AIDS 2010 Daily Reports

MedPage Today Examines Recent Developments, Trials Underway In HIV Prevention

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:40:10 GMT

MedPage Today examines recent HIV prevention developments, in a 2010 year in review piece, beginning with the announcement at the International AIDS Conference in July that a microbicide gel used by women before and after sex reduced HIV infection by 39 percent.

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:03:00 GMT

Reuters Examines Development Progress Of Microbicide Gel To Prevent HIV

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:42:36 GMT

Reuters reports that the developers of a vaginal microbicide gel containing the antiretroviral tenofovir which has been found to reduce "HIV infections in women by 39 percent," said that during meetings last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted fast track approval designation to the gel, which expedites the review of drugs by the agency.

Scientific American Features Series On HIV/AIDS: Prevention Strategies, MSM, IDUs

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:31:38 GMT

A Scientific American series examines how recent scientific advances can guide future efforts to thwart HIV/AIDS and also looks at the epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) and injecting drug users (IDUs).

Also In Global Health News: IDUs In Kenya; Haiti Recovery; Pandemic Preparedness; Somalia Hunger; HIV In Mozambique; Strengthening Immune System Against HIV

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:57:00 GMT

CQ Weekly Reports On Advocates' Response To Obama Administration's Domestic, Global HIV/AIDS Efforts

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:56:08 GMT

CQ Weekly examines how HIV/AIDS advocates are "[i]Increasingly dissatisfied with [President Barack] Obama's approach, both at home and abroad." According to the article, some advocates say that Obama and congressional Democrats "have failed to show the political will and marshal the necessary resources" to fight HIV/AIDS.

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:01:35 GMT

Kaiser Family Foundation/CSIS Forum Reviews AIDS 2010, Looks Ahead To AIDS 2012

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Last month's 18th International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 in Vienna, Austria will be remembered as the first since the global economic downturn, the growing recognition of treatment as part of prevention and acknowledgement of the importance of human rights in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS experts said Thursday during a panel discussion in Washington, D.C. A webcast of the event is available now online.

Also In Global Health News: Kenya Approves Constitution; Angola Vaccinates Against Polio; Misoprostol In Kenya; Preventing HIV In IDUs

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:12:47 GMT

Opinions: AIDS 2010; Clean Water, Sanitation; Russia's HIV/AIDS Epidemic; Financial Tax; Medical Abortion In Developing Countries

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:17:45 GMT

Also In Global Health News: Meningitis Vaccine; Women And HIV/AIDS Response; Rain Hits West Africa; AIDS 2010

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:07:00 GMT

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Opinions: IDUs And HIV; AIDS 2010; International Violence Against Women Act

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:04:40 GMT

AIDS 2010 Follow-Up Coverage: Global HIV/AIDS Funding; HIV/AIDS Studies, Releases

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:11:00 GMT

Media outlets continued to reflect on news from the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, which attracted over 19,000 participants from 193 countries to Vienna last week, according to the conference blog.

New York Times Examines Questions Left Unanswered By Microbicide Trial

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:05:42 GMT

The New York Times examines a set of questions raised by news out of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 last week that a microbicide gel containing the antiretroviral (ARV) tenofovir used by women before and after sex helped reduce their risk of HIV infection by 39 percent.

Global Fund Director Calls On Emerging Countries To Invest More In Programs To Reduce HIV/AIDS, TB And Malaria At AIDS 2010

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:27:59 GMT

On the final day of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 Friday, Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria called upon "China, India and other fast-growing economies" to chip in to help close the funding gap in efforts to battle HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports. "Until now, these countries have been recipients of AIDS funds, not donors," the news service writes.

AIDS 2010 Opinions: U.S. Funding for Global HIV/AIDS Programs; Empowering Women, Girls In Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:13:20 GMT

AIDS 2010: Obama, Clinton Vow U.S. Support To Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

During the closing ceremonies of the International AIDS Confernce-AIDS 2010, President Barack Obama "on Friday pledged to redouble efforts to fight HIV and AIDS through his Global Health Initiative, despite dealing with economic hard times in the wake of a global recession," Reuters reports. According to the news service, "Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said their focus was on a broad, sustainable and effective approach to the global epidemic" (Kelland, 7/23).

AIDS 2010 Recent Releases

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:22:03 GMT

AIDS 2010 Webcasts

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:08:34 GMT

AIDS 2010 Media Analysis

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:56:00 GMT

Ahead of the final day of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 on Friday, a New York Times analysis piece reports that growing concerns over funding for HIV/AIDS have dominated the focus of the conference. According to the newspaper, this has affected "organizers' efforts to get publicity for the Vienna Declaration, which calls for drug users to be spared arrest and offered clean needles, methadone and treatment if they have AIDS."

