Taking medicine for HIV proves hard to swallow for many people Oct 23, 2009
Highly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus ... The typical patient on the highly active antiretroviral therapy takes one or two pills once or twice a day. (EurekAlert!)
South Africa: Elite Group That Can Control Their HIV Offers Vaccine Hope Oct 22, 2009
The study defines a controller as someone who has never been on antiretroviral medicine but has three viral load tests over a year that show undetectable or very low levels of HIV every time. The "controllers" usually discovered that they were HIV positive after volunteering for an HIV test, rather than falling sick. (allAfrica.com)
Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care Oct 22, 2009
In a study published in the October issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, researchers from the division of general internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA found that a large number of HIV-positive individuals who reported feeling stigmatized also reported poor access to care or suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). In fact, individuals who experienced high levels of internalized stigma were four times as likely as... (EurekAlert!)
Africa: Global Money Shortage Undermines Aids Fight Oct 21, 2009
Although four million people were now on antiretroviral treatment, an increase of 36 percent in just one year, "we can't treat our way out of this epidemic", said Piot. "For every person who gets antiretroviral treatment, there are two to three others who get infected. We have to invest in prevention, including vaccine research. AIDS is a long-term problem and we need a long-term approach." ... " Piot added that it was not clear whether US President Barack Obama would increase funds to the... (allAfrica.com)
Research Shows Treating HIV-AIDS With Interleukin-2 Is Ineffective Oct 21, 2009
IL-2 is currently used as a complement to highly active antiretroviral therapy (known as HAART), which is administered to patients with HIV-AIDS. Since HAART controls replication of viruses in the blood, doctors thought that IL-2 would help regenerate more CD4+ immune cells, which serve as an indicator of viral progression. It was thought that IL-2 increased the natural immunity of patients by helping immune cells mature and multiply. (Science Daily)
Maternal HIV-1 treatment protects against transmission to newborns Oct 17, 2009
Mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV-1 infection are less likely than untreated mothers to transmit the virus to their newborns through breastfeeding, according to a new study ... While acknowledging more research is needed to develop safe, effective, and affordable ways to prevent postnatal transmission in settings with few resources, the study's authors recommend that women presenting late in pregnancy who have low CD4 counts and require antiretroviral... (EurekAlert!)
Africare to Honor Grammy Award Winner John Legend at 2009 Africare Award Dinner -- Selection Underscores Voice of New Generation in Philanthropy Oct 16, 2009
Since its launch, the Show Me Campaign, in partnership with the Millennium Promise is working with the western Tanzanian village of Mbola, to empower more than 30,000 people with sustainable solutions such as securing safe water points, improving agricultural techniques, building local medical clinics, providing free meals for school children, preventing malaria with insecticide treated bed nets and providing antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV/AIDS.. The theme of the 2009 Bishop... (allAfrica.com)
Mali: HIV-Positive Children 'Missing' From Health System Oct 15, 2009
"She is not good with the child's treatment. The viral load [the amount of HIV in the bloodstream] is still detectable after six years of [antiretroviral] treatment," Koita told IRIN. ... Only half of the 935 children taking antiretrovirals (ARVs) show up regularly at the hospital for medical care ... Resistance to antiretroviral medication can develop if it is not taken regularly each day. (allAfrica.com)
Researchers Find Candidates For New HIV Drugs Oct 15, 2009
30, 2005) Researchers have identified a patient with a unique variant of HIV that is resistant to multiple classes of antiretroviral drugs and associated with the rapid development of AIDS, reporting their. (July 9, 2005) HIV evades the host immune system to cause infection. (Science Daily)
CFS/ME and Retroviruses Oct 10, 2009
Antiretroviral drugs are used in HIV infection and could be used to treat XMRV, but they have significant, often permanent side effects. Antiherpesvirals and other antiviral medications have been successfully used in CFS/ME treatment - but they are much less toxic than antiretrovirals ... There are dozens of effective treatments for CFS/ME, so if antiretrovirals are not curative (as is the situation with HIV), it is hard to support their use. (Suite101.com)
