In this edition:
HIV -- Australia
Brisbane Times/AAP, 16 Mar
Tags: hiv incidence queensland qahc testing gay-men safe-sex
Queensland has recorded its highest number of HIV-AIDS cases on record. New data shows 178 people were diagnosed with HIV-AIDS in the state last year, 12 more than in 2008.
Continues: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/hivaids-data-prompts-new-warn...
ABC News, 16 Mar
Tags: hiv queensland incidence
Queensland Health says the number of reported HIV (human immunodeficiency virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell.) cases in the state is climbing.
Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/16/2847205.htm
SMH, 16 Mar
Tags: hiv corruption fraud criminal-law asic
A former Macquarie fund manager under investigation for suspicious trades has told a court he used cocaine, is HIV positive and was in a state of emotional distress when he tried to illegally leave the country to seek treatment earlier this month.
Continues: http://www.smh.com.au/business/manager-who-tried-to-leave-was-distressed...
Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 16 Mar
Tags: hiv criminal-law corruption fraud
FORMER Macquarie banker had attempted to flee Australia to return to his native Malaysia to seek "urgent medical treatment", that he had abused cocaine, was HIV positive, was suffering from depression and panic attacks and had tried to harm hims
Continues: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/ex-mac-banker-oswyn-de-silva-p...
Sydney Star Observer, 17 Mar
Tags: hiv internet censorship afao groves,abi health-promotion
A peak Australian HIV organisation has raised concerns the federal Government’s proposed mandatory internet filter may hamper HIV prevention efforts.
Continues: http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2010/03/17/government%E2%80%99s-net-...
HIV -- Region
Tempo Interactif (Indonesia), 15 Mar
Tags: hiv indonesia
The United States has stopped funding the Stop AIDS Action program in Indonesia, which could result in many patients being neglected.
Continues: http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2010/03/15/brk,20100315-2326...
HIV -- International
Washington Post (US)/AP, 16 Mar
Tags: hiv gay-men unaids sidibe,michel decriminalisation uganda msm
New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.
Continues: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR201003...
Bloomberg, 16 Mar
Tags: hiv gay-men unaids decriminalisation homosexuality sidibe,michel
The battle against AIDS will include a push to overturn laws that criminalize homosexuality in 85 nations, said the head of the coalition of United Nations agencies formed to fight the disease.
Continues: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aCWyKVY9lfkE
HIV -- Prevention
Aidsmap (UK), 16 Mar
Tags: hiv genital-ulcers hsv
HIV was detected in the lesions of almost 50% of HIV-positive men with genital ulcer disease, investigators report in the April 1st edition of ClinicalPertaining to or founded on observation and treatment of participants, as distinguished from theoretical or basic science. Infectious Diseases.
Continues: http://www.aidsmap.org/en/news/1DE2D4DD-B648-4556-8B94-7BF4CAC77317.asp
ABC News/BBC, 16 Mar
Tags: hiv treatments microbicides lectin
Scientists say a plant protein found in bananas could be a powerful weapon in the fight against HIV. A research team at an American university says the lectin found in bananas proved as potent as two current anti-HIV drugs in laboratory tests.
Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/16/2847283.htm?section=justin
Chicago Tribune (US), 15 Mar
Tags: hiv prevention women female-condom
When Zoe Lehman talks about the newest version of the female condom, she's equal parts women's health care advocate ("It's an incredible prevention tool that empowers women") and sex therapist ("we tell women the double rings
Continues: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-100315trice-column,0,386554...
Welfare & Work
The Australian, 16 Mar
Tags: welfare dsp newstart howard,john
HARD-HEADED policy cuts to welfare payments and the tightening of eligibility criteria drove a huge decline in income-support recipients from its 1996 peak when one in four 15- to 64-year-olds was receiving a taxpayer-funded income payment.
Continues: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/welfare-recipient-numbers-pl...
Sexual Health
SMH/AAP, 15 Mar
Tags: stis nsw gonorrhoea
Health authorities have warned of an alarming spike in gonorrhoea cases in the NSW port city of Newcastle.
Continues: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/rise-in-gonorrhoea-cases-i...
Newcastle Herald (NSW), 16 Mar
Tags: stis gonorrhoea nsw
HUNTER health authorