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Antiretrovirals May Prevent HIV as Well as Treat It
By Ed Susman, MedPage Today Staff Writer - July 26, 2005
RIO
DE JANEIRO,
Brazil, -Treatment with antiretroviral drugs not only saves lives
of those infected with HIV but may also limit the spread of the
virus, researchers here reported today.
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Why Africa cannot trade itself out of poverty
Sunday
31st July 2005 – One
of the favorite mantras of the neo-cons around the world is
"Trade not aid for Africa". They want Africans themselves to
trade their way out of poverty, instead of relying on Western
aid. How can a continent whose share of the world trade fell
from 6% in 1980 to around 2% by 2002 realistically trade itself
out of poverty?.....
South Africa: Men Falling Through the Cracks
Most women can testify to
the old adage that a good man is hard to find. But finding
men who are willing to undergo voluntary HIV counselling and
testing (VCT), and support their HIV-positive pregnant partners
in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, is even
harder.
According to researchers,
men account for only 21 percent of all clients receiving VCT
in South Africa.....
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Woman Education Main Challenge Of African Societies
Luanda,
07/26 -
Woman education must continue being the main bet
of African societies, in order to safely fight against poverty,
and for inclusion in the political sphere of decision-making,
the Minister of Family and Promotion of Woman, Candida Celeste,
said on Monday, in Luanda The
Minister, who was addressing the opening session of the activities
marking the African Woman day (July 31), said that the inclusion
of woman in law-making, judicial and governance organs is still
far from the desired.
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Criminals make killing from fake drugs
Mon
Aug 1, 2005 7:28 AM
First it was fake CDs, jeans and Rolex watches. Now organised
criminals are turning to counterfeit medicines as the latest
money-spinner, with potentially lethal results.
Given the low production costs it is a hugely lucrative trade
and some criminals now prefer it to narcotics, according to
government and pharmaceutical industry officials.
The problem is most serious, however, in Asia (where many
fake drugs are manufactured) and in Africa, where poverty
and slack oversight have created a breeding ground for bogus
pharmaceuticals.....
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Has
Uganda bred a generation hooked on abstinence?
If
all goes according to plan, there will be no HIV/Aids in Uganda
in the next 10 to 20 years; those with the virus will have died
out while those without will not have picked it up. At least that
is the theory.
But
it is a theory that is close to becoming practice, a case of a
campaign that may have proved too successful. It all started in
the early 1990s, with the introduction of the "window of hope'
concept. It was really simple; so simple that it is no wonder
it has been too successful. The idea was that there was a section
of the population that was too young to have got HIV via sex and
yet too old to still be alive if they had contracted it up at
birth from infected mothers......
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"Our study shows that there's no reason
why people in Africa and other resource-poor settings won't follow
ART regimens if they can access the treatments. We just have to make
sure that everyone knows this and the support for these programs are
strengthened over time," Doucette said. |
People
with HIV who are given free ART drugs do "significantly" better
By University of Alberta : Jul 31, 2005, 13:51
A new study
from the University of Alberta reveals that people with HIV in
developing countries do just as well on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
programs as do people with HIV on ART programs in developed
countries. It also shows that people with HIV who are given free ART
drugs will do "significantly" better at fighting the disease
compared to those who must pay for the drugs.....
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