Newsweek: The world's most reviled genius Oct 10, 2009
When Duesberg advised the South African president not to bother with antiretroviral medication programs (he still believes the drugs are more toxic than the virus), his adversaries say he condemned hundreds of thousands of the world's most vulnerable people to death. Consorting with Mbeki to such disastrous ends fixed Duesberg as more than a mere pariah. (MSNBC -- Health)
Coping With a Health Food Obsession Oct 10, 2009
Try strengthening the mind-body connection through yoga, mediation, journaling, or art therapy. Or, try new things such as learning a new language, taking different types of exercise classes, or joining a scrapbooking or knitting group. (Suite101.com)
Condom no cure for AIDS in Africa Oct 8, 2009
The policy of the church is not the result of an obscurantist vision, but the realisation of a simple fact: the battle against Aids will not be won by condoms or antiretroviral medicines; it will be won by a change of lifestyle. It is sad to see that the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies (which thrive on a large number of patients) are always protected by western journalists who have no first-hand knowledge. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Test AIDS Vaccine in Africa, HIV Virus Co-Discoverer Luc Montagnier Says Oct 7, 2009
Scientists should focus on developing a so- called therapeutic vaccine that doctors would use in conjunction with antiretroviral drugs to rid patients of HIV and keep it from coming back. Of course, every initiative which tries to fight AIDS is good in principle, Montagnier said. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Uganda: HIV/Aids- Why Children Miss Out On Medication Oct 5, 2009
Dr Zainab Akol, the programme director National AIDS Control Programme in the Ministry of Health, says a large supply of paediatric antiretroviral medication donated by the Clinton Foundation could expire in the medical stores by March next year because of low demand ... " Goretti Nakabugo, a counsellor, says due to stigma, parents have failed to take their children for treatment. They believe that if their children start treatment, they will be shunned by the community and school-mates. The... (allAfrica.com)
Experimental Drug Lets B Cells Live And Lymphoma Cells Die Oct 5, 2009
8, 2005) In people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may prevent most excess cases of Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a new. (Feb. (Science Daily)
Africa: "Patent Pool" Could Ease HIV Drug Prices Oct 3, 2009
Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF), has launched a new e-mail campaign to pressure pharmaceutical companies to share their patent rights of certain antiretroviral HIV/AIDS drugs. Ideally, the patents held by different companies on specific HIV drugs would be made available to other companies for both production and development. (allAfrica.com)
* Seeds of happiness: Garden therapy offers hope for a brighter futurev uv{RsX Oct 3, 2009
Garden therapy, a form of therapy that has the same effects as music therapy, art therapy and game therapy, has grown increasingly popular over the last few years and experts believe that victims of the floods caused by Typhoon Morakot can use garden therapy to bring peace to their damaged souls. Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station research assistant Chen Yan-rui said that garden therapy can help calm a persons emotions, can give people a place to rest their souls and... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Zambia: 'Clear Lack of Commitment to HIV' [interview] Oct 3, 2009
In rural areas, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment isn't available in a comprehensive manner. Those with financial resources can access treatment, but the others can't. (allAfrica.com)
City Beat (158) Oct 3, 2009
La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) exhibit by JFSA s Ascentia Art Therapy Clients is on display at CWRU Weatherhead School of Management, 11119 Bellflower Dr., through Nov. 1. Exhibit features masks related to Italy s Venetian Carnival festival. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients Oct 2, 2009
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Non-AIDS-related cancers such as anal and lung cancer have become more common among HIV patients than among people without HIV since antiretroviral therapies were introduced in the mid-1990s to treat people with the virus, U.S. researchers say ... There has been speculation that non-AIDS-defining malignancies are becoming more common among HIV patients because antiretroviral drugs help them live longer ... One controversial theory is that antiretroviral... (MEDLINEplus)
How HIV Spread In Central And East Africa: Genetic, Geographic Data Deliver Clear Picture Of HIV Progress Oct 2, 2009
