This week's top news stories from the Consortium on AIDS & International Development

Submitted by AliceKlein about 10 months ago

News Stories

19 November 2009: PlusNews
Kenya: Stigma holding back the fight against TB
"The kind of discrimination I faced from my neighbours made me regret [sharing] my condition with them; I could not even share the [communal] sink"…More

18 November 2009: UNAIDS
UNFPA report: Exploring links between HIV and climate change
HIV and climate change are perceived as profoundly linked, a perception shared by a range of UN bodies, including UNAIDS and the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP…More

18 November 2009: Forbes.com
US AIDS program undaunted by recession, head says
The global recession is not dampening America's international drive to stop AIDS, the head of the campaign said Wednesday…More

18 November 2009: Ekklesia
Williams under pressure as Christians condemn Ugandan anti-gay bill…More

17 November 2009: Voice of America (VOA)
Global Fund Extends Life of Zimbabwe Funding for AIDS, Other Diseases…More

17 November 2009: FT.com
Archbishop of Canterbury hits at City culture
He backed the idea of a "Tobin tax" [currency transaction levy] - a charge on global currency transactions - as a way of insuring against the behaviour of markets and speculators…More

The Chronicle of Philanthropy/Funders Concerned About AIDS
AIDS Grant Making Grows
Thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, American foundation support for HIV/AIDS-related causes grew 11 percent last year, to $618-million, says a new report…More

16 November 2009: PlusNews
Uganda: AIDS Commission takes new direction in prevention
The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is revamping its national HIV information campaign after HIV prevention messages were less successful than hoped…More

16 November 2009: The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia: Progress against HIV at risk
Human rights abuses against populations particularly vulnerable to HIV infection threaten the Cambodian government’s success…More

16 November 2009: aidsmap
Multiple pregnancies a safe option for women with HIV
HIV-positive women can have sequential pregnancies without risking either their own health or that of their infants, Irish investigators have reported…More

15 November 2009: The Sunday Monitor
Uganda: Ex-African leaders petition Museveni on Aids law
The Champions for an HIV-free Generation (an African elder statesmen’s forum) wrote that the draft HIV/Aids Prevention and Control Bill 2008 and the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill…More

15 November 2009: Canada.com
First Nations conference exposes 'hidden epidemic' of HIV…More

13 November 2009: The Global Fund
Global Fund to Provide $24 Million of New Funding to Fight HIV/AIDS in Russia
This will extend by two years a successful HIV prevention program for highly vulnerable groups such as injecting drug users and sex workers …More

12 November 2009: The Global Fund
Global Fund Approves US$2.4 Billion in New Grants
It is the ninth time the Global Fund Board approved new proposals to support programs fighting the three diseases…More

10 November 2009: The Guardian
Don't let a backlash knock out Tobin tax
Gordon Brown has added to the momentum pushing for a tax on global financial transactions. But the battle is far from won…More

Research/Journal

AIDS 23: S105-S114
Providing family planning in Ethiopian voluntary HIV counseling and testing facilities: client, counselor and facility-level considerations…More

AIDS 24: S79-88
Linking family planning with HIV/AIDS interventions: a systematic review of the evidence…More

AIDS 23: S69-77
Hormonal contraception and HIV disease progression: a multicountry cohort analysis of the MTCT-Plus Initiative…More

AIDS 23: S55-S67
Safety of hormonal and intrauterine methods of contraception for women with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review…More

AIDS 23: S37-S45
Fertility desires and infection with the HIV: results from a survey in rural Uganda…More

AIDS 23: S27-S35
Reproductive behaviour and HIV status of antenatal clients in northern Tanzania: opportunities for family planning and preventing mother-to-child transmission integration…More

AIDS 23: S19-S26
Pregnancy desires, and contraceptive knowledge and use among prevention of mother-to-child transmission clients in Rwanda…More

AIDS 23: S7-S17, November 2009
Fertility preferences and the need for contraception among women living with HIV: the basis for a joint action agenda…More

Keywords: HIV/AIDS kenya recession UNAIDS UNFPA

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