AIDS 2010 Interviews

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:13:49 GMT

AIDS 2010 Opinions

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:06:00 GMT

AIDS 2010 Interviews

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

AIDS 2010: Halving HIV/TB Co-infection Deaths; Financial Transaction Tax Discussed, And More

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:56:00 GMT

UNAIDS and the Stop TB Partnership joined together on Thursday at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 in Vienna, Austria, with the goal of preventing 200,000 deaths annually from HIV and tuberculosis co-infection, Agence France-Presse reports. TB is the number one killer of people living with HIV/AIDS (Ingham, 7/22).

AIDS 2010 Studies, Releases: Criminalization, Discrimination Of High-Risk Groups; Test-And-Treat; UNAIDS Launches HIV Prevention Commission

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:30:34 GMT

The criminalization of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people in Asia is holding back efforts to contain HIV/AIDS in the region, according to a report presented Wednesday by the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) and Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, VOA News reports. The report "linked the criminalization of homosexual behavior to an increase in the infection rate of HIV and AIDS in Asia," the news service writes (Dewan, 7/21).

AIDS 2010 Webcasts Now Available

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:13:00 GMT

AIDS 2010: Advocates March In Vienna For Human Rights Of HIV/AIDS Patients

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:36:00 GMT

Thousands of HIV/AIDS advocates "marched through Vienna's city centre on Tuesday evening, demanding more respect for human rights in the fight against HIV," Agence France-Presse reports.

AIDS 2010 Studies, Releases: PMTCT, Treating Children, Male Circumcision; National Prevention Programs; IDUs

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:27:00 GMT

"In parts of Africa, only about half of babies born to mothers with HIV receive the HIV prevention drug nevirapine," according to a study published Wednesday, HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report reports.

AIDS 2010 Interviews

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:33:00 GMT

AIDS 2010 Opinions: U.S. AIDS Funding; Human Rights And HIV; Invest In Primary Care; Microbicide Gel's Possibilities

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:47:31 GMT

AIDS 2010 Webcasts Now Available

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:32:00 GMT

AIDS 2010: Study Finds Microbicide Containing HIV Drug Lowers Infection Risk In Women By 39%

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

A gel containing Gilead's HIV drug tenofovir has been shown to "reduce HIV infections in women," according to a study unveiled at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, Reuters reports (7/19).

AIDS 2010: Number Of HIV-Positive Patients On ARVs Grew To 5.2M In 2009 With 10M Still In Need, WHO Says

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:04:00 GMT

"The number of HIV-positive people receiving antiretroviral drugs [ARVs] for their infections jumped by more than a quarter in 2009, growing from 4 million to 5.2 million, the World Health Organization said Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna," the Los Angeles Times reports (7/19).

AIDS 2010 Webcasts Now Available

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:01:00 GMT

AIDS 2010 Interviews

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:22:41 GMT

Opinions: AIDS Vaccine And Cure; China's Role In The Global Fund; Child Marriage Prevention Act; Gorbachev On Safe Water

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:18:00 GMT

AIDS 2010 Opens: Leaders Weigh In On Global HIV/AIDS Funding; Clinton, Gates On Efficiency

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

The six-day International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 kicked off Sunday in Vienna, Austria "amid resurgent fears that advances in the 29-year war against the disease were threatened by a slump in funding," Agence France-Presse reports.

AIDS 2010 Studies, Releases: Treating HIV-Positive Patients With ARVs Drove Down Number Of New HIV Infections, Study Finds

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:21:00 GMT

"Treating HIV patients with cocktails of AIDS drugs helps to stop them spreading the infection further and more than halved the number of new HIV diagnoses in a study in Canada, scientists said on Sunday," Reuters reports.

AIDS 2010 Webcasts Now Available

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:52:00 GMT

AIDS 2010 Interviews

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:44:00 GMT

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:52:00 GMT

Study Examines HIV-Positive Patients' Death Risk At CD4 Counts Above 350

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:08:00 GMT

"Having HIV appears to be associated with a greater risk of death, even when the immune system is relatively robust and patients have not started treatment," according to a study published Friday in the Lancet, MedPage Today reports (Smith, 7/15).

Early HIV Treatment Reduces Death, Likelihood Of TB, Study Finds

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:10:46 GMT

"Early treatment for HIV cuts patients' risk of death by about 75 percent," according to a study conducted in Haiti and published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. The study also demonstrated that "early antiretroviral treatment reduces the likelihood of tuberculosis, a leading cause of death among HIV patients, by 50 percent," the news service writes (Aquino, 7/14).