7, 2007) It is known that HIV-infected children who do not receive appropriate antiretroviral drugs experience immune depression, and may become susceptible to infectious diseases that would otherwise be. (Nov. (Science Daily)
County HIV specialist, patients protest potential program cut Oct 1, 2009
According to the USC Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, Kings County's HIV program has 95 percent of its 40 patients on antiretroviral medications. All of those on medications have achieved undetectable levels of the virus in their systems, the center says. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Tenfold rise in HIV treatment for poor: UN Oct 1, 2009
"Access to antiretroviral therapy continues to expand at a rapid rate," said the report ... 03 million were receiving antiretroviral therapy ... "One of the major factors which contributed to create a wider availability of treatment is reduction of price of the most frequently used antiretroviral drugs," she said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
AIDS detection, treatment rise globally Oct 1, 2009
The ranks of people taking antiretroviral drugs in the developing world rose by over a million to surpass 4 million people globally, the United Nations said yesterday in its 2009 progress report on HIV and AIDS.. The vast international effort on AIDS, financed by the United States, European countries, and other donors, also ensured that growing numbers of children with AIDS, who had largely been left to die quick, unheralded deaths in past years, also benefited from the life-saving drug... (Boston Globe)
County HIV-AIDS program may face severe cuts Sep 30, 2009
According to the University of Southern California Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, the county's HIV program has 100 percent of its patients on antiretroviral medications with all of them having undetectable levels of the virus in their systems -- a quality of care "unmatched by many.". Wong also said elimination of the HIV care would cause well-managed patients to fall out of consistent care, resulting in expensive emergency room visits and hospitalization and raising the taxpayer... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Did The Great Depression Have A Silver Lining? Life Expectancy Increased By 6.2 Years Sep 30, 2009
Did The Great Depression Have A Silver Lining. Life Expectancy Increased By 6. (Science Daily)
Study highlights HIV/AIDS challenge in American prison system Sep 30, 2009
A new study by Dr. Nitika Pant Pai an Assistant professor of Medicine and a medical scientist at the Research Institute of the MUHC suggests the majority (76%) of inmates take their antiretroviral treatment (ART) intermittently once they leave prison, representing a higher risk to the general population ... "This research is the first observational study in American prisons to evaluate the impact of antiretroviral treatment (ART) over a nine year period. It demonstrates the need for... (EurekAlert!)
Govt running low on ARVs Sep 26, 2009
The Health Department says it is doing all it can to increase the supply of antiretroviral drugs to state hospitals and clinics. Several health facilities have been hit by a shortage of ARVs. (iAfrica.com)
Zambia: The Repercussions of Suspending Aid Sep 26, 2009
"Previously, health workers used to follow us [up] and bring us drugs in our area, but for the past two months we have been coming [to get them] on our own," Sikazwe told IRIN. He has been HIV-positive for the past two years and now has to travel 70km every month to access life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. About 200,000 Zambians nationwide are accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) services at various government health facilities, but only urban clinics are mandated to administer ART in... (allAfrica.com)
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Lung Disease On The Rise In The United States, Study Finds Sep 26, 2009
They reviewed database records spanning 1998 to 2005, and identified more than 16,475 hospitalizations associated with pulmonary NTM in people without AIDS. Before the widespread availability of combination antiretroviral therapy, pulmonary NTM disease was a common opportunistic infection among people with AIDS infection; in this study, the researchers limited their analysis to non-AIDS NTM disease. Of the 11 states studied, Florida, New York and California had 62 percent of the pulmonary NTM... (Science Daily)
Africa: Groups Oppose Fees for Healthcare [analysis] Sep 25, 2009
People living with HIV in Mozambique have access to free antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, but they must pay hospital user fees and for medicines to treat common HIV-related infections. Hospitals charge patients an administrative fee of only 10 Meticais (US$0. (allAfrica.com)
