MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'AIDS Combat Zone' source. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:27:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=710308&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fgov-mark-sanford-of-south-carolina.html July 2nd, 2007 Across The Nation | South Carolina Gov. Sanford Approves $4M for HIV/AIDS Treatment[Jul 02, 2007] South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) on Wednesday approved a measure that will provide $3 million annually, as well as a one-time grant of $1 million, to provide increased access to HIV/AIDS treatment in the state, the Columbia State reports. The funds also will be used to reduce the number of people on the waiting list for the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program. As of June 29, the state’s ADAP waiting list stood at 362 people (Reid, Columbia State, 6/29). ADAPs are federal- and state-funded programs that provide HIV/AIDS-related medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive individuals. South Carolina has the largest ADAP waiting list na... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=710308 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:47:00 +0100 710308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=705916&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Frahul-bedi-reports-from-new-delhi.html Indians use condoms as toys By Rahul Bedi in New DelhiLast Updated: 3:28am BST 30/06/2007 India is struggling to prevent millions of condoms from being made into toys or sold as balloons. The contraceptives were distributed free to control the country’s population and restrict the Aids virus. However, they are being used instead to strengthen roads, provide extra waterproofing for houses and to carry water. Health activists said millions of condoms were melted down for their latex and made into toys. Others were dyed and sold as balloons. In rural areas, villagers used them as water containers. India’s soldiers covered their gun barrels with condoms as protection against dust. Only a quarter of about 1.5 billion condoms made each year were “properly utilised”, the activists said. H... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=705916 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:33:00 +0100 705916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=705741&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fchamp-teleconference-7-19-07-anal.html American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM),Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP),Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA),HIV Medical Association (HIVMA),National Coalition for LGBT Health, andStop AIDS invite you toa teleconference on Anal Health:What We Should Know AboutAnal Carcinoma and Pap Screening.THURSDAY, July 19th at 2pm EST[1pm Central, 12noon Mountain, 11am Pacific] Toll-free number: 866-247-3147Passcode: 4277# Please register by contacting Sarah at showell@champnetwork.org or 401-427-2303 x2 with your name, city/state, email, phone, and organization (optional).________________________________________PRESENTERS: • Terry Schwartz, RN, MS, FNP, ANP-C, nurse practitioner, HIV specialist & practitioner of High Resolutiion Anoscopy for the diagnosis/treatment of anal... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=705741 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:33:00 +0100 705741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=705742&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fseth-berkley-aids-vaccine-initiative.html Opinion | Development of HIV/AIDS Vaccine Crucial to Fight Against Pandemic, Letter to Editor Says[Jun 29, 2007] A recent Washington Post article “shed welcome light on how, despite advances in access to AIDS treatment in the developing world, the disease is overwhelming efforts to combat it,” Seth Berkley, president and CEO of the AIDS Vaccine Initiative, writes in a Post letter to the editor. However, the article “failed to explore how these facts underscore the imperative for doing everything possible to find a safe, effective vaccine for AIDS,” according to Berkley. He adds that researchers have “made significant progress addressing the scientific challenges to designing an AIDS vaccine” and that more than “30 clinical vaccine trials are underway.” However, “more... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=705742 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:01:00 +0100 705742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=698146&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fnastad-adap-watch-529-pwas-fester-on.html chers— 529 persons with AIDS in Alaska, Montana, Puerto Rico and South Carolina line up to stay alive, line up on waiting lists to receive life-sustaining HIV meds paid for by ADAP funds (AIDS Drug Assistance Programs), according to the ADAP Watch report issued by NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) Monday, 6/25. Tuesday morning Kaisernetwork carried the story. from my notes for an april 2, 2007 workgroup report for campaign to end aids, karen [bates] said in south carolina, 512 hivers are currently on the waiting list to receive adap drugs there for the last 6-8 months. five hivers have died waiting. karen reports other hivers are getting themseves arrested so they can receive treatment in jail.april 02kearns @ aids-write: c2ea workgroup report 4-2-07 ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=698146 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:56:00 +0100 698146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=691308&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fbryant-responds-to-green-responding.html chers--- i am remiss in not having posted this on the 20th, when i received it. i talked with larry on the phone, when he double-checked about permission to post ted’s response. to compensate, i offer the following metaphoric anecdote. namasté ---lyr [winston] churchill, who considered himself a true democrat, constantly opposed granting