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 and Rights' source. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:27:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1689080&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fbeyond-barriers-disability-and-hivaids.html (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1689080 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1689080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1689079&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fwho-is-really-affected-by-laws.html (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1689079 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1689079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1686332&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Faugust-5-2008-mexico-city-relationship.html August 5, 2008 Mexico City – The relationship between AIDS and migration has been a focus of this AIDS conference, particularly along the border of Mexico and the United States, and especially in Tijuana. The largest city on the border, Tijuana is situated on a major migration and drug trafficking route. It has the highest number of drug users per capita in Mexico, and there is a large (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1686332 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1686332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1683104&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Faugust-4-2008-mexico-city-after-just.html August 4, 2008 MEXICO CITY – After just two days of the 2008 AIDS Conference, the sheer number of topics covered by the various sessions emphasizes the far reach of this epidemic into society, how much has been discovered in the past 25 years, and how much remains to discover. A panel entitled “Vaccines and Microbicides: Where do we go from here?” throbbed with the excitement and urgency of (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1683104 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1683104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1677245&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fhrw-at-international-aids-conference.html Mexico City, August 3, 2008 The Global Village and the Centro Banamex hummed with excitement as the conference kicked off today. Plenty of momentum and energy had accumulated over the past few days, heightening the energy. The pre-conference satellite meetings, which included a gathering of youth coalitions, panel discussions on challenges faced by women, and a plenary focused on men who have (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1677245 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1677245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925369&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fletter-to-peter-piot-executive-director.html September 27, 2007 Dr. Peter Piot Executive Director UNAIDS Secretariat 20, Avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Dear Mr. Piot, As China is increasingly in the global spotlight in the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese government has lost no opportunity to highlight its progressive achievements, including the scaling up of its national response to (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925369 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 925369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=783009&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fbush-policy-on-aids.html By Joe Amon Published in The Huffington Post July 26, 2007 (New York) - Watching the Presidential candidates debate, the question I'd like to ask is "how many times per page would you make your Surgeon General refer to you in her speeches?" Two weeks ago former Surgeon General Richard Carmona told a Congressional panel that he was ordered to mention President Bush three times on every page of (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=783009 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 783009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=751741&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fhow-and-how-not-to-stop-aids-in-africa.html Review by William Easterly of "The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS" by Helen Epstein ...One of the classic works of journalism of the last couple of decades was Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On about the sluggish response to AIDS in the 1980s in the United States, which indicted both the Reagan administration and the leaders of the gay community. I still (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=751741 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 751741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=747211&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fsydney-aids-conference-scientific.html Advances in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Hinge on Respecting Human Rights(New York, July 20, 2007) – Scientists and other delegates meeting July 22-25 at the 4th International AIDS Society Conference in Sydney should focus their attention on how human rights abuses against people living with HIV undermine the impact of scientific advances against AIDS, Human Rights Watch said today. “Research (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=747211 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 747211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=742647&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fhiv-infection-in-conflict-settings.html It has long been believed that conflict fuels HIV infection. High incidence of human rights abuses, including sexual violence, and mass displacement have been shown to heighten the risk of HIV transmission. As UNAIDS stated in Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Conflict Settings, “Sadly, the very conditions that define a complex emergency—conflict, social instability, poverty and (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=742647 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 742647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=742646&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fhrw-health-and-human-rights.html Check out Human Rights Watch's new Health and Human Rights webpage! "It is my aspiration that health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for; but as a human right to be fought for." —former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan Promoting and protecting health and respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights are inextricably linked, and every country in the world is (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=742646 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 742646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=727337&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fcivil-society-leaders-announce-new.html Thirteen civil society and public health organizations, including World YWCA and Rockefeller Foundation, seek global access to new HPV vaccines and screening NAIROBI (6 July 2007) – A coalition of leaders at the World YWCA International Women’s Summit in Nairobi today announced the launch of the Global Call to Stop Cervical Cancer, a disease that kills more than a quarter of a million women each (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=727337 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 727337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=705761&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fnew-report-from-uc-berkeley-and-johns.html Burma junta faulted for rampant diseases By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations 28 June 2007 BERKELEY – As Congress debates extending political and economic sanctions against Burma's military regime, a new report from the University of California, Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins University documents how decades of repressive rule, civil war and poor governance in the Southeast Asian country have (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=705761 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 705761 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683372&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fop-ed-trifecta.html