HIV Vaccine Regimen Demonstrates Modest Preventive Effect In Thailand Clinical Study Sep 25, 2009
25, 2009) In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing HIV infection in a clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult participants in Thailand. Following a final analysis of the trial data, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, the trial sponsor, announced today that the prime-boost investigational vaccine regimen was safe and 31 percent effective in preventing HIV infection. (Science Daily)
AVAC Praises Thai AIDS Vaccine Trial Collaborators and Volunteers for Historic Study Sep 24, 2009
"That means perfecting methods and ensuring access for all who need it to existing HIV prevention and treatment options, including male and female condoms, behavior change counseling, male circumcision, clean needles, harm reduction and antiretroviral drugs; ensuring continued research to find effective new options, including vaccines, microbicides, and PrEP; and planning for integrating these new interventions into combination programs.". More information about the Thai trial results is... (PR Newswire)
Senior Neighbors: Sept. 24 Sep 24, 2009
Liz Archer is a certified Art Educator with a background in art therapy. Pre-registration required by calling the Council on Aging at 781-235-3961. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
The Plane Truth Sep 23, 2009
Antiretroviral drugs have raised the number of people receiving HIV treatment from less than 100,000 to 3 million, despite efforts in some African governments to siphon off the medicine for the black market. More closely monitored aid programs have put 34 million more African children in school, and in Uganda's case, reduced the rate of the donations stolen from the schools from an unworkable 80 percent to a more tolerable 20 percent. (The American Conservative)
Health news: A cure for Aids? Sep 23, 2009
Luke Mumba, director of the Southern African Network for Biosciences (SANBio), said so far tests revealed that one of the plants the healer uses in a milky brown drink has properties that could make it almost as effective as the antiretroviral indinavir. "The active ingredients from all the plants have been turned into a powder and made into a capsule," said Mumba. (iAfrica.com)
Alzheimer's disease Sep 21, 2009
These include: psychological methods, art therapy, music therapy, playing with toys. Some health professionals try to encourage patients to reminisce about past memories as a way to reduce depression without the use of drugs. (BBC News -- Health)
2 die in poisoning at German therapy group Sep 21, 2009
He specializes in "depth psychology, bodywork and art therapy, and spiritual crises," according to the Web site. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
12 Poisoned in Berlin Group Therapy, 2 Die Sep 21, 2009
He specializes in "depth psychology, bodywork and art therapy, and spiritual crises," according to the Web site. By Associated Press Writer Andrea Backhaus MMIX The Associated Press. (CBS News)
Family Resources therapist uses art and play to help clients heal Sep 20, 2009
Art projects like this help create a feeling of structure and order for Cavazos as she attends art therapy sessions with Cynthia Prodzinski, a certified art therapist at Muscatine Family Resources Inc. Cynthia Beaudette/Muscatine Journal. MUSCATINE, Iowa In a quiet room at Muscatine s Family Resources office, Anna Cavazos finds peace in the melding colors of her own creations. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV-positive children living longer Sep 19, 2009
Previously, it was assumed that few children who contracted HIV from their mothers would survive beyond the age of five without antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, but Prof Robin Wood, director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town and one of the co-authors of the study, noticed unexpectedly high rates of HIV infection among older children in large sets of prevalence data he was analyzing. "I was surprised; my first assumption was that there was some sexual molestation going... (AlertNet)
Religion Calendar Sep 19, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009. -CHRIST TEMPLE: Celebrating 52 years of service to the community by the church and Bishop W.R. Clark; includes speakers the Rev. Darlene Johnson of Shiloh Baptist Church in Erie, today, 10 a.m.; and Bishop Caleb McIntosh of London, second presiding bishop of Bible Way Church of Jesus Christ International, dedicating the new parsonage, Sunday, 4 p.m., 1917 McClelland Ave. Call 898-4203. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Are Obama Administration Policies Undermining Global AIDS and Health Responses? Sep 18, 2009
