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SWAZILAND: Torn Social Fabric Leaves Many Exposed

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 22, 2008 - 04:43
MBABANE, Sep 27 (IPS) - An abandoned straw hut slumps amidst overgrown bushes on a somewhat deserted homestead. Only a foot path leading past it indicates that the place is still occupied. Beside it is the mis-shapen tent that is Joseph Mathe's new home.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

U.S. Lags on HIV Testing Goals

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 21, 2008 - 07:00
Title: U.S. Lags on HIV Testing Goals
Category: Health News
Created: 11/21/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/21/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

CHILE: Achievements in AIDS Fight Marred by Irregularities

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 21, 2008 - 00:27
SANTIAGO, Oct 23 (IPS) - Irregularities like delays in notifying 25 people that they were HIV-positive, which led to the deaths of at least two of them, have cast a shadow on Chile's exemplary image in the field of AIDS prevention and treatment.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 20, 2008 - 07:00
Title: Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies
Category: Health News
Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Women Challenge King Mswati

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 20, 2008 - 03:15
MBABANE, Aug 27 (IPS) - Hard on the heels of the signing of the Gender Protocol at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state summit, Swazi women have challenged King Mswati III on the monarchy's lavish lifestyle in the face of abject poverty and disease.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

SOUTH AFRICA: Nurse Shortage Cripples Health System

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 19, 2008 - 12:56
CAPE TOWN, Sep 24 (IPS) - In the impoverished informal settlement of Du Noon, 20 kilometres north of Cape Town, sick residents rely on a single clinic staffed by six nurses to meet their health needs.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

Non-AIDS Cancer Risk Higher for Those With HIV

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 19, 2008 - 07:00
Title: Non-AIDS Cancer Risk Higher for Those With HIV
Category: Health News
Created: 11/19/2008 8:53:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/19/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

UGANDA: Women Wield Fair Trade Tools to Beat Poverty

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 18, 2008 - 10:40
KAMPALA, Sep 23 (IPS) - Producing baskets and mats in central Uganda has traditionally been women’s work. Women made these items for use in homes. The National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) has changed this practice into a powerful force fighting poverty.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

Hypothermia

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 18, 2008 - 07:00
Title: Hypothermia
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 11/18/2008
Last Editorial Review: 11/18/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 18, 2008 - 07:00
Title: Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?
Category: Health Fact Tool
Created: 11/15/2000 6:19:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 11/18/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

Swollen Lymph Nodes

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 17, 2008 - 07:00
Title: Swollen Lymph Nodes
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 11/17/2008
Last Editorial Review: 11/17/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

HEALTH-AFRICA: Cervical Cancer Strikes Poor Women Hardest

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 15, 2008 - 11:00
CAPE TOWN, Nov 15 (IPS) - Of the 490,000 women worldwide who are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, 80 percent live in the developing world. Every year, 55,000 women in sub-Saharan Africa alone develop this disease, which is ten times more likely to affect women living with this virus.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

HIV Vaccine Failure Still Brings Insights

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 14, 2008 - 07:00
Title: HIV Vaccine Failure Still Brings Insights
Category: Health News
Created: 11/14/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/14/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

CHILE: 512 HIV-Positive People Not Notified

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 13, 2008 - 23:32
SANTIAGO, Nov 13 (IPS) - Chilean Health Minister Álvaro Erazo reported Thursday that 512 people who tested positive for HIV were not notified by the public health system.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

FILM: Swazi Grandmothers Shore Up a Crumbling Society

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 13, 2008 - 22:31
NEW YORK, Nov 13 (IPS) - In a country barely the size of the U.S. state of New Jersey, a disease has taken hold. Nearly 40 percent of Swaziland's population is HIV-positive, and the other 60 percent lives at constant risk for the disease.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

DEVELOPMENT: A Global Health Model, Village by Village

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 13, 2008 - 20:31
SEATTLE, Washington, Nov 13 (IPS) - Working for sustainable development in Kenya, which ranks 148th out of 177 countries on the United Nations development index, is a daunting task. The country not only has a 6.1 percent rate of HIV/AIDS infection among its 37 million people, but nearly 60 percent of Kenyans live on less than two dollars a day.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

AGRICULTURE-SWAZILAND: Young Farmers Improving Food Security

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 13, 2008 - 08:25
MBABANE, Sep 18 (IPS) - When her friends go out to play with skipping rope during break, 12 year old Noncedo Masina takes her watering can and goes to work on her plot at the school vegetable garden.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

Way to Rescue Tired Immune Cells Fighting HIV Found

MedicineNet HIV General - Noviembre 13, 2008 - 07:00
Title: Way to Rescue Tired Immune Cells Fighting HIV Found
Category: Health News
Created: 11/13/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/13/2008
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

HEALTH: Global Agenda Increasingly Disease-Driven

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 13, 2008 - 01:20
SEATTLE, Washington, Aug 20 (IPS) - At the end of last month, U.S. President George W. Bush signed a global health package that effectively tripled U.S. spending over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in poor countries, to 48 billion dollars.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News

Q&A: Major Challenges Will Be Met

IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Noviembre 12, 2008 - 20:18
CAPE TOWN, Nov 12 (IPS) - When Barbara Hogan replaced South African health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang in September, her appointment was praised from all quarters. Hogan, who previously chaired Parliament’s finance portfolio committee, is known as an intellectual who stands up for what she believes in and finding hands-on approaches to solving difficult political issues.
Categorías: AIDS Drug News
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