Research Bio-ethics Training Programme
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Posted: ?Thursday, September 05, 2002
IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 93, 30 August 2002
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Bioethics Institute, in collaboration with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Clinical Bioethics, have announced the availability of a one year training programme in research ethics for scientists from sub-Saharan Africa.
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HIV/AIDS Vertical Transmission and short-course Nevirapine therapy
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Posted: ?Thursday, September 05, 2002
Michael Greer.AIDSWEEKLY Plus 2 September 2002. Reposted courtesy of GENDER-AIDS 2002 (Email: [email protected])
Short-course Nevirapine therapy does not help prevent vertical HIV transmission from women with access to standard treatment regimens, researchers argue.
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The South African Children's Forum on HIV/AIDS - Workshop Report
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Posted: ?Tuesday, September 10, 2002
The South African Children's Forum on HIV/AIDS was held in Cape Town in August 2001. Ninety HIV-affected children (between the ages of seven and 18 years) participated in the event, together with 18 of their caregivers and a number of representatives from national government and parliament.
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Managing HIV/AIDS in children
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Posted: ?Tuesday, October 01, 2002
Reposted courtesy of IRIN PlusNews, 27 Sept 2002
With no treatment policy for HIV-positive children in place, existing health and social interventions that can improve the life of a child living with HIV/AIDS are not being adequately implemented in state clinics around South Africa, a study has found.
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Frequent spermicide use may boost HIV risk
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Posted: ?Wednesday, October 02, 2002
Reposted courtesy of IRIN PlusNews 1 October 2002
Frequent use of sexual lubricants containing the spermicide nonoxonyl-9 (N-9) by women at high risk of contracting HIV, increases the risk of HIV infection, a new study suggests.
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When it comes to HIV, trust can be a weakness
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Posted: ?Wednesday, October 02, 2002
By Rosario Liquicia, InterPress Service, 27/9/02Reposted courtesy of GENDER-AIDS ([email protected])
Muny has been fretting for weeks, but is too scared to go back to the hospital where he had his blood tested for HIV months ago. "My girlfriend is okay. She has no HIV, so maybe I'm okay too," he said, referring to the results of his partner's blood tests. "But I'm afraid to know if I have HIV," said the 23-year-old guesthouse worker who, urged by his girlfriend, had grudgingly gone for blood testing.
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Need for greater involvement of PWAs in NGOs
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Posted: ?Friday, October 04, 2002
Reposted courtesy of IRIN PlusNews 3 Oct 2002
People living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs) and employed by AIDS NGOs can be marginalised within their organisations, a new study has found.
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Durban chosen for AIDS research world-first
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Posted: ?Tuesday, October 08, 2002
Liz Clarke.The Mercury, 3 October 2002. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd.
The largest study in the world aimed at stemming the numbers of HIV-positive mothers dying of sepsis after the birth of their babies is to be undertaken in KwaZulu-Natal and the Transkei, starting next January.
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How HIV/AIDS affects women differently
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Posted: ?Thursday, October 10, 2002
by Katherine Stapp Inter Press Service (IPS)Source: AEGIS 1/10/02 Reposted courtesy of GENDER-AIDS ([email protected])
With women now constituting nearly half of all people living with HIV and AIDS around the world, more studies are focusing on how to tailor treatment to their specific health issues.
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Durban project gives hope to AIDS patients
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Posted: ?Thursday, October 17, 2002
by Liz Clarke.- The Mercury, 26 Sept 2002. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd
Prince Cyril Zulu's Chest Clinic in Durban's Warwick Avenue is offering combined TB and AIDS treatment for the first time.
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