Bill Gates Emphasizes Need For Increased Efficiency In HIV Prevention, Treatment Programs

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:59:00 GMT

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "urged governments and health advocates Tuesday to 'get more out of every dollar' in the fight against AIDS, saying the global economic downturn has hit funding for the disease," Agence France-Presse reports.

New HIV Treatment Strategy Could Reduce HIV-Related Deaths By 10M In 15 Years, UNAIDS Says

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:58:00 GMT

UNAIDS on Tuesday outlined a new strategy, called "Treatment 2.0," to simplify the provision of HIV treatment and improve global access to antiretrovirals (ARVs), Reuters reports. The agency says the plan could prevent up to 10 million AIDS-related deaths by 2025 and reduce the number of new HIV infections annually by up to one million, if all people in need receive treatment, according to the news service.

Also In Global Health News: Ill Russian Prisoners; Afghan Drug Users Risk Awareness; China's AIDS Activists Face Pressure; Foreign Aid Documentary; World Bank Africa Strategy

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:32:00 GMT

U.N. Report Released Ahead Of International AIDS Conference: HIV Prevalence Drops Among Young Africans

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:48:00 GMT

The number of new HIV infections among young people in Africa is falling in most of the "25 countries hardest hit by the virus," according to a report released Tuesday by UNAIDS, the Associated Press reports.

Opinions: Haitian Rebuilding; Nuclear State Vaccine Initiatives; HIV Rights Abuses In China; HIV Vaccine

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:47:23 GMT

Also In Global Health News: HIV/AIDS In Ukraine; Implementing WHO HIV/AIDS Guidelines; Interview With World Bank HIV/AIDS Chief; Biotechnology For Food Security

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:18:57 GMT

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:09:00 GMT

Discovery Of Antibodies That Kill More Than 90% Of HIV Viruses Gives New Hope For Vaccine

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:59:00 GMT

"An effective vaccine against the AIDS virus may have moved one step closer to reality, researchers said Thursday," the Los Angeles Times reports. "Federal researchers have identified a pair of naturally occurring antibodies that are able to kill more than 90% of all strains of the AIDS virus, a finding they say could lead to the development of new treatments for HIV infections and to the production of the first successful vaccine against the virus" (Maugh, 7/9).

Media Outlets Examine Efforts To Tackle HIV/AIDS Worldwide

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:52:00 GMT

Ahead of the International AIDS Conference, set for July 18-23 in Vienna, Austria, Reuters features an interview with Gottfried Hirnschall, the WHO's director of HIV/AIDS, who speaks of the need for current funds for the global HIV/AIDS programs to be used more efficiently to achieve universal access to treatment for all HIV/AIDS patients.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Presses Obama Administration On PEPFAR Funding

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:25:39 GMT

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), "[t]he largest global AIDS organization[,] accused the Obama administration and Congress on Friday of falling short on promised funding and oversight in the worldwide fight against the epidemic," The Hill's "Healthwatch" blog reports.

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:12:00 GMT

Also In Global Health News: Drought In Thailand; $2M To Trinidad And Tobago For HIV; Cultural Debate In Uganda HIV Prevention; Infectious Disease And IQ

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:40:01 GMT

Also In Global Health News: India's Right To Information Law; Flu Treatment Study; Haiti Food Aid; U.S. Commits $88M To Zambia; Measles In Africa

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:26:00 GMT

Also In Global Health News: Bahamas HIV Money; Zambian Health Ministry Corruption; U.N. Women's Body; U.S. Flu Emergency Declaration Expires

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:49:00 GMT

Ahead Of International AIDS Conference, Health Experts Call For Scientifically-Based Drug Policies

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:44:00 GMT

Ahead of the International AIDS Conference, scheduled to kick off July 18, health experts on Monday called for a rethinking of international drug policies to incorporate greater scientific evidence and increase access to HIV prevention, treatment and care, the Associated Press reports (6/28).

Recent Releases In Global Health

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:18:00 GMT

Also In Global Health News: South Africa TB Study; Plight Of Widows; Africa Invests In Science; Global Fund Money To Indonesia

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:11:00 GMT

Nurse-Monitored ART Found To Be As Safe, Effective As Therapy Monitored By Doctors In South African Trial

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:03:30 GMT

"HIV drugs can be administered as effectively by nurses as by doctors, a finding that could yield major benefits in the fight against AIDS in Africa," according to a study published online Wednesday in the Lancet, Agence France-Presse reports.