Starting antiretroviral therapy reduces the risk of tuberculosis for HIV-positive adults in developing countries by 65%, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in PLoS Medicine. The benefits of HIV therapy were significant at all CD4 cell counts, including above 350 cells/mm3, the ...

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Caribbean countries are well poised to respond to the challenges in sustaining the HIV response in the region. This was the key message of Ms. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, Director, Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), who was at the time addressing a session on the sustainability ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - An AIDS-free generation: It seems an audacious goal, considering how the HIV epidemic still is raging around the world. Yet more than 20,000 international HIV researchers and activists will gather in the nation's capital later this month with a sense of optimism not seen in many y ...

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Antigua St. Johns - A combination of lifestyle, cultural and behavioural changes is what’s required to break the chain of transmission and social stigma attached to HIV/AIDS. Those sentiments were echoed and re-echoed throughout the fifth launch of the annual Regional HIV Testing Day held at Scot ...

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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 28TH 2012 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and CARICOM’s lead Head for Human Resources, Health and HIV/AIDS, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has endorsed the complementary roles of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Pan Caribbean Par ...

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Guyana will continue to fight to reduce the HIV/AIDS epidemic despite scarce funding from international agencies, Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran said. Dr Ramsaran told Guyana Times that the administration is making every effort to continue programmes which were started with the help of the United ...

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Laureate, is one of the greatest living moral icons of our time who was a key leader in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. His strength of conviction and outspoken activism to stop injustices-including the tragedy of HIV/AIDS in his own country and ar ...

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Antigua St John's - Leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean took time out to review past progress and plan for the future as a three-day meeting hosted by the United States’ President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) opened on Tuesday. Speaking at the portfolio revie ...

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HIV prevalence is four times higher in gay and bisexual men who inject drugs, compared to heterosexual, male, injecting drug users, UK investigators report in Sexually Transmitted Infections. The study also showed that prevalence of infection with the hepatitis C virus was significantly higher a ...

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Chances of achieving an undetectable viral load are equally poor for patients who inject heroin, cocaine, or a combination of these two drugs, Canadian researchers report in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Between 56 and 58% of people who injected these drugs had an undetectable viral load one year ...

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"Keep the Promise" declaration calls for a prioritization of testing, treatment and care for women, orphans and vulnerable children Among the key points of the “Keep the Promise” declaration is the call to prioritize the testing, treatment and care of pregnant women, orphans and vulnerable chi ...

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Tampla, Fla. -- Observing its seventh year on June 8, 2012, the National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NCAHAAD) symbolizes a nationwide HIV/AIDS mobilization initiative designed to encourage Caribbean Americans to get involved, educated, tested, and if necessary, treated for HIV. The ...

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SILVER SPRING, Md. — The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS. In a move that could lead to a new milestone for treatment in the ...

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Draft UK guidance on fertility treatment says that sperm washing may no longer be necessary for couples where the man has HIV and the woman does not. As long as the man is on effective antiretroviral treatment and unprotected sex is limited to days when his partner is ovulating, “sperm washing ...

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There is broad scientific consensus that getting to zero new HIV infections will require an HIV vaccine. Modelling shows that even a partially effective HIV vaccine can save many lives and dollars over time. Although a vaccine to prevent HIV could be the tool to quicken the pace to reach the end  ...

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A local resident has received funding to head research into female susceptibility to HIV. McMaster University researcher Charu Kaushic has been awarded an Applied HIV Research Chair from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), a network promoting HIV treatment, research and education. An assoc ...

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PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad & Tobago, April 11th, 2012  —   The Caribbean goal to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission has been endorsed by a global figure. Richard Branson, head of the Virgin group, last week supported the vision that the Caribbean could be first to eliminat ...

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The Guyanese population is taking ownership of HIV and AIDS and taking action to help stop its spread. According to Ms. Deborah Success-Hall, National Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Coordinator, National AIDS Programme Secretariat, there are only few countries that can equal Guyana’s recor ...

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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Strengthening health systems and integrating HIV and STIs services are critical to preventing mother to child transmission and this is the main focus of a three day Special Meeting of Regional Chief Medical Officers  ...

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