Three articles over the weekend cover a range of themes within the AIDS crisis—global aid, government sanctions, clean needle exchange—and converge in their call for increased government responsibility in the global effort to curb the epidemic. Looking towards the fiscal 2008 appropriations bill, the New York Times calculates that the G8 pledge of $60 billion is actually a “retreat from previous (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683372 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 683372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676437&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fworld-bank.html The World Bank released a report yesterday entitled The Africa Multi-Country AIDS Program 2000-2006: Results of the World Bank’s Response to a Development Crisis. Advocating locally approapriate approaches to tackling the AIDS epidemic, it says, "the mobilization of empowered 'grassroots' communities, along with delivering condoms and life-saving treatments, are beginning to slow the pace of the (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676437 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 676437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676438&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fbasics-on-pepfar.html Recent developments on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) In 2003, President Bush introduced the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a plan that allocated $15 billion over 5 years to AIDS relief in 15 countries hardest hit by the epidemic. Last Wednesday, May 30th, Bush announced that he would reauthorize this spending and boost the amount to $30 billion (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676438 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 676438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629358&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fchina-activist-couple-accused-of.html Just months after 79-year-old AIDS activist Dr. Gao Yaoji was detained by Chinese officials and temporarily prohibited from traveling to the US to accept an award, the young Chinese AIDS activists Hu Jia and Zeng Jinyan were arrested on Friday, May 18. Charged with "harming state security" for their work on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS, Zeng Jinyan began a blog to document their (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629358 Tue, 22 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 629358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620423&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fcurb-hiv-infection-rates-in-texas.html May 10, 2007 in the Statesman"The Bible people come to the prisons once a month. Let the condom people come in once a month. The purpose is the same — to save lives." Last month, Texas State Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) spoke these words to the House Committee on Corrections in support of his bill permitting community organizations to distribute condoms in Texas prisons.In the (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620423 Tue, 15 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 620423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620424&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fwoman-aids-activist-nominated-for-nobel.html This week Patricia Perez became the first HIV-positive woman to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. An activist from Argentina, she is the regional representative of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Latin America (ICW Latina). Her nomination was announced in Mexico City. In the last three years, the prevalence of HIV among Latin American women has risen considerably (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620424 Mon, 14 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 620424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=597556&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fdebate-global-public-health.html The Challenge of Global Health by Laurie Garrett, Foriegn Affairs, January/February 2007 Thanks to a recent extraordinary rise in public and private giving, today more money is being directed toward the world's poor and sick than ever before. But unless these efforts start tackling public health in general instead of narrow, disease-specific problems -- and unless the brain drain from the (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=597556 Mon, 07 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 597556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=566766&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Ftowards-universal-access-scaling-up.html Last week the United Nations, UNAIDS, and WHO launched a new report focusing on access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in low and middle income countries. The findings were mixed: although treatment in these countries increased 54 percent over 2005, coverage in general is patchy and inadequate. And the UN's stated goal of achieving universal access by 2010 is now only 3 years away. (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=566766 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 566766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551780&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fworld-bank-new-policies-backslide-on.html Continued Support for Access to Contraceptives, Safe Abortion Crucial to Development (New York, April 16, 2007) – By failing to explicitly support continued access to family planning and contraception, new World Bank policies, as drafted, would undermine a key strategy in the fight against global poverty, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the bank’s board of directors. “Women’s lack of (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551780 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=546878&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fblog-post.html (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=546878 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 546878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=533286&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fwho-speaks-out-on-health-security-on.html "Invest in health, build a safer future", the WHO said in a new publication honoring this World Health Day, April 7th. In the face of rising temperatures and globalization, the international health organization looks to the increasing threats to health. The publication outlines its primary focus areas: Emerging diseases;Economic stability’s effect on mobility of people and goods, and (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=533286 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 533286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=517955&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fshackles-or-budget-allocations.html On March 30, the Institute of Medicine released a report called, “PEPFAR Implementation: Progress and Promise” which evaluates the initiative’s progress over the last three years. The interpretations of this report have been as mixed as those of the controversial initiative itself: The New York Times focused on the IOM’s assertion that the fight against AIDS is “hampered” by certain restrictions (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=517955 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 517955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=509936&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fhard-sells.html “Ma’am, a father can help bathe his daughter until she is of what age?” the resident of Villa El Salvador (Lima, Peru) asked a health worker who passes by his house once or twice a week. The health worker was there to check up on his daughter, who is less than a year old and is registered in a nutrition program that is testing to see what positive affects, if any, zinc can have in early (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=509936 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 509936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504905&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fhivaids-in-honduras.html Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and