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Global Health Headline Archive: August 2006 Braille book for visually and hearing impaired (The Southern Times, August 31, 2006) Treating parasitic worm could increase malaria risk (SciDev.net, August 31, 2006) UNHCR chief asks Thailand to tackle AIDS in refugee camps (Today Online, August 30, 2006) New Zealand offers residency to HIV-infected ZImbabweans (Yahoo! News, August 30, 2006) For people with AIDS, a government with two faces (The New York Times, August 30, 2006) Dengue fever kills 94 Cambodian children in 2006 (Yahoo! News, August 30, 2006) Battling a virus and disbelief: Sumatran villagers with avian influenza turn to witch doctors (The Washington Post, August 30, 2006) Brazil and Botswana link up on agricultural research (SciDev.net, August 30, 2006) Temple in Thailand that provides HIV/AIDS services scheduled to close (kaisernetwork.org, August 30, 2006) Corruption, weak political will undermine efforts to control TB in Africa (kaisernetwork.org, August 30, 2006) Case definitions for human infections with influenza A (H5N1) virus (News-Medical.net, August 30, 2006) OPT: Gaza siege causing major health crisis (IRIN News, August 29, 2006) TB patients urged to avail of free medicines (PIA Information Service, August 29, 2006) Malaria a problem for armies in Southern Africa (People's Daily, August 29, 2006) Cellegy drops AIDS trial (The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 29, 2006) Clinton makes up for lost time in battling AIDS (The New York Times, August 29, 2006) India lagging in science and technology, says official (SciDev.net, August 29, 2006) Zambia: Bridging the gap between traditional and western medicine (IRIN News, August 28, 2006) Ethiopia's Meles urges more Africa health funding (Reuters, August 28, 2006) XVI International AIDS conference was characterized by 'guarded optimism,' scientific advances (kaisernetwork.org, August 28, 2006) Bush to call on private sector, nongovernmental organizations to increase fight against malaria during summit (kaisernetwork.org, August 28, 2006) Indonesian authorities slow to react to bird flu outbreak (News-Medical.net, August 28, 2006) Vietnam fights bird flu yet again (News-Medical.net, August 28, 2006) Waterborne infectious diseases could soon be consigned to history (News-Medical.net, August 28, 2006) For Kenyans, senator from Illinois has come home (Chicago Sun-Times, August 27, 2006) New hope for malaria vaccine (CBS News, August 26, 2006) Tenofovir drug to be sold cheaply (The Nation, August 26, 2006) Obama gets a warm welcome in Kenya (The New York Times, August 25, 2006) Fast-tracking detection of a tropical killer (SciDev.net, August 25, 2006) Beating HIV/AIDS still needs a scientific approach (SciDev.net, August 25, 2006) AIDS: Telling the unheard story (The Washington Post, August 25, 2006) Charity at home: The battle against AIDS holds lessons for development (The Washington Post, August 25, 2006) British aid program benefits TB patients in southwest China (People's Daily, August 25, 2006) Kyodo News profiles Zambian TB, HIV/AIDS (kaisernetwork.org, August 25, 2006) Taiwan AIDS foundation launches HIV prevention campaign (kaisernetwork.org, August 25, 2006) National laboratory inventory for global poliovirus containment (MMWR, August 25, 2006) Distribution of insecticide-treated bednets during a polio immunization campaign, Niger, 2005 (MMWR, August 25, 2006) Government under fire as new AIDS protests hit South Africa (Reuters, August 24, 2006) Namibia wants 30,000 on ARV treatment (kaisernetwork.org, August 24, 2006) Scientists call for bird flu secrets to be shared (SciDev.net, August 24, 2006) Most Indian politicians fail AIDS awareness test, according to survey (Canadian Press, August 24, 2006) Saudi Arabia to launch malaria control initiative (kaisernetwork.org, August 24, 2006) Malaria a major threat as flood emergency continues (IRIN News, August 24, 2006) India: World Bank loosens purse straps (The New York Times, August 24, 2006) AIDS assurance policy launched in Zambia (People's Daily Online, August 23, 2006) Pakistan: Ignorance hinders battle against polio (IRIN News, August 23, 2006) Circumcision foes doubt practice can halt AIDS spread (The Seattle Times, August 23, 2006) Immune system might be revived to fight AIDS (Moneyweb, August 23, 2006) Feminisation of AIDS and poverty on the rise (Mmegi, August 22, 2006) Polio vaccine sparked disease outbreak in China (SciDev.net, August 22, 2006) Moscow Times examines Russia's first full-service health center for sex workers (kaisernetwork.org, August 22, 2006) NPR examines malaria vaccine SPf66 (kaisernetwork.org, August 22, 2006) Warmer, wetter climate could increase risk of plague (SciDev.net, August 22, 2006) Ghana's gays battle AIDS underground (Toronto Star, August 21, 2006) U.N. Envoy Lewis at closing of AIDS conference calls for gender equality, criticizes South Africa's response to pandemic (kaisernetwork.org, August 21, 2006) Wanted in AIDS fight: 4 million more workers (Boston Globe, August 21, 2006) Advocates at AIDS Conference call for end to U.S. trade pacts that hinder local production of low-cost antiretrovirals (kaisernetwork.org, August 21, 2006) Marathon fights malaria (Time, August 20, 2006) And now for the good news (Boston Globe, August 20, 2006) Chink in the armour of H5N1 bird flu virus (News-Medical.net, August 20, 2006) Medicines, money and motivated health workers are key to universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention (News-Medical.net, August 20, 2006) AIDS 2006 new studies and developments (News-Medical.net, August 20, 2006) HIV-positive people in developing countries risk having no antiretroviral treatment (News-Medical.net, August 20, 2006) China comes up with first AIDS vaccine (News-Medical.net, August 20, 2006) 'Switch' may turn off immune cells that fight HIV (News-Medical.net, August 20, 2006) Ending AIDS epidemic seen as multi-front war (The Washington Post, August 19, 2006) U.N. official assails South Africa on its response to AIDS (The New York Times, August 19, 2006) Cash crunch still curbs AIDS fight: As conference ends, activists call for sustained political pressure (San Francisco Chronicle, August 18, 2006) Intravenous drug abusers ignored, untreated in AIDS epidemic (Bloomberg.com, August 18, 2006) Research hurdles delay access to HIV prevention (SciDev.net, August 18, 2006) Merck to offer experimental integrase inhibitor in worldwide expanded access program (kaisernetwork.org, August 18, 2006) Conference focuses on hope against HIV, AIDS (The Washington Post, August 18, 2006) HIV/AIDS advocates voice concerns about routine HIV testing in developing countries (kaisernetwork.org, August 18, 2006) Ford Foundation, Elton John Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation pledge $1M to Caribbean broadcast media partnership on HIV/AIDS (kaisernetwork.org, August 18, 2006) Doctors warn of powerful and resistant tuberculosis strain (The New York Times, August 18, 2006) UNICEF spokesperson calls for greater access to malaria prevention service for HIV-positive pregnant women (kaisernetwork.org, August 18, 2006) GM maize protects chickens from deadly virus (SciDev.net, August 18, 2006) Rapid tests mean more learn HIV status: study (Reuters Health, August 17, 2006) AIDS-related anti-violence programs failing (Reuters, August 17, 2006) New regimen slashes mother-to-baby HIV risk: study (Turkish Press, August 17, 2006) Study finds more mothers taking HIV preventative (The Birmingham News, August 17, 2006) Curbing AIDS epidemic means treating TB (Nature, August 17, 2006) Legalizing sex trade touted to cut HIV (Toronto Star, August 17, 2006) Drug access is criticial, activists warn (Globe & Mail, August 17, 2006) Hybrid molecule could treat drug resistant malaria (SciDev.net, August 17, 2006) Hybrid molecule could treat drug resistant malaria (SciDev.net, August 17, 2006) 1.65 M worldwide now receiving antiretrovirals; more children, pregnant women need drug access, WHO says (kaisernetwork.org, August 17, 2006) China is 'strongly committed' to fighting HIV/AIDS, official says (kaisernetwork.org, August 17, 2006) Illegal drug trade, focus on enforcement promotes spread of HIV worldwide, expert says (kaisernetwork.org, August 17, 2006) China taking steps to control the spread of HIV (News-Medical.net, August 17, 2006) Few children in need of HIV/AIDS medications receiving them (News-Medical.net, August 17, 2006) Significant increases in the number of HIV-positive people with access to antiretroviral drugs (News-Medical.net, August 17, 2006) Cases of HIV infections with multiple strains more common than previously thought (News-Medical.net, August 17, 2006) What we have learnt from SARS epidemics in China (News-Medical.net, August 17, 2006) TB killing people with HIV despite antiretroviral drugs, AIDS conference told (Canadian Press, August 17, 2006) U.S. Global AIDS Ambassador