For example, in an interview with the Inter Press Service News Agency in Harare, Zimbabwe, on September 12, 2009 {}, Ambassador Goosby seemed to signal that the U.S. government is backing off of its commitment to universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral medications or ARVs in southern Africa. Ambassador Goosby said that "the resources that are required to respond to the large number of individuals who need to be put on ARVs by 2015 will not be met." The year 2015 is a longstanding global... (PR Newswire)
Zimbabwe: U.S.$70 Million to Help Resuscitate Education Sep 18, 2009
3 percent, but shortages of antiretroviral drugs and medicines to treat opportunistic illnesses led to many AIDS-related deaths. Two-pronged approach. (allAfrica.com)
Clinical trial of antiretroviral-based HIV prevention strategies for women now under way Sep 17, 2009
A new, large-scale clinical trial is examining whether antiretroviral medications normally used to treat HIV infection can also prevent HIV infection in women when applied as a vaginal gel or taken as oral tablets once daily ... The trial will test the safety and efficacy of two different HIV prevention strategies: an investigational microbicide gel containing the antiretroviral drug tenofovir, and oral tablets containing tenofovir or a combination of tenofovir and emtricitabine known by the... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Weighing Costs, Benefits Of HIV Treatments Sep 16, 2009
9, 2006) Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for infants born with HIV infection may be most effective when given in their first five months of life, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of The. (June 2, 2005) The incidence of drug resistance associated with single-dose nevirapine, a drug used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1, may be substantially higher than previously thought and of. (Science Daily)
Tuberculosis Patients Can Reduce Transmissability By Inhaling Interferon Through A Nebulizer Sep 16, 2009
6, 2008) Patients receiving rifampicin-based anti-tuberculosis therapy are more likely to experience virological failure when starting nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy, an HIV treatment that is widely. . (Science Daily)
Tuberculosis Treatment May Be Shortened Sep 15, 2009
6, 2008) Patients receiving rifampicin-based anti-tuberculosis therapy are more likely to experience virological failure when starting nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy, an HIV treatment that is widely. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Southern Africa: Learning From Criticism, U.S. Committed to Aids Fight [interview] Sep 15, 2009
The US has been accused of putting business interests before human lives, when buying more expensive, U.S.-manufactured antiretroviral (ARV) drugs instead of generic drugs manufactured outside of the U.S.. It's legitimate criticism. (allAfrica.com)
Tuberculosis-prevention Therapy Is Cost-effective Option, Researchers Find Sep 15, 2009
14, 2009) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have found that the cost of preventive antibiotic tuberculosis (TB) therapy for patients infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is generally less expensive than the reported cost of treating newly confirmed TB cases. The study, published in The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease this summer, relied on treatment-cost estimates from previous research studies and data collected by members of the study's... (Science Daily)
Art with heart Sep 14, 2009
And now the life-long artist is offering that same relief to others in the form of art therapy ... Artist William Brent, owner of Hard Luck Artist Collective, teaches art therapy to mentally handicapped individuals from Horizon Humane Services ... Brent has a team of volunteers who, along with Horizon employees, work one-on-one with participants during the art therapy sessions. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Africa’s court systems grapple with HIV-related discrimination Sep 13, 2009
Similar questions are raised worldwide, but nowhere do they carry more weight than in a region where as many as 1 in 5 adults has HIV, and in an era in which antiretroviral drugs are keeping more people alive. Laws crafted to deal with such a vast constituency, specialists say, could help curb the epidemic - or deepen a stigma that fuels its spread. (Boston Globe)
US Prison System Falls Short In Treating Drug Addiction, Study Finds Sep 11, 2009
24, 2009) The vast majority of HIV-infected Texas prison inmates who receive antiretroviral therapy while incarcerated experience significant interruptions in HIV treatment after their release into the. (May 6, 2009) When pandemics occur, correctional facilities are not immune. (Science Daily)
A big black hole Sep 11, 2009