one of the hardest hit by HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is estimated at 1.5 percent. Only Belize, with a prevalence of 2.5 percent, has a higher prevalence in all of North, Central, or South America, according to UNAIDS. I would like to highlight a couple places that are hard at work to curb the epidemic and improve the lives of (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504905 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 504905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495542&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fmccain-stumbles-on-hiv-prevention.html Monday, March 19 "The unthinkable has happened. Senator John McCain met a question, while sitting with reporters on his bus as it rumbled through Iowa today, that he couldn't -- or perhaps wouldn't -- answer. Did he support the distribution of taxpayer-subsidized condoms in Africa to fight the transmission of H.I.V.? What followed was a long series of awkward pauses, glances up to the ceiling (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495542 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 495542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495541&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fhiv-testing-and-reproductive-choice-how.html While this reflection is of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto - the tough questions it raises remain as pertinent (and largely unanswered) today as they were 6 months ago. Published on RHRealityCheck.org (http://www.rhrealitycheck.org) By Maria de Bruyn Created Aug 28 2006 - 8:20am Any reflections on the XVI International Conference on AIDS are necessarily subjective, as each person (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495541 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 495541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495543&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Finternational-womens-day.html Just in time for International Women's Day this year, the Women Won't Wait campaign launched a timely report recognizing the intersectionality of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. "Show Us the Money: Is Violence Against Women on the HIV&AIDS Funding Agenda?" by an international coalition of human rights and health organizations, calls for changes in the policies, programming and funding (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495543 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495546&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Ficw-reproductive-rights-and-wrongs.html The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) is the only international network of HIV positive women and has 5000 members worldwide. Our vision is a world where all HIV positive women: Have a respected and meaningful involvement at all political levels, local, national, regional, and international, where decisions that affect our lives are being made; Have full access to care (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495546 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495545&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fwomen-hivaids-and-human-rights-skills.html Women, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Skills Building Workshop held in Toronto August 14-17, 2006. CURRICULUM with ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY and CASE STUDY available online! Online athttp://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/women_hiv_aids/contents.htm Table of Contents 1) Overview Articles 2) Sex, Gender & Social Context in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic (a) Stigma, Discrimination, and Violence (b) Gender, (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495545 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495544&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fupdate-dr-gao-will-travel_16.html Earlier today, Chinese officials finally granted AIDS activist Dr. Gao Yaojie permission to travel to the United States next month to accept her award from Vital Voices, reported the AP/New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-China-AIDS-Whistleblower.html). For the last week, Dr. Gao has been confined to her home in the Henan Province by Chinese officials pressuring her not to (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495544 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495547&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fintensive-course-in-health-and-human.html Intensive Course in Health and Human Rights: June 18-22, 2007 Boston, Massachusetts Learn How to Incorporate a Human Rights Framework Into Your Professional Activities Presented in Collaboration with: The Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights The Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Population and International Health (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495547 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495548&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fupdate-global-fund-names-executive.html The Global Fund selected Michel Kazatchkine to replace Richard Feachem as its Executive Director. Kazatchkine has spent much of the last 20 years working on HIV/AIDS, both as a physician and as the leader of an AIDS research agency. Feachem's term ends on March 31, 2007. Read more about the Global Fund's selection and Professor Kazatchkine: Global Fund Boston Globe Agence Nationale de Recherches (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495548 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495549&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Faids-doctor-detained-by-chinese.html Dr. Gao Yaojie, a 79-year old Chinese doctor who has been internationally recognized for her fight against the spread of HIV, has been detained by Chinese officials since Thursday, February 1st. Dr. Gao was scheduled to arrive in the US this week to accept an award from Vital Voices. As of Feb 6, Dr. Gao has been under house arrest in Zhengzhou with no access to modes of communication. Dr. Gao (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495549 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495550&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fupdate-global-fund-executive-director.html Three finalists for the position of Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria have been announced. Richard Feachem, who has been the Executive Director since 2001, will be replaced by either Michel Kazatchkine, France's HIV/AIDS ambassador; David Nabarro, a British national now leading the United Nation's efforts to fight avian flu; or Alex Coutinho, executive (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495550 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495551&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fupdate-mdecins-sans-frontires-to.html Quarter of a Million People Urge Novartis To Drop Case Against India Company Would Effectively be Shutting Down the "Pharmacy of the Developing World" New Delhi/Geneva, 29 January 2007 – As pharmaceutical company Novartis proceeded with its legal challenge against the Indian government in a court hearing in Chennai, India, today, nearly a quarter of a million people from over 150 countries (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495551 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495552&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fupdate-thailand-to-allow-generic.html Thailand’s government, in a landmark decision today, approved the production of cheaper versions of two major medicines for heart disease and HIV/AIDS (Plavix and Kaletra respectively). The government took advantage of the World Trade Organization’s rules on intellectual property to declare a “national emergency”, allowing them to produce and sell already patented drugs. Health Minister Mongkol (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495552 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495554&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fdevelopments-of-trips.html Lancet‘s recent editorial, “Undermining