Dybul responds to criticism of ABC prevention model (kaisernetwork.org, August 16, 2006) AIDS vaccine still long way off; researchers, experts optimistic (kaisernetwork.org, August 16, 2006) Microbicide research promising: More delivery options will be needed, researchers say (kaisernetwork.org, August 16, 2006) AIDS meeting spotlight on circumcision (San Francisco Chronicle, August 16, 2006) Use of circumcision to fight AIDS epidemic is debated (Washington Post, August 16, 2006) Clinton pledges long-term commitment to fight against HIV/AIDS, addresses PEPFAR, other issues (kaisernetwork.org, August 16, 2006) Range of experimental HIV prevention methods could soon become available, many countries unprepared to implement them, report says (kaisernetwork.org, August 16, 2006) Thailand shows how free access to life-saving HIV/AIDS drugs can be affordable (News-Medical.net, August 16, 2006) HIV treatment access reaches over 1 million in sub-Saharan Africa (News-Medical.net, August 16, 2006) Treatment for STIs has a role in HIV prevention (News-Medical.net, August 16, 2006) About 4 million additional health workers needed worldwide to HIV/AIDS, WHO says (News-Medical.net, August 16, 2006) AIDS vaccine still long way off (News-Medical.net, August 16, 2006) Black leaders call for urgent program to increase HIV testing (News-Medical.net, August 16, 2006) Natural HIV immunity (News-Medical.net, August 16, 2006) Namibia: Ambitious plan to fight AIDS (allAfrica.com, August 16, 2006) html PanAfrica: Breast is best - even for babies with HIV+ mums (allAfrica.com, August 16, 2006) Bird flu protein's 'pocket' could inspire better drugs (SciDev.net, August 16, 2006) Bird flu warning over partial protection of flocks (SciDev.net, August 16, 2006) Study offers hope for new bird flu drugs (AP, August 16, 2006) Tiny grants, big hope in AIDS fight: Small loans have big benefit for victims (Globe & Mail, August 15, 2006) Super resistant XDR TB rears its head in KZN (Healthe, August 15, 2006) Summary of editorials, opinion pieces related to AIDS conference (kaisernetwork.org, August 15, 2006) Clinton, Gates address stigma, other challenges to combating HIV/AIDS pandemic (kaisernetwork.org, August 15, 2006) http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=39177 Serious gaps in Indian public knowledge about HIV (News-Medical.net, August 15, 2006) Elite suppressors of HIV to change how scientists monitor spread of disease (News-Medical.net, August 15, 2006) WHO calls for massive increase in global AIDS testing (TODAYonline.com, August 15, 2006) Antiretroviral treatment failure due to lack of patient support (News-Medical.net, August 15, 2006) AIDS experts urge access to treatment (AP, August 15, 2006) Male circumcision, microbicides and other tools set to change HIV prevention landscape (News-Medical.net, August 15, 2006) New plan to confront HIV-related health worker shortages (News-Medical.net, August 15, 2006) 64 Coverage from XVI International AIDS Conference (kaisernetwork.org, August 15, 2006) Africa gives 'ABC' mixed grades (Washington Post, August 15, 2006) A familiar pair urge greater attention for AIDS (The New York Times, August 15, 2006) Zambia: Male circumcision receiving attention (allAfrica.com, August 14, 2006) Transient India sex trade threatens faster HIV pace (Reuters, August 14, 2006) Global Fund gets request for 5.8 billion dollars to fight AIDS, TB, malaria (Yahoo! News, August 14, 2006) Orphans are Africa's next AIDS challenge (The Washington Post, August 14, 2006) Gateses open XVI International AIDS Conference calling for increased efforts to develop microbicides, PrEP (kaisernetwork.org, August 14, 2006) Kaiser summarizes reports released at XVI International AIDS Conference (kaisernetwork.org, August 14, 2006) Virus a weapon in Congo war (Toronto Star, August 14, 2006) Artificial noses sniff out TB (Radio Netherlands, August 14, 2006) Hope and hecklers at the AIDS conference (Time, August 14, 2006) Bill Gates says protecting against HIV/AIDS can't be left to men (News-Medical.net, August 14, 2006) Sudan: Cholera on the rise in Darfur (allAfrica.com, August 14, 2006) Comments sought on African science funding body (SciDev.net, August 14, 2006) Bird flu doing the rounds in Cambodia again (News-Medical.net, August 14, 2006) Thailand finds another 46 suspected human bird-flu cases (News-Medical.net, August 14, 2006) 740,000 vaccines urgently needed to control outbreak of Japanese encephalitis (News-Medical.net, August 