Unsafe sex among PLHIV creates new HIV strains in Uganda

Submitted by weziwe about 22 hours ago

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A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter have "recombinant" viruses that might threaten both treatment and prevention efforts. A and D are the most common nationally but 29 percent of research participants had "recombinant" forms of HIV called A/D and D/A - evidence that re-infection has occurred. Read more...

A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter have "recombinant" viruses that might threaten both treatment and prevention efforts. A and D are the most common nationally but 29 percent of research participants had "recombinant" forms of HIV called A/D and D/A - evidence that re-infection has occurred.

Keywords: recombinant HIV sub-types of HIV A and D Uganda

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Ethiopia 2010: Patient Friendly Research To Fight Tuberculosis (TB)

Submitted by Bobby Ramakant (bobby) about 1 day ago

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Photo by bm.iphone We need new tools to fight TB. With the currently available over-40-yrs old diagnostic tools, just 61% of TB cases get diagnosed globally AND close to 40% of the cases go undetected... Read more...

We need new tools to fight TB. With the currently available over-40-yrs old diagnostic tools, just 61% of TB cases get diagnosed globally AND close to 40% of the cases go undetected...

Keywords: citizen news service CNS diagnostics Dr Christian Lienhardt drug resistance extensively drug-resistant M/XDR-TB MDR-TB multi-drug resistant OPEN FORUM 4 research shobha shukla TB tuberculosis XDR-TB

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Seeking Urgent Clarification on Imprisonment of Kenyan TB Patients

Submitted by Bobby Ramakant (bobby) about 2 days ago

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Photo by takomabibelot World Care Council wrote to Kenya's National TB Programme manager, about the two TB Patients in Kenya being sentenced to 8 months in prison for not taking their tablets as prescribed. World Care Council has sought clarification on this from the National TB Programme Manager in Kenya. Read more...

World Care Council wrote to Kenya's National TB Programme manager, about the two TB Patients in Kenya being sentenced to 8 months in prison for not taking their tablets as prescribed. World Care Council has sought clarification on this from the National TB Programme Manager in Kenya.

Keywords: citizen news service CNS drug resistance extensively drug-resistant jail kenya M/XDR-TB MDR-TB multi-drug resistant prison TB tuberculosis XDR-TB

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Pornography and lack of policy key to increased HIV infection among Ugandan youth

Submitted by kyeswa johnson m (johni) about 2 days ago

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Live sex on screens and the provocatively posed pictures of naked women and men create an imagery that gradually builds up in young people's minds and can end up hooking them into addiction. Read more...

Live sex on screens and the provocatively posed pictures of naked women and men create an imagery that gradually builds up in young people's minds and can end up hooking them into addiction.

Keywords: HIV pornography Uganda

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Attainment of health-related MDGs still a challenge in Zambia

Submitted by Gershom about 2 days ago

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Today, 10 years after setting the Millennium Development Goals, many developing countries like Zambia are nowhere near to meeting the goals. One of the challenges is that national governments are not fulfilling the Abuja Declaration of 2001 in which African states made the commitments of allocating 15% of their national budget to the health sector. Read more...

Today, 10 years after setting the Millennium Development Goals, many developing countries like Zambia are nowhere near to meeting the goals. One of the challenges is that national governments are not fulfilling the Abuja Declaration of 2001 in which African states made the commitments of allocating 15% of their national budget to the health sector.

Keywords: AIDS HIV MDGs pepfar PMTCT TB

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Karaoke, beer and sexual violence: how gender inequality is hindering efforts to achieve the MDGs

Submitted by Meghan Lewis (MLewis) about 3 days ago

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Gender inequality is threatening Cambodia's chances of achieving several of the Millennium Development Goals. Increasingly women are standing up and demanding equality and visibility. But in order to achieve gender equality, men also need to take responsibility for their actions and demand to see a fairer society in which all genders are treated with respect. Read more...

Gender inequality is threatening Cambodia's chances of achieving several of the Millennium Development Goals. Increasingly women are standing up and demanding equality and visibility. But in order to achieve gender equality, men also need to take responsibility for their actions and demand to see a fairer society in which all genders are treated with respect.

Keywords: Cambodia gender MDGs Millennium Development Goals rape Sex work sexual violence women

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August KC briefing: Millennium Development Goals

Submitted by AliceKlein about 1 week ago

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Photo by Ministério da Cultura August 2010's KC briefing in full, for those KCs who might have missed it and in order to keep an online record.

This month we are focusing on the Millennium Development Goals. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September to accelerate progress towards goals. The future of the world’s poorest people relies on the international community to keep their promise. Read more...

August 2010's KC briefing in full, for those KCs who might have missed it and in order to keep an online record.This month we are focusing on the Millennium Development Goals. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September to accelerate progress towards goals. The future of the world’s poorest people relies on the international community to keep their promise.

Keywords: Ban ki moon Health Systems Strengthening HIV/AIDS MDGs Millennium Development Goals

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Unsafe sex among PLHIV creates new HIV strains in Uganda

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Seeking Urgent Clarification on Imprisonment of Kenyan TB Patients

Pornography and lack of policy key to increased HIV infection among Ugandan youth

Attainment of health-related MDGs still a challenge in Zambia

Karaoke, beer and sexual violence: how gender inequality is hindering efforts to achieve the MDGs

August KC briefing: Millennium Development Goals

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