Full Coverage: AIDS

29.07.2005 RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 28 (IPS) - The tragic situation in Africa has led AIDS researchers to ignore the realities of other regions of the world, including Latin America, local activists stressed at the end of a major international conference held here this week.

26.07.2005 The International AIDS Society conference meets this week in Brazil. With prevention one of the Millennium Development Goals and a focal point of the ONE campaign, SciDev.net offers exclusive perspectives on HIV/AIDS research from the South and experts in the field, as well as the latest news in the search for a cure.

22.07.2005 Some 65,000 HIV-positive Ugandans are now on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, achieving the government's 2005 target six months ahead of schedule. The government attributed the success to international support and promised that if more resources continued to come into the country, Uganda could triple the number of people accessing ARVs by the end of 2006.

20.07.2005 A new UNAIDS report - ON THE FRONT LINE A review of policies and programmes to address AIDS among peacekeepers and uniformed services - encourages stronger international cooperation to develop long-term strategies for HIV prevention, testing and counseling, and HIV treatment for personnel deployed in international peacekeeping operations as well as national uniformed services.

18.07.2005 O acordo do Ministério da Saúde com a Abbott, fabricante de um dos remédios que compõem o coquetel distribuídos para pacientes com AIDS, não agradou à Rede Brasileira pela Integração dos Povos. Em nota pública, a organização se disse frustrada com o acordo.

14.07.2005 JOHANNESBURG, Jul 14 (IPS) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela and United States First Lady Laura Bush campaigned in two South African cities this week against the spread of AIDS.

12.07.2005 Le downtown eastside de Vancouver compte un nombre très élevé de toxicomanes, soit environ 4 000 selon les estimations. Dans cette partie de la ville, trente pour cent des toxicomanes sont séropositifs, et on estime que 90 % d'entre eux sont infectés par le virus de l'hépatite C.

En guise de première étape vers l'amélioration de la santé des toxicomanes, une équipe de recherche a mené une étude préliminaire de trois mois sur les attitudes par rapport à l'acupuncture et les effets de celle-ci dans deux contextes communautaires.

12.07.2005 The Iranian government is handing out cheap needles and methadone treatment to heroin addicts in an attempt to prevent the spread of AIDS.

12.07.2005 In Nigeria, health services are delivered mainly by faith-based organizations who also shape cultural norms and beliefs that influence sexual behavior. The Center for Development and Population Activities is engaging religious leaders to counter denial and misinformation on HIV/AIDS, explains the group's president in this digital postcard from Nigeria.

08.07.2005 G8 leaders' commitments to universal access to AIDS treatment could be undermined by lack of funds, a campaign group warned today.

08.07.2005 In response to the urgent need for action to reduce the growing numbers of HIV infections, UNAIDS has approved a new policy approach to intensify HIV prevention. This policy position paper outlines essential principles, policy and programmatic actions that are needed to get ahead of the HIV epidemic.

06.07.2005 More than 40 million people with HIV could be at risk if the target to get universal access to drugs is struck off the G8 communiqué, as rumours suggest.

04.07.2005 With SaturdayÂ’s international line-up of Live 8 concerts, the Christian Science Monitor decided to find out what Westerners and Africans really know about each other. It quickly became evident the two groups have different priorities--and a different understanding of what all the Live 8 fuss is about.

03.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 3 (OneWorld) - Efforts to fight the ravages of African poverty and global warming have yielded heavy symbolism in the run up to next week's summit of leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) dominant countries. Activists and analysts alike questioned whether the leaders would come away from the talks with just that: symbolism.

01.07.2005 Wednesday's report on the world's effort to provide AIDS treatment to all those in need shows the project to be a monumental success, said Stephen Lewis, Kofi Annan's straight-talking envoy for AIDS in Africa. While the goal of reaching three million people by the end of this year will not be met, Lewis believes the initiative "has unleashed an irreversible momentum for treatment."