14, 2006) What makes Stephen tick? (CanWest News Service, August 13, 2006) Zambia: 'HIV/AIDS, TB won't be controlled without a vaccine' (allAfrica.com, August 13, 2006) Combination of drugs best for TB (healthe, August 13, 2006) Rwanda: A time for healing (STLtoday.com, August 13, 2006) Emergency not over in HIV/AIDS battle (Baltimore Sun, August 13, 2006) Gates's charity races to spend Buffett billions (New York Times, August 13, 2006) Polio cases quadruple in Afghanistan (AP, August 13, 2006) Study: 4-drug AIDS cocktail no advantage (AP, August 13, 2006) West African health organization works to speed access to HIV/AIDS drugs (VOA News, August 12, 2006) African grandmothers rally for AIDS orphans (The New York Times, August 12, 2006) New AIDS pill gets key approval (Toronto Star, August 12, 2006) ...And in another, AIDS in retreat (New York Times, August 12, 2006) HIV prevention pill shows early promise (AP, August 12, 2006) HIV infection rate surging among gays, bisexuals in Asia (Yahoo! News, August 11, 2006) Postmen in Jharkhand deliver mail, also fight malaria (Reuters, August 11, 2006) PanAfrica: Effective AIDS treatment in reach but barriers remain (allAfrica.com, August 11, 2006) A new database of health professional emigration from Africa (Center for Global Development, August 11, 2006) Countries urged to empower women, reduce stigma, to fight HIV (World Bank, August 11, 2006) South Africa: AIDS indaba takes stock of war against disease (allAfrica.com, August 11, 2006) "A Closer Walk" to air on PBS (Global Health Council, August 11, 2006) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report focuses on HIV/AIDS (MMWR, August 11, 2006) Drugs don't work for many India AIDS patients (Reuters UK, August 10, 2006) Mozambique: There is indiscipline in the health section - minister (allAfrica.com, August 10, 2006) A shot of transparency (Economist, August 10, 2006) Lebanon update from the World Health Organization (WHO, August 10, 2006) TB biggest killer of HIV+ (India Times, August 10, 2006) Malawi: president takes charge of science (SciDev.net, August 10, 2006) Canada, most in G8 slammed over AIDS (Milwaukee Sentinel, August 10, 2006) HIV and AIDS in Africa: Ten lessons from the field (Worldpress, August 9, 2006) UK donates $38M to fight AIDS in Burma (Financial Times, August 9, 2006) Gates charity gives $500 million for AIDS care (AP, August 9, 2006) AIDS may kill 11 million in India over 20 years - report (World Bank, August 9, 2006) In Africa, overcoming the risks of childbirth (NPR, August 9, 2006) HIV/AIDS advocates in Thailand protest GSK's application seeking patent for antiretroviral drug Combid (kaisernetwork.org, August 9, 2006) Weight gain can prevent TB relapse (VOA News, August 8, 2006) Global collaboration among media, governments, public health groups have become powerful health communications tool, USA Today reports (kaisernetwork.org, August 8, 2006) Agence France-Presse publishes series of articles on status of HIV/AIDS pandemic in advance of XVI International AIDS Conference (kaisernetwork.org, August 8, 2006) AusAID spearheads anti-malaria program (ABC News, August 8, 2006) Step 1: Keep workers alive - Miner Anglo American gives expensive anti-viral drugs to workers (Globe & Mail, August 8, 2006) Saudi Arabia begins to face hidden AIDS problem (The New York Times, August 8, 2006) China confirms human case of H5N1 infection dating back to November 2003 (News-Medical.net, August 8, 2006) Effectiveness of Hib vaccine introduction into routine childhood immunization in Kenya (News-Medical.net, August 8, 2006) Adherence by Africans to antiretroviral regimens (News-Medical.net, August 8, 2006) Turkey fights Ebola-like fever outbreak (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 8, 2006) Talking about AIDS, with all the world watching (The New York Times, August 8, 2006) Indonesia bird flu toll 'hits 44' (BBC News, August 8, 2006) Liberia: HIV/AIDS education, a first for country's classrooms (allAfrica.com, August 8, 2006) Chinese herb may yield drug for AIDS (The Boston Globe, August 7, 2006) Measles vaccination campaign faces up to challenges of ongoing Lebanon conflict (Global Health Council, August 7, 2006) Fuel shortages in Lebanon a grave threat to people's health (WHO, August 7, 2006) Now Tanzania says it will use DDT against malaria (allAfrica.com, August 7, 2006) Angola: Brazil to boost health research capacity (allAfrica.com, August 7, 2006) AIDS drugs still work but TB a