows Great Promise

   The AIDS Institute, a national public policy research, advocacy, and education organization, is encouraged with the FDA's approval of the first new non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) in nearly a decade.

Posted : Thu, Jan 31, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Dell and Microsoft Launch (PRODUCT) RED Branded Products to Help Eliminate AIDS in Africa

Dell and Microsoft Launch (PRODUCT) RED Branded Products to Help Eliminate AIDS in Africa

   Dell and Microsoft Corp. will offer customers a simple way to make a difference in the fight against AIDS in Africa through the purchase of unique (PRODUCT) RED branded personal computers and a printer.

Posted : Sat, Jan 26, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

WHO Executive Board opens on optimistic note

WHO Executive Board opens on optimistic note

   The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) began its twice-yearly session today on an optimistic note with a report highlighting progress in many areas of public health

Posted : Wed, Jan 23, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Children's voices important in climate change discussions

Children's voices important in climate change discussions

   Two days after the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to environmental experts, UNICEF has released a publication that outlines the concerns of children and youth about climate change.

Posted : Sat, Dec 15, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Efforts on child-appropriate medicines intensify

Efforts on child-appropriate medicines intensify

   Efforts to ensure children have better access to medicines appropriate for them intensified today with the unveiling of a new research and development agenda by WHO.

Posted : Sat, Dec 08, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Pelosi Statement on World AIDS Day

Pelosi Statement on World AIDS Day

   Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on World AIDS Day.

Posted : Sat, Dec 01, 2007

Category : World-Business / Politics News

Low Vitamin D Linked to Higher Risk of Hip Fracture

Low Vitamin D Linked to Higher Risk of Hip Fracture

   Women with low levels of vitamin D have an increased risk of hip fracture, according to a study led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health presented this week at the 29th annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Posted : Fri, Sep 21, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

New Antibiotic Drug Combo To Speed Up Treatment Of Tuberculosis

New Antibiotic Drug Combo To Speed Up Treatment Of Tuberculosis

   A team of tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins and in Brazil have evidence that substituting the antibiotic moxifloxacin in the regimen of drugs used to treat the highly contagious form of lung disease could dramatically shorten the time needed to cure the illness from six months to four.

Posted : Wed, Sep 19, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Far too many children still at risk of malnutrition in Niger

Far too many children still at risk of malnutrition in Niger

   On the onset of the lean season, when communities are most vulnerable, still too many children are at risk of malnutrition. The response put in place has proven to be efficient for thousands of children, but needs to be scaled up to benefit every child in need.

Posted : Wed, Aug 01, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News
 
 
 
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