freedom to india. In more ways than one, [mahatma] gandhi was a much greater democrat, especially in believing in self-determination of people and the universal equality of mankind. . . . [in 1931], gandhi met face to face with churchill during the indian round table conference -- "...i have an alternative that is unpleasant to you" he told churchill and his clan of imperialists. "india demands complete liberty and freedom...the same liberty ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=691308 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:20:00 +0100 691308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=691309&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Frectalmicro-lubricant-survey-july.html chers--- thought i’d pass this along. jim pickett, from the aids foundation in chicago, posted a lot of interesting stuff on the TimeToDeliver site at the toronto AIDS conference. namasté ---rk ------ Forwarded MessageFrom: Jim Pickett Reply-To: Jim Pickett Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:12:11 -0500To: LISTSERV.CRITPATH.ORG>Conversation: LUBRICANT SURVEY: JULY DEADLINE APPROACHES!Subject: [RECTALMICRO] LUBRICANT SURVEY: JULY DEADLINE APPROACHES!IRMWG members ---- many of you have taken the survey, and perhaps there are those who have not yet. Please take a minute or two to either forward the survey on to friends and listservs... or take the survey yourself and then forward it on! You can use the blurb below in your emails to people. We have had incredible response to this survey - over 45... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=691309 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:34:00 +0100 691309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=690045&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fgreen-responds-to-bryant-about-pacha.html chers--- acz contacted dr. green and obtained the following response to larry bryant’s (info@campaigntoendaids.org 877-ENDAIDS) 6-15 press release that demanded an apology after a meeting with the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). dialogs are hard work. what else can be said here? namasté ---rk From: EGreendc@aol.com [mailto:EGreendc@aol.com]Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 11:55 AMTo: P.Dobson@aids.org; rk@aids-write.org . . . I didn't say what they claim. I did say that Africans are unfairly accused of being "promiscuous" and that this is plain not true. The people who wrote the attack must really look down on Africans to project the idea that African-Americans must be outraged to be somehow associated with backward Africans, or whatever was in the minds of those at th... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=690045 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:26:00 +0100 690045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683229&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Faids-advocates-demand-apology-for.html Discussion period on the first day of a two-day open-to-the-public meeting at Washington, D.C.'s TK venue, the conversation took a surreal, but all too common turn, when Harvard researcher Edward C. Green, Ph.D., suggested that prevention research and interventions done in Africa should be utilized in America's black communities. The presumption that black people living in Africa and the U.S. are indistinguishable shocked the audience into stunned silence. On the subject of the disproportionate incarceration rates of black men, Franklyn N. Judson, M.D., rationalized that, "there are more blacks in jail, since they commit more crimes." Judson, who last year declared that stigma "doesn't exist" for HIV positive people, ignored decades of common knowledge that black people receive dispropor... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683229 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:09:00 +0100 683229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676080&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fjune-international-carnival-of.html Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP): The International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP) has been selected by Blog Carnival as their featured carnival for today, June 15, 2007. I am thrilled to receive this honor, especially since it highlights the work of our last host, James Wortz, and all of the contributors to this volunteer project. Many, many kudos to all of you who have contributed in the past. Please visit Blog Carnival today. You might find another carnival that brings you passion. Peace to you all. Ron Hudson 2sides2ronPoundcake LoveThe International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP) The 13th consecutive and first edition of Year Two of the ICP will be hosted at ScribeSpirit eZine. We, myself and the hosts Jody and Jolen, are now seeking submissions for th... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676080 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:07:00 +0100 676080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676079&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fnavajo-nation-aids-awareness-673.html Across The Nation | Navajo Nation Addresses HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Tribe Members[Jun 12, 2007] The AP/Santa Fe New Mexican on Saturday examined efforts to raise HIV/AIDS awareness among members of the Navajo Nation tribe. The Navajo Area Indian Health Service has identified 240 HIV/AIDS cases among group members from 1985 to 2006. There were 7.6 HIV/AIDS cases per 100,000 Navajo Nation American Indians in 2005 and 7.8 cases per 100,000 Navajo Nation American Indians in 2006, the AP/New Mexican reports. According to CDC data, there were 10.6 HIV/AIDS cases per 100,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives in 2005, compared with 72.8 cases for blacks, 28.5 for Hispanics, 9 for whites and 7.6 for Asians and Pacific Islanders. According to the AP/New Mexican, the Navajo Nation faces many ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676079 