deadly addition to the virus (News-Medical.net, August 7, 2006) WHO to share Indonesian data in bird-flu battle (World Bank, August 7, 2006) India, China look to Thailand on AIDS (Bangkok Post, August 7, 2006) Call to boost churches' AIDS role (BBC News, August 6, 2006) AIDS transforms life, family structure in Lesotho (NPR, August 6, 2006) When a pill is not enough (The New York Times, August 6, 2006) Tanzania starts national campaign against TB (People's Daily Online, August 6, 2006) Role of peptidoglycan protein in immune response may aid HIV research (News-Medical.net, August 6, 2006) Bangladesh immunizes millions for polio (Associated Press, August 6, 2006) Bird flu does the rounds again and another Thai man dies - Bangkok on high alert (News-Medical.net, August 6, 2006) Cheap solutions cut AIDS toll for poor Kenyan youths (The New York Times, August 6, 2006) Fight TB in the workplace, minister tells business (Mail & Guardian, August 5, 2006) Nigerian oil riches: a huge boost for African science (SciDev.net, August 4, 2006) Malaria hijacks liver cells to avoid immune system (SciDev.net, August 4, 2006) Zambia: HIV in health sector 'worse than brain drain' (SciDev.net, August 4, 2006) Tanzania: 'Enormous' response to World Cup anti-AIDS adverts (allAfrica.com, August 4, 2006) Survey shows "dangerous" AIDS ignorance in China (Reuters, August 3, 2006) ZImbabwe: 20 countries expected for malaria conference (allAfrica.com, August 3, 2006) Providing antiretroviral treatment to workers of large companies in Africa is feasible (News-Medical.net, August 3, 2006) AIDS deaths depleting ranks of health professionals more rapidly than recruitment abroad in Africa (News-Medical.net, August 3, 2006) Poorer countries better at health grant implementation (News-Medical.net, August 3, 2006) Highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV remains successful (News-Medical.net, August 3, 2006) Stopping antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients could be beneficial (News-Medical.net, August 3, 2006) Genomic expansion and diversification in an African sleeping sickness parasite allow it to evade host detection (News-Medical.net, August 3, 2006) Indonesia 'cleared of bird flu' (BBC News, August 3, 2006) WHO to update malaria control guidelines to endorse use of DDT, report says (kaisernetwork.org, August 3, 2006) West Africa: Fighting fistulas (IRIN News, August 3, 2006) African and Asian media 'must report more on AIDS' (SciDev.net, August 3, 2006) New malaria drug in hospitals by November (IPP Media, August 3, 2006) AIDS-ravaged Africa inspires a mission on wheels (The Washington Post, August 3, 2006) HIV epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo likely to worsen in wake of civil war, UNAIDS official says (kaisernetwork.org, August 3, 2006) 7,000 Romanian children with HIV face bias (The Mercury News, August 2, 2006) Malnutrition worsens the HIV/AIDS pandemic (VOA News, August 2, 2006) H5N1 and human flu 'hybrid' does not spread (SciDev.net, August 2, 2006) Study: Millions of TB deaths could be averted with shorter therapy (VOA News, August 2, 2006) Coartem is free, says Mallinga (Daily Monitor, August 2, 2006) WHO hopeful in Hong Kong promises to serve the world, not China (Yahoo! News, August 2, 2006) Three more bird flu suspects in Indonesia (News-Medical.net, August 2, 2006) Tuberculosis relapse due to low weight gain after initial treatment (News-Medical.net, August 2, 2006) DDT to return as weapon against malaria, experts say (National Geographic News, August 1, 2006) Gauteng to launch TB battle plan (BUA News, August 1, 2006) Angola: first cholera, now measles (IRIN News, August 1, 2006) UN panel considering new agency for women (VOA News, August 1, 2006) A scramble in India to limit polio (International Herald Tribune, August 1, 2006) Doctors defying TB control strategy (The Ghanaian Chronicle, August 1, 2006) Call to fight HIV risk in young (BBC News, August 1, 2006) Insecticide-treated clothing fights malaria (New Scientist, August 1, 2006) HIV can replicate in intestinal lining even after HAART reduces viral load, study says (kaisernetwork.org, August 1, 2006) Majority of HIV-positive Zambians without access to antiretroviral drugs (kaisernetwork.net, August 1, 2006) Creating your own pandemic virus is not so easy (News-Medical.net, August 1, 2006) Researchers explore ways bird flu may spread (The New York Times, August 1, 2006) |
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