The Positive Report

Life-Saving HIV Treatment - Patent Pool Animation

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:36:00 +0000

Three problems stopping people from getting the HIV drugs they need, and one solution to the problem. Join the push for the Patent Pool. One way we can help the millions of people around the world who need treatment for HIV but aren't getting it.

HIV Ban Lifted

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:21:00 +0000

History was made at JFK Thursday. A Dutch citizen is one of the first HIV positive foreigners to be allowed to enter the United States in almost two dozen years... After the Obama administration lifted a 22-year old ban Monday that kept students, tourists, refugees and would-be adopted children with the virus out of the country. Ida Siegal has the story.

President Obama Signs Ryan White HIV/AIDS Act

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:47:00 +0000

The President talks about the legacy of Ryan White as he reauthorizes the landmark bill named in his honor that helps provide medical treatment to more than half a million Americans living with HIV/AIDS. October 30, 2009. (Public Domain)

World AIDS Day 2009 - SAVE A LIFE

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:13:00 +0000

World AIDS Day 2009 is December 1st. Help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS to the next generation through mother-child transmission. http://bit.ly/WorldAIDSDay2009

HIV Peer Group Workshop, Nepal Red Cross Society

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:25:00 +0000

As part of the Nepal Red Cross Society HIV awareness programme the Surkhet District Chapter sponsors peer education workshops on HIV and AIDS awareness. This short video captures one segment of a workshop of married women openly discussing the causes of HIV and how to prevent it. The HIV programme in partially funded by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies through the generous contributions of its members like the Swedish Red Cross.

UNICEF: Outreach to Zimbabwe children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:09:00 +0000

GOROMONZI DISTRICT, Zimbabwe, Lillian's father died in 2004 due to complications from AIDS. Her mother, unable to cope, abandoned the family a few days later.

After their mother left, Lillian and her siblings joined their six cousins, whose mothers had already died from AIDS-related illnesses. Their 80-year-old grandmother was suddenly left responsible for the care of nine orphaned children.

Unfortunately, Lillian's life mirrors that of many Zimbabwean girls her age -- children being looked after by ailing grandparents. There are at least 1.1 million children (and possibly as many as 1.6 million) who have lost one or both parents to AIDS in the country.

As part of The Government of Zimbabwe's National Plan of Action (NPA) for orphans and vulnerable children, UNICEF is embarking on a massive programme to improve the health, education, protection and nutrition of the country's orphans and vulnerable children.

UNICEF: Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission in Zambia

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:05:00 +0000

Leading global health experts, policy makers and parliamentarians will gather in South Africa for Countdown to 2015 -- a conference on child and maternal mortality. This is one in a series of related stories.

LUAPULA PROVINCE, Zambia, 16 April 2008 -- For the past eight months, 34-year-old Regina, a mother in Zambia's Luapula Province, has been waiting anxiously for the final test results that will decide her daughter's future. It is possible that her child may test positive for HIV.

Regina's local clinic runs a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme. By providing both the mother and newborn child with doses of the antiretroviral drug Neviropene, the programme can reduce the chance of the virus being transmitted to her child.

"During childbirth, they gave me and my baby Neviropene, and because of that I hope that my baby will be HIV-negative," said Regina.

Emily Oster Flips Our Thinking on AIDS in Africa

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:42:00 +0000

Emily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches a stunning conclusion: Everything we know about the spread of HIV on the continent is wrong.

Her Harvard doctoral thesis took on famed economist Amartya Sen and his claim that 100 million women were statistically missing from the developing world. He blamed misogynist medical care and outright sex-selective abortion for the gap, but Oster pointed to data indicating that in countries where Hepetitis B infections were higher, more boys were born. Through her unorthodox analysis of medical data, she accounted for 50% of the missing girls.Full bio and more links

Hopes Grow for AIDS Vaccine: Nobel Winner Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:33:00 +0000

Recent trials showing strides in reducing HIV infection have bolstered hopes for finding a vaccine to AIDS, Nobel Prize winner Françoise Barré-Sinoussi said on Monday at the opening of an international conference on the issue.

A Breakthrough Vaccine for HIV

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:20:00 +0000

NBC's Robert Bazell talks about the new experimental vaccine for HIV. The trial was done in Thailand and results show that the vaccine can lower chances for infection by more than 30%.

HIV Awareness

owengeronimo@gmail.com (Owen Geronimo) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:27:00 +0000

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The Positive Report

Life-Saving HIV Treatment - Patent Pool Animation

HIV Ban Lifted

President Obama Signs Ryan White HIV/AIDS Act

World AIDS Day 2009 - SAVE A LIFE

HIV Peer Group Workshop, Nepal Red Cross Society

UNICEF: Outreach to Zimbabwe children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

UNICEF: Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission in Zambia

Emily Oster Flips Our Thinking on AIDS in Africa

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