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:04:00 +0100 676079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676081&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Ftb-testing-treatment-should-be-linked.html Kaiser Network | Global Challenges | TB Testing, Treatment Should Be Linked With HIV Prevention Programs, WHO Official Says [Jun 08, 2007]http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=45457 African countries, especially those in Southern Africa, must link tuberculosis testing and treatment with HIV prevention programs to more effectively fight HIV/AIDS, Kevin de Cock, head of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS department, said recently at the 3rd South African AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, Reuters reports. De Cock said that the continued use of traditional treatments for TB could fuel the spread of the disease and exacerbate the HIV/AIDS epidemic. "TB programs alone cannot reverse the tide" of HIV/AIDS, he said, adding that it is vital to offer thos... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676081 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:44:00 +0100 676081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=588295&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Ficp-11-up.html The 11th International Carnival of the Pozitivities is up at Living in the Bonus Round, a blog I've enjoyed reading for the past year or so. A recent ACZ article is featured this month, as well as posts by my friends at Acid Reflux and DIRELAND, not to mention some first-time appearances at ICP. Check it out! (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=588295 Thu, 03 May 2007 23:42:00 +0100 588295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=575442&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Facz-blast-from-past-brad-biggers-from.html . . . three suicide calls in 2 hours is certainly a stressful event. They all are running together in my mind right now. Let me think about if I can sort out which was which.The first one was one of our most common kinds of suicide call: the "I just found out I have HIV and my life is over" call. These calls are not easy. Living with AIDS or HIV means completely changing your life, which is often enough to make it feel like your life is over. You also have to overcome the stigma attached to AIDS, and make the choice of if and when to tell your friends and family, and what to do about your previous partners, and how to confront the person who you think gave it to you.It truly shakes your world from the ground up, and it's more than some people can take (although a third of Americans living ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=575442 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:22:00 +0100 575442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571369&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fclaire-howard-peoria-journal-star-4.html from the kaiser family network hiv/aids report April 26, 2007 http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=44512 Across The Nation | Peoria Journal Star Publishes Series of Articles on HIV/AIDS [Apr 26, 2007]The Peoria Journal Star recently published a four-part series on HIV/AIDS. Headlines appear below. "Avoiding Infection" (Howard, Peoria Journal Star, 4/23). http://www.pjstar.com/stories/042307/TRI_BD10FCHA.025.php The Client Advisory Board at Heart of Illinois HIV/AIDS Center is a club no one should want to join. "When you join this club, you don't ever get out for the rest of your life," said a CAB member in his early 50s. "Some people want to feel part of a group. I'd say to them 'choose another group.' If I had the chance, I would." Members of CAB are t... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571369 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:31:00 +0100 571369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=566555&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Flaurie-garrett-us-council-on-foreign.html laurie garrett : "health systems are the key. Those targeted programs, such as PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), are terrific, but without functioning public health and medical systems in place, PEPFAR and its like are just big band-aids that barely cover gaping wounds."excerpt from garrett's statement: Treatment, yes: But not without prevention Let me give you an example. About a year ago I was in a small town in Haiti. The people in this town were overwhelmed with infectious diseases. Their illnesses swamped the beleaguered clinics, where long lines of mothers and children stood in the tropical sun for hours on end, waiting to see a doctor. The children’s growth was stunted; mothers couldn’t produce enough milk to feed their babies; long-infected teenagers... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=566555 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:25:00 +0100 566555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=546335&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fcanadian-hivaids-activist-june-callwood.html Activist Callwood dies at 82 Catherine Dunphy and Debra Black toronto star Staff ReportersApr 14, 2007 09:32 AM http://www.thestar.com/News/article/203138 “I’m okay, I’m 82 years old for heaven’s sake. Dust to dust is the way it ought to be. The death of the young is inexcusable.”During one of her last visits to Casey House, the AIDS hospice she helped found that is named after her late son, June Callwood noticed that the place felt tired and that there was a 60-watt bulb in the ceiling of the lounge. No one could sit there and read under that light, she fretted. Friends rallied, the hospice’s original interior designer was contacted, and before she died Callwood saw photos of a sparkling, repainted hospice, replete with the fresh flowers Callwood believes that facility mus... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=546335 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:40:00 +0100 546335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=541691&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fguest-post-aids-is-becoming-feminine-be.html The following comes from AIDS Combat Zone reader Mohammad Khairul Alam, Executive Director of Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation in Dhaka, Bangladesh. You can see other posts by Mr. Alam at his blog.Lately, More than half of all new HIV infections occur in women between the ages of 15 to 24 years. The impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls is particularly acute. In many developing or poor countries, women are often economically, culturally and socially disadvantaged and lack equal access to treatment, financial support and education. In a number of societies, women are mistakenly perceived as the main transmitters of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Together with traditional beliefs about sex, blood and the transmission of other diseases, these beliefs provide a basis for the fur... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=541691 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:35:00 +0100 541691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=531538&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fa-a-aids-he-said.html sunday night, april 8, 2007 los angeles [dateline] just got home from an unusual encounter at a los angeles-area medical cannabis dispensary where i spend time as an AIDS activist & a mmj (medical marijuana) advocate & a poet. “johnnie,” a clinic patient with whom i’ve been talking for months now, told me tonight he has AIDS instead of leukemia. “not HIV,” he tells me. “AIDS.’ he could barely get the word out of his mouth for all his fear: “A-A-A-A-AIDS.” suddenly, the two of us are at the beginning of a long dialog. here is someone who has asked me, and whom i know how to help. “A-A-A-A-AIDS.” how close did he come to saying nothing --- to me or anyone --- again tonight? “A-A-A-A-AIDS.” why did he pick tonight to speak? what did it take to s... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=531538 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:39:00 +0100 531538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=531540&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fnew-acz-contributor-richard-kearns.html The AIDS Combat Zone family continues to grow. Fellow blogger, activist, poet, and ACZ friend Richard Kearns of AIDS-Write.org has offered to help keep the posts flowing during my time in Africa. Richard is a long-term AIDS survivor with an inside view of West-Coast AIDS issues, with special attention to medical marijuana, PLWHA's over 50, and the Los Angeles activist scene. Richard worked with me on TimeToDeliver.org last year during the 2006 International AIDS Conference and has been an active participant in the ICP Blog Carnival. Please join Faith and me in welcoming Richard Kearns to AIDS Combat Zone!And don't forget, AIDS Combat Zone is still looking for contributors. Please leave a comment or send an email if you're interested in participating! (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=531540 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:54:00 +0100 531540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=525728&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fpepfar-far-away-from-effective.html I'm cross-posting today with my blog. Today is the first day of Blog against Theocracy and I'm participating...obviously.PEPFAR is the U.S. President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief. In May 2003, Congress approved a $15 billion dollar U.S. expenditure on HIV prevention and treatment. 3 billion is supposed to be spent on prevention programs. It is, in my opinion one of the most theocratic, far-reaching, fucked up Bush Administration policies. Here’s why: Just to start with, a major tenet of PEPFAR is ABC, otherwise known as the prevention model (in other words, it's for prevention-he he.).ABC stands for Abstinence, Be faithful, when necessary use Condoms. I like to say it stands for Arrogance Beyond Credence, Absolutely Bizarre Convictions or perhaps Absurdly Bigheaded Citizens ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=525728 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:56:00 +0100 525728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512738&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Ftwo-quick-notes.html I've written a guest post over at AIDS-Write.org. Check it out (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512738 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:55:00 +0100 2512738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=523205&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Ftwo-quick-notes.html 1) I've written a guest post over at AIDS-Write.org. Check it out2) Though I will not be able to continue blogging during my Peace Corps placement, I will be sending out emails via a Yahoo Group that I've set up. If you would like to receive updates while I am away, enter your address below. Updates may be infrequent depending on my options for internet access.If you can't see the form, you can also subscribe by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lifecalls/join? or sending an email to lifecalls-subscribe@yahoogroups.comNote: this post will self-destruct after about a week, to help prevent spammers from joining my group. (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=523205 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:55:00 +0100 523205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486642&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fhappy-birthday-elizabeth-taylor.html Dear Ms. Taylor,Happy 75th birthday! Thank you for all of your work in raising awareness of HIV disease and raising funds for care and research. Dame Elizabeth Taylor was the first celebrity to make noise about the HIV epidemic months before Rock Hudson died 21 years ago. For this alone, she should be commended, however, she continued to press on. She did not get bored or complacent like SO MANY other celebrities. Celebrities that are either doing it to enhance their image or doing it because they care so much for "the people with the AIDS" but then they hear that PETA is having a protest and, well, they get distracted...Dame Taylor continues, to this day to be a steadfast advocate in the fight against HIV disease and raising funds for research and care for people living with HIV. Elizabet... