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Treatment as prevention for HIV The Lancet Infectious Diseases June 5, 2011, was the 30th anniversary of the first reports of five patients with an immune disorder in the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In the past three decades, HIV/AIDS has become a global pandemic that has defined an age and has affected almost every group of people irrespective of socioeconomic background, race, geography, or personal history, killing more than 33 million people worldwide. Leaps and bounds made in our understanding of HIV and its progression to AIDS and how the virus and syndrome spread and develop have led to great progress in the ability to manage the disease, reflected by a 20% fall in annual incidence in the past 10 years. Nonetheless, almost 2 million people continue to die each year from AIDS, disproportionately affecting sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, incidence continues to rise in specific risk groups such as me

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hiv-experts-create-the-roadmap-for-providing-prep-to-uninfected-individuals-to-reduce-the-risk-of-hiv-infection-128328973.html HIV Experts Create the Roadmap for Providing PrEP to Uninfected Individuals to Reduce the Risk of HIV Infection WASHINGTON , Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To stem the estimated 2.6 million new HIV infections that occur worldwide each year, more than 200 representatives from the scientific and HIV/AIDS communities took an important step in assessing the safety and public health implications of providing antiretroviral drugs to uninfected men and women exposed to HIV through sexual contact – a strategy called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. Assembling August 19 at an open public meeting and interactive webcast convened by the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, these researchers, HIV/AIDS advocates, members of industry and representatives from National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Co

August 29th 2011 Information note The collective constituted of the associations SID'ADO (the youth against AIDS), ADEFHO (Association for the defence of homosexuals) and COFENHO (collective of families with homosexual children), informs the national and international community of a new case of arrest for homosexuality in Cameroon, brought to its attention last weekend. About the facts : Later in August 10, 2011, the named OMGBWA Joseph Magloire (34 years old), NTAMACK Nicolas (18 years old), TIOMELA LONTSI Emma (17 years old) and NTSAMA Séraphin Sylvain (34 years) were arrested at the home of the first by the gendarmes of the Brigade of research of the Lake (Yaoundé). After more than two weeks of custody, they have been brought before an investigating judge on August 26, 2011. For now, the collective has very little information on the exact circumstances o

Subject: [LGBTI_health_africa] New HIV program for LGBT approved by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs   The Netherlands launches the world's biggest HIV/AIDS program aimed at LGBT, drug users and sex workers The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reserved € 35 million so that LGBT, people who use drugs and sex workers in 16 countries can get easier access to information, condoms, antiretroviral treatment and care. Never before has a country launched such a large HIV/AIDS program aimed at these vulnerable groups. It could mean a huge turnaround in reducing the number of HIV infections in the 16 countries. The program will start in September and be implemented by seven Dutch organizations. As well as the grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the program has been made possible by € 11.7 million from other sources. Unique Dutch approach The 4.5-year program has been judged the best by the ministry. Earlier this year there was a

  From : Kaiser Family Foundation [mailto: emails@kff.org ] Sent : Monday, August 15, 2011 07:01 PM To : Jim Pickett Subject : Kaiser/UNAIDS Study Finds Drop in Donor Nation Disbursements for AIDS Response in 2010     NEWS RELEASE Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Kaiser/UNAIDS study finds drop in overall disbursements for AIDS response in 2010, seven out of 15 governments report reductions CONTACTS Erissa Scalera Kaiser Family Foundation +1 202 347 5270 escalera@kff.org Saira Stewart UNAIDS +41 22 791 2511 stewarts@unaids.org GENEVA/MENLO PARK, Calif. — Funding disbursements from donor governments for the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries fell in 2010, dropping 10% from the previous year's level, according to an annual funding analysis conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The study found that donor governments

An African Chief in Cabby's Clothing Julie Glassberg for The New York Times Isaac Osei, who owns a taxi fleet in New York City with his wife, is also a Ghanaian chief who wears a crown and oversees five towns. By  CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY Published: August 12, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER COMMENTS  (7) SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE BEFORE dawn, when most New Yorkers are fast asleep, Isaac and Elizabeth Osei have already been working for hours. On a recent morning, Mr. Osei drove his wife from New Jersey to the half-abandoned outer blocks of Midtown Manhattan to oversee the 4:30 a.m. transfer of their fleet of 50 taxis. With Ms. Osei leading the way and a sliver of moon still hanging in the sky, they scouted three square blocks to make sure all of their taxis had been picked up by drivers. Then, over the screeches emanating from auto-body shops and the smell of gasoline wafting from a Hess station crammed with cabs, they surveyed their t

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jack Beck 510.332.0786 (m) 510.271.1956 (o) jbeck@msmgf.org New Report Shows Major AIDS Funders Fail to Track Investments for Gay Men and Transgender People Country-level data indicates severe underfunding for these highly vulnerable populations August 9, 2011   -- A new report indicates that most major bilateral, multilateral and private philanthropic funders that focus on HIV do not consistently track their investments targeting men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people.  Produced by the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF), the report also examines tracking of domestic government funding dedicated to these populations in all UN Member States, revealing that only 25% these countries recorded levels of HIV prevention spending for MSM in 2010 and no country tracked spending for transgender people. "With overwhelming evidence for the need to prioritize MSM and tra