"The increases in the number of patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in the department of health as well as the general increases in medical inflation have also put pressure on the health budget.". Construction and fuel costs had also increased significantly over the year resulting in infrastructure departments over-spending, she said. (iAfrica.com)
VNA establishes support group for children in grief Sep 11, 2009
Our counselors use techniques ranging from art therapy to movement therapy in an effort help children express their feelings, said Seifert. The Hallmark Health VNA and Hospice s Kids and Grief Support Groups provide a safe place for children to not only express their feelings, but also to share memories, meet new friends, and learn how to process their grief. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
HIV cure 'more promising than vaccine' Sep 10, 2009
Professor Sharon Lewin says progress is being made on understanding how the virus lives undetected in a small "latent reservoir" in the body, and why conventional antiretroviral medicines can suppress its activity but not wipe the virus out ... " Prof Lewin says scientists have found a way to "push" the virus out of these resting T cells, forcing it back into the blood stream where it can then be targeted by other HIV fighting drugs. This process has been achieved in the lab but not in human... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
South Africa launches child vaccination campaign Sep 8, 2009
The Lancet said the policies of Motsoaledi's predecessor, Tshabalala-Msimang, "not only led to the unnecessary deaths of over 300,000 South Africans (who were denied antiretroviral medicines), but also squandered much of South Africa's hope for enlightened post-apartheid government.". Motsoaledi has said of the previous government's stance on AIDS: "It was wrong, and it set us back 10 years.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Southern Africa: The United States and the Future of HIV/Aids Prevention and Treatment [document] Sep 3, 2009
Over half of the HIV-positive people in need of immediate access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) are currently unable to access the treatment [2 ... Results from the South African Children with HIV Early Antiretroviral Therapy (CHER) trial showed that starting ART before 12 weeks of age significantly reduced early mortality by 76% and HIV progression by 75 ... Granich, R; Dye, C; De Cock, K; Williams, B. Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate antiretroviral therapy as a... (allAfrica.com)
‘The Art of Practice’ opens at Washington Street Art Center Sep 3, 2009
The Washington Art Center and The New England Art Therapy Association have put together an exhibit of the art created by Licensed Medical Health Councilors working in the art therapy discipline. The Art of Practice is a collection of paintings, photos, and sculptures created by art therapists, whether it be art for art s practice or art for one s practice of therapy. (Boston Globe)
HIV-Positive Kids Shunned From Vietnam School Aug 25, 2009
But since the introduction of lifesaving antiretroviral medications, few come there to die anymore. The sanctuary-like setting, run by the Roman Catholic Church, has become a home to HIV-positive orphans and those who have no where else to go. (Time.com)
Increase In Visceral Fat During Menopause Linked With Testosterone Aug 22, 2009
16, 2005) There is no syndrome that causes increased belly fat and decreased facial and limb fat among HIV-positive men who take antiretroviral drugs, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco. . (Science Daily)
Debate on health spending Aug 22, 2009
"Consider two extreme examples. First, a healthy young man, fully aware of the dangers, nevertheless has unprotected sex with multiple partners. He gets Aids and asks that the state should give him antiretroviral drugs free of charge. Should the state provide? "Second, a baby is born partly deaf. Her parents ask that the state provide her with a hearing aid because they cannot afford it. (iAfrica.com)
Nigeria agency pushes marriage to fight HIV Aug 21, 2009
Officials working for the Bauchi State Agency for the Control of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, known as BACATMA, hope to put a dent in those numbers -- not just by treating HIV-positive people with free antiretroviral drugs but, they say, by helping more than 100 HIV-positive couples marry ... Queuing for their antiretroviral drugs at a local hospital, Umar Ahmed and his wife said they married last year and have since had a child ... For those couples who decide to have children, BACATMA tries... (CNN -- World)
Zimbabwe: Return of Cholera Expected Soon Aug 20, 2009
Only about 20 percent of the people requiring antiretroviral (ARV) treatment were receiving it, she said, as the ARV programme had "come to a temporary standstill" and "dearly needed scaling up.". About 15 percent of sexually active Zimbabweans between the ages of 15 and 49 are HIV positive. (allAfrica.com)
