HIV and AIDS

WHO 2008 Tuberculosis Report stresses importance of collaborative TB/HIV activities

According to UNAIDS there were an estimated 709,000 new HIV-positive TB cases globally in 2006. Africa accounts for 85 per cent of these cases. Implementation of interventions to reduce the burden of TB in HIV-positive people was far below the targets set in the Global Plan in 2006. This report from WHO calls for increased collaborative TB/HIV activities to ensure that HIV-positive TB patients are identified and treated appropriately and to prevent TB in HIV-positive people. Mechanisms for collaboration between TB and HIV programmes include the creation of coordinating bodies; joint TB/HIV planning, monitoring and evaluation and HIV surveillance. More here

HIV vaccine no closer after 20 years of research

Professor David Baltimore, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), said he believed that scientists are no closer to a HIV vaccine after 20 years of research. He told the AAAS annual conference that HIV’s ability to elude the immune system has defeated current medical knowledge leading many scientists to wonder whether it would be possible to create a vaccine in the future. More here

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Do cash transfers that do not specifically target HIV and AIDS patients reach more affected households?: ( B. Schubert;D. Webb;D. Temin / Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme , 2007); This paper analyses the degree to which social cash transfer schemes that do not explicitly target HIV and AIDS affected persons or households reach HIV and AIDS affected households. By comparing diff...
An overview of progress made in attaining the millennium development goals with regard to children: ( United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2007); This paper provides an overview on progress made in attaining the millennium development goals (MDGs) with regard to children....
An overview of palliative care models in sub-Saharan Africa: ( R. Harding;I. J. Higginson / The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund , 2004); This report offers an overview of existing palliative care models in sub-Saharan Africa. It analyses evidence from electronic biomedical databases and prepared reports. The paper finds that where avai...
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a new measure for measuring programme effectiveness: ( E.M. Stringer;B.H. Chi;N. Chintu / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2008); This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization proposes a new method for evaluating prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes. The authors suggest that HIV-...
Changes in sexual behaviour lead to spread of HIV in China: ( J. Watts / The Lancet , 2008); This report from The Lancet focuses on the spread of HIV in China. Findings show that heterosexual sex has overtaken intravenous drug use as the main route of HIV transmission, with many new cases ...