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486642 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:28:00 +0100 486642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486644&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Faids-warrior-gets-called-to-front-line.html As many of you know, I am a prospective volunteer in the United States Peace Corps. I applied over a year ago with the intention of joining after I finished the coursework for my Master's of Public Health degree. The application process usually only takes around 9 months, but married couples such as my wife and me are told to allow 18 months, so we applied early.For most of the past year, we have only had vague notions of where our Peace Corps placement would take us and when we would depart. We were told early on that our most likely placement would be Africa, but that with 24 potential countries, that didn't help much. We were more fortunate than most applicants in knowing for certain that we would be given a health assignment thanks to doing my master's field experience through the Peac... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486644 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:03:00 +0100 486644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486646&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fthree-steps-back.html Around my office, we attempt to make strides against HIV every day. It doesn't always work, but at least we're trying. I can't say the same for everyone.1. This morning Dr. Robert Gallo gave video testimony in a case in Australia where a man was accused of transmitting the virus to three women. His defense? HIV does not cause AIDS. Are we still doing this?2. President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, smallest country on the continent of Africa, has claimed that he can cure AIDS through traditional family medicine and the Koran. He has claimed to have cured a number of patients already. A little over 1% of the population of 1.6 million is living with HIV.3. Lastly, while the University of California, San Francisco released this morning that their placebo-controlled trial of marijuana in HIV-rel... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486646 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:24:00 +0100 486646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486655&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fgive-your-sweetheart-hiv-for.html I came across the coolest site today:GIANTmicrobesGIANTmicrobes sells plush toys designed to look like your favorite bacteria, viruses, parasites, and vectors. That way you can give your sweetie HIV, syphilis, hepatitis C, mono, heartworm (awwwww) and many others this February 14th... without needing to seek medical attention afterwards!I love it. (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486655 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:07:00 +0100 486655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486666&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fdoctor-and-nurses-receive-death.html Seven years in a Libyan prison and justice has been miscarried again. Five nurses from Bulgaria, all of whom, according to NPR have been tortured and one Palestinian doctor who was born in Egypt but has lived most of his life in Libya have been sentenced to death for allegedly infecting over 400 children with HIV in a Libyan hospital. In fact, the HIV epidemic in the Benghazi hospital began prior to most of these individuals' tenure at the hospital.Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, including testimony from Dr. Luc Montagnier, the six medical professionals have been convicted twice.According to reports all of the nurses have been tortured with electric shocks, beatings and rape. For the sakes ofVALIA CHERVENIASHKASNEZHANA DIMITROVANASYA NENOVACHRISTIANA VALCHEVAVALENTINA SIROPOUL... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486666 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:35:00 +0100 486666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486672&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fnumbers-are-in-circumcision-and-hiv.html The results of the NIAID Trial of Male Circumcision to Reduce HIV Incidence are in. The results: a 50% reduction in new HIV cases among the men who were circumcised at the beginning of the study; results so dramatic that the study was haulted early so that the control participants (uncircumcised men who were compared to those circumcised) could be offered the procedure.Due to the scale of this study, the results are rightly being heralded as monumental. Expect to see major demand for widespread circumcision in places with high prevalence. Correspondingly, I predict a number of governments and NGOs will begin incorporating circumcision into their prevention messages. Less certain is whether the push will be for adult circumcision or for circumcision of infants; I imagine that question will ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486672 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:50:00 +0100 486672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486676&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fcuts-make-sense.html But not in the way that you think. I'm not talking budget cuts, which has been on the minds of all of us receiving ADAP and Ryan White funding.No, I'm talking about circumcision. Yes, the NEW YORK TIMES has finally picked up on what scientists the world over have been promoting for years and Bills Clinton and Gates have been promoting since the Toronto conference. The fact is that two circumcision studies were halted, one in Kenya and one in Uganda, when it was