Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
This paper discusses the need for HIV/AIDS programs in sub-Saharan countries to focus more on improved access to information to empower poor people living in remote areas. It is noted that despite Glaxo Wellcome's move to reduce the cost of antiretroviral therapy, it is unlikely to have an impact on most of those infected with or affected by HIV/AI...
Published in AIDS care
The successful implementation of new public health policy is influenced by provider preparedness and user acceptability of the new intervention. This paper describes the development and implementation of a participatory Training of Trainers (TOT) programme as a precursor to launch the South African government's female-initiated HIV prevention strat...
Published in AIDS weekly
The AIDS virus is spreading rapidly in China, with an estimated 500,000 Chinese infected, state-run newspapers reported September 8, 2000. Most are rural villagers using drugs, according to the reports. Testing has confirmed that 18,000 Chinese have the AIDS virus, HIV, leading health experts to project that all told, more than a half million may b...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
According to the medical bulletin Viata Medicala, the number of young adults infected with AIDS in Romania has steeply increased during the past 10 years. Epidemiological data evidenced that the total number of AIDS cases in the 15-49 age group as of June 2000 was 761 compared to 37 cases in 1991. In this particular population, the disease transmis...
Published in AIDS weekly
The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation (FXB), New York, New York, will develop community-based programs in rural Rajasthan, India, to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), with the support of a US$300,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. According to the WHO and Joint UN Programme for HIV/AIDS,...
Published in AIDS weekly
This article reports on the plans of President Clinton to sign a bill establishing a trust fund care for African AIDS victims. Clinton planned to use his weekly radio address to announce the signing. The signing will likely take place in Lake Placid, New York. Clinton also planned to direct Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers to begin negotiations ...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
During the August 23-25, 2000, convention conducted by WHO in Kathmandu, Nepal, it was decided that national mechanisms to plan and manage health sector reforms be established and strengthened. The participants of this convention were health ministers from the 10 countries that make up the WHO South East Asian Region (SEAR). It was noted in the mee...
Published in AIDS weekly
Maternal Life International (MLI) has been awarded a US$273,000 grant by Bristol-Myers Squibb to implement a parish-nurse program for AIDS prevention and care in 25 communities in Swaziland, Africa. The program was developed by MLI in collaboration with Dr. Cynthia Gustafson and will provide a range of services, including hospice/home-based care fo...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
In Nigeria, further use of an untested HIV vaccine was banned until investigations on its claimed efficacy are completed. Developed by controversial surgeon Jeremiah Abalaka, the Nigerian's Vice-President noted that the vaccine has killed more than it has cured. In addition, the government has also suspended the use of all similar locally developed...
Published in AIDS weekly
At the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, it was reported that researchers have found that it may be cost-effective for Ugandan companies to provide HIV drugs to infected employees. The study team developed an economic model that considers the HIV-related costs to operating the business and then compares these costs with th...