TRIPS: protectionism at its worst”, brings to light two international campaigns that will likely be of great signficance for the future of poor countries’ access to medicines. The campaigns, led by Doctors Without Borders and host of other organizations, are working to uphold the rules of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) agreement that (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495554 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495553&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fboston-globe-global-health-organization.html WASHINGTON -- The next leader of a global organization that fights major infectious diseases, including AIDS, may come from a group that includes the former health minister of Mexico, France's AIDS ambassador, the former leader of UNICEF, and several leaders of the World Health Organization, according to a list of names obtained by the Globe. The board overseeing the organization, Global Fund to (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495553 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0100 495553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495555&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Ftwo-sides-of-opium.html Afghanistan has a booming opium trade, which has increased seven-fold since 2002 and supplies an estimated 90 percent of the world's illegal heroin. Much of this goes to (or through) nearby Pakistan where injecting drug use is a main concern and HIV prevalence is rising. Recently, Pakistan's Health Minister expressed frustration at the Afghan government for not moving more effectively towards (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495555 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:00:00 +0100 495555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495560&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fsigns-of-new-congress-questioning.html The Boston Globe reported yesterday on some important questions that Democrats are asking about President Bush’s faith-based initiatives: Have current faith-based initiatives violated the separation of church and state?Did the Bush administration really give 98.3 percent of the faith-based foreign-aid money to Christian groups? How does this affect, among other things, our foreign relations?What (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495560 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:00:00 +0100 495560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495563&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F11%2Fnew-york-times-needles-aids-china.html To the Editor: In "China's Muslims Awake to Nexus of Needles and AIDS", Howard French shows one bright spot in China's war against the AIDS epidemic: in Xinjiang, authorities are beginning to offer methadone to drug users. However, the article does not show an uglier piece of the picture. Every year, authorities around the country also forcibly detain thousands of drug users in prisons, " (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495563 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:00:00 +0100 495563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495565&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F10%2Fquestions-from-civil-society-to-all.html These questions were proposed to all WHO Director Nominees. Stay tuned--we will post their responses as they come. 1. Global commitments have been made to universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support. For example, the African Union (AU) Common Position commits to doing everything possible to achieve 80% coverage of adults and children in need of antiretroviral treatment (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495565 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495564&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F10%2Fkennedy-and-waxman-urge-us-to-promote.html In recent letters to Secretary Michael Leavitt (Health and Human Services) and Comptroller General David Walker (Government Accountability Office), Senator Kennedy and Representative Waxman remind the Administration of its obligations under the Trade Act of 2002. Under this act, the U.S. is obligated by law to respect the commitments made under the TRIPS and Public Health, commonly known as the (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495564 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495562&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F10%2Falert-to-champs-new-monthly-bulletin.html The Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project has started a monthly bulletin focusing on AIDS in jails and prisons. Each issue will outline a case-study of an advocacy campaign. The first issue, published in June 2006, focuses on the movement around AB1677 which advocated for the distribution of condoms in California prisons (this bill was, unfortunately, vetoed over the weekend). Check it out at: (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495562 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495561&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F10%2Freport-from-new-york-city-immigrant.html Over the last 3 decades, the growth and diversification of New York City’s immigrant population has mirrored the growth in the HIV epidemic. Michele Shedlin and her colleagues in a recent study examined this concurrence, locating a gap in public health research. They state: Because the HIV pandemic undergoes continual change in its locations and affected populations, it is crucial to study HIV (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495561 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495556&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Fsouth-africa-allocation-of-resources.html South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV in Africa, and rivals only India for the most in the world. Activists have long pushed for – and had great success – demanding greater access for everyone to antiretroviral drugs in South Africa. But the question is still sometimes raised – how can a scarce resource (antiretroviral drugs) be ethically and most effectively distributed? (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495556 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495559&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Fcdc-recommends-routine-testing-ignores.html The Center for Disease Control and Prevention revised their recommendations on September 22 regarding HIV testing. Now, the CDC urges that all teenagers and most adults receive HIV tests as part of routine medical care. Further, it advocates dropping previous guidelines of pre-test counseling and signed consent forms. This proposal prioritizes expansive testing over efforts to inform people (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495559 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495557&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F09%2Fuganda-another-approach-to-testing.html The debates around HIV testing often focus on the false dichotomy between Voluntary Counseling and Testing (dismissed as the old “failed” approach, despite never having been adequately funded, and working remarkably well in many places with lots of interest but still small overall percentages of populations being tested) and Routine Provider Initiated Counseling and Testing (where patients can, (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495557 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495558&cid=s_35245_135_f&fid=35245&url=http%3A%2F%2Feliminateaids.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F08%2Frelections-on-conference.html Yesterday we asked people how they are feeling about the XVI AIDS Conference, what they will take away from it, and if they think the most important issues are being tackled. Here are some of their responses: “People are talking more on prevention and microbicides and new results studies, but they have to think about positive people also, is their a response ready for preventing this HIV (Source: AIDS and Rights) AIDS and Rights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495558 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:00:00 +0100 495558