discovered during a Data & Safety Monitoring meeting yesterday that circumcision reduced risk of HIV infection by one-half. Both of these studies were randomized. In stopping the studies, all participants will now have access to circumcision.However as the World Health Organization noted today"Countries or health care institutions ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486676 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:21:00 +0100 486676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486652&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fguest-post-paul-gulley.html AIDS Combat Zone reader Paul Gulley, a student at Elon University, shares his thoughts on the impact of AIDS on sub-Saharan AfricaAIDS and the Impact on Sub-Saharan AfricaFew countries have as much money and as many resources as the United States. The US consistently leads the rest of the world in the field of medicine, attempting to find cures for numerous diseases. With that advantage, it places a burden on the US to help other countries, such as poorer African countries like Nigeria, with the AIDS epidemic that exists. If the US spent more time, energy, and ultimately money in these countries, statistics show that the AIDS/HIV epidemic could be slowed down and eventually halted.Africa is a continent characterized by various landscapes and a wide-variety of wildlife, but as we go further... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486652 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:45:00 +0100 486652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486685&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Ffree-training-via-teleconference.html The folks at CHAMP are holding free teleconference trainings at Noon and 8 PM (EST) on Monday December 11th. The topic of the training is The Art of Messaging - Making Media Impact. You may remember the CHAMP folks from the Time To Deliver collaborative blog during the International AIDS Conference. Full details follow.Please join us for a teleconference training on the art of message discipline and having an impact in the media.MONDAY, December 11th at 12noon EST and 8pm EST – you can join either call.Toll-free number: 866-247-3147 Passcode: 4277#Please register by contacting Sarah at showell@champnetwork.org or 401-427-2303 x2 with your name, city/state, email, phone, and organization (optional). PRESENTER: Julie Davids, CHAMPThe media is a powerful tool in the struggle for HIV prevent... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486685 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:37:00 +0100 486685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486680&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F11%2Fsite-to-check-out.html An anonymous AIDS Combat Zone reader leads us to AIDS: Remember me?, a site put up by the European Commission to encourage dialogue about HIV/AIDS. It's being done in conjunction with an event in Brussels, Belgium on the eve of World AIDS Day to screen new HIV commercials and select a favorite. Other areas of the site to check out include a contest encouraging you to write your own HIV/AIDS 60 second TV spot (European Union nationals only) and a vlog (video blog) you can participate in. This is the citizen-driven web at its finest! (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486680 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:53:00 +0100 486680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486692&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Fblogging-update.html Though there has been a lot going on lately around the HIV blogosphere, I've barely had time to breathe, much less pay adequate attention to the 'Zone. Here's my update:In conjunction with the USF chapter of Student Global AIDS Campaign, I've sent several fellow public health students to the 2006 United States Conference on AIDS as volunteers, activists, and hopefully to get a couple of first-hand reports from the conference. I'll learn more later this week.The bloggers over at Effect Measure have done a series of posts on the "Tripoli six" healthcare workers who have been held for seven years and are now facing execution after being convicted (under highly questionable circumstances) of infecting hundreds of children with HIV. Having covered this story a couple of times in the past, I'm q... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486692 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:10:00 +0100 486692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486704&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Ficpoz-three.html Fellow AIDS blogger Richard Kerns of AIDS-Write.org has just posted the third edition of the International Carnival of the Pozitivities, the web's first blog carnival dealing exclusively with AIDS issues. Richard has done a fine job of capturing the past month's activities, ranging from the International AIDS Conference to a Drug Enforcement Agnecy bust of a medical marijuana clinic in Los Angeles, and introduces us to several new bloggers such as NotPerfectAtAll and Tim. Be sure to check out the full carnival post, as Richard has given it an engaging first-person narrative. (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486704 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:44:00 +0100 486704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486707&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Fquick-note.html Today is the deadline for submitting articles to the next International Carnival of the Pozitivities, which is to be hosted at AIDS-Write.org. To submit an article, click here. (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486707 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 15:10:00 +0100 486707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486658&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F08%2Fguest-post-hivaids-potential.html Written and submitted to AIDS Combat Zone by Vikram Sheel Kumar, MDAugust 24, 2006As the director of the HIV/AIDS department at the World Health Organization, Dr Jim Yong Kim once said that what we will do for HIV/AIDS will define our generation. In sub Saharan Africa, the disease is devastating nations. People in Botswana should live to the age of 72 years. Because of HIV/AIDS their life expectancy is instead is 34 years. By 2010 it is estimated to fall to 27. In India, the population is so large that we have not even begun to notice the potential of HIV/AIDS. A recent report by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) projects that HIV/AIDS can cause a fall in 0.86% of economic growth in India annually over the next decade. The justification is that more funds will go to... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486658 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:39:00 +0100 486658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486710&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F08%2Fmailbox.html Nina Vucenik of the World Bank contacted me during the conference with a heads up that the World Bank has just released a new report on HIV/AIDS in South Asia. I haven't had the chance to look closely at it yet, but you can scope it out for yourself.The full reportReport summary pagePostscript - I made it safely home from the conference, but not before getting involved in protests over hotel workers being suspended for wearing AIDS buttons and ribbons. Several of us slipped letters under the doors of hotel guests informing them of the hotel's actions against the workers. News cameras had arrived on the scene by the time we left.Also, here is a picture of me and the other activists on stage with Tony Fauci of the NIH on Thursday. You can't see me very well, but I'm holding the green sign ne... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486710 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:07:00 +0100 486710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486702&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F08%2Finternational-aids-conference-posts.html If you haven't yet, check out my International AIDS Conference posts at Time To Deliver and the International Collaborative Blog:Brad's PrologueOpening Ceremony Play By PlayRural Africa: Still Forgotten?A hidden epidemicAnd you may have seen yours truly on stage during one of yesterday's sessions. To see me click here then click the "video" link. My friends and I can be seen about 6-7 minutes into the video. We made the front page of the IAC newsletter and were featured in a CBC News Article. It's nice to sometimes make news rather than simply reporting it.I fly home tomorrow, and at that point hopefully I'll have a chance for a more comprehensive update. (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486702 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:19:00 +0100 486702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486713&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F07%2Fhelp-in-south-africa-contingent-on.html According to the Washington Post, a Baptist-affiliated treatment center in South Africa has started a program for traditional "witch doctors" known as "sangomas." The program is designed to spread HIV awareness messages through traditional medicine in the community - 80% of which consult sangomas according to WHO.A lofty goal, indeed. The program, however is contingent on the sangomas agreeing to study the Gospel of John twice a week before receiving lessons in human anatomy, symptoms of HIV infection and the function of antiretrovirals and other modern medicines.According to the Post, Nobuntu Matholeni, a chaplain at the center, brushed aside criticism. "They came to us knowing very well what we stand for and knowing that this is God's thing," Matholeni said.Living Hope is funded heavily ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486713 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:46:00 +0100 486713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486696&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F06%2Fhousekeeping.html Just a few odds and ends before the July 4 holiday weekend begins...Tomorrow is the submission deadline for the first ever International Carnival of the Pozitivities AIDS Blog Carnival. If you've seen (or written) any good blog posts on AIDS topics please consider submitting them to the carnival.The World Bank Private Sector Development Blog has an interesting post on why global health issues may deserve higher priority than climate change. They remind us that it would take an Aceh-sized earthquake and tsunami every month to keep pace with the number of deaths caused by AIDS alone.The AIDS Awareness Blog links to a Reuters story that India is going to attempt to verify UN reports that in 2005 the country overtook South Africa as the country with the most residents living with HIV. Understa... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486696 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:22:00 +0100 486696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486700&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F06%2Ffree-global-health-e-books.html Fellow USF student and good personal friend Erika sent an email letting me know about Hesperian Publishers, a nonprofit organization that publishes health care manuals aimed at rural developing communities. The books (available in English, Spanish, and other languages) can be purchased online and many can be downloaded free of charge. The books offer step-by-step, illustrated instructions in clear, simple language. Though they are intended for developing nations, much of the content is helpful for individuals in Western nations as well. I've just downloaded HIV, Health, and Your Community, Where There Is No Doctor, and A Book for Midwives, and I'm putting several of the ones not available for download onto my Peace Corps wishlist.Please consider making a donation to Hesperian so that they ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486700 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:36:00 +0100 486700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486643&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F04%2Fhiv-world-map.html The blog HIV Information for Myanmar posted an excellent HIV Cartogram -- that is, a map of the world where the size of each country is proportional to the number of people living with HIV/AIDS. It puts things in perspective to see South Africa, India, and Nigeria each appearing larger than North America and South America combined.[edited to correct link]Technorati Tags: hiv, aids, nigeria, india, south africa, north america, south america, map, cartogram, africa (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486643 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:50:00 +0100 486643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486662&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F11%2Fanalysis-what-andrew-stimpson-case.html Okay, taking one look at my site meter has told me that the case of Andrew Stimpson, the British man who has seemingly fought off HIV, is getting a LOT of attention, so let me take a few minutes to address what it means for people with AIDS or at risk of contracting HIV.First of all, we don't yet know if there really is anything special about Mr. Stimpson. He may simply be a lucky guy with a healthy immune system that was able to do its job when push came to shove. He took vitamin supplements, a strategy proven to help keep the body healthy against HIV for a longer period of time compared to not taking vitamins. If this was going to happen with anyone, it would most likely be someone like Andrew Stimpson.Nevertheless, the fact that this has never happened to anyone else before is a pretty ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486662 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:18:00 +0100 486662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486698&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F06%2Fus-aids-count-reaches-seven-figures.html The CDC says the US has passed the million mark for estimated cases of HIV and AIDS: In a sign of both success and failure in combating the nation's AIDS crisis, federal officials said Monday that for the first time more than one million Americans are now living with the HIV/AIDS virus.The sign of "success" is, of course, because if it weren't for the efficacy of lifesaving anti-retroviral medications, tens of thousands would not be alive today.This makes us the 11th nation to top 1,000,000 HIV infections according to the US government(Including Uganda, which has fallen back below a million), though some would also put Russia above the 1 million mark. (Source: AIDS Combat Zone) AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486698 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:13:00 +0100 486698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486669&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F03%2Fupcoming-event-free-public-health.html Top Story: The Boston University School of Public Health will be hosting a free public health summit on Saturday, April 9, located on the BU Medical Campus. The summit is targeting "public health students, faculty, and interested folks," so it looks like everyone is welcome. Free lodging is even available for people who will need to stay overnight Friday and/or Saturday. Click here for the full agenda.I would go to this thing myself if it wasn't a thousand miles away. Because I won't be able to attend, I would like to offer my readers the opportunity to serve as my "correspondent in the field," to attend the summit and report back to me with information that I will publish in this blog. Examples of possible contributions include:Information presented in the workshopsPhotographs,A full roun... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486669 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:10:00 +0100 486669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486689&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F03%2Faids-and-personal-responsibility.html Top Story: Three weeks ago, my favorite sex advice column answered a reader's letter which asked what the reader should do about a good friend who is HIV positive but continues having sex with people without revealing his HIV status. In his response, columnist Dan Savage suggests dropping the friend, and goes on to propose "drug-support payments," where people who knowingly infect others with HIV are required to pay to support the cost of providing anti-retroviral medications to the people they infect, a burden which often falls onto underfunded state drug assistance programs. He went into more depth about it (as I'll let you read for yourself), and asked for readers' comments. Over the next week his column received a "shitstorm" of feedback from readers, and Dan answered their questions b... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486689 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:38:00 +0100 486689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486649&cid=s_35045_135_f&fid=35045&url=http%3A%2F%2Faidsblog.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F01%2Faids-hoax.html I received a comment on yesterday's post that requested I do "a brief blurb on this controversy going on in the medical community about the relationship between HIV and AIDS..Maybe you could help clear up some of this issue." This is a topic I've had an eye on, and so I welcome the opportunity to address this topic.Unfortunately, I found that as I researched this topic, no "brief blurb" could adequately address the myriad of accusations put forth by purveyors of the "AIDS hoax" hypothesis. Luckily, I was able to find an article from Skeptic magazine, which thoroughly debunks the AIDS hoax hypothesis as being "a case study in skepticism taken too far." The article specifically addresses the claims of Peter H. Duesberg, Robert Root-Bernstein, and other sponsors of the idea that HIV does not ... AIDS Combat Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486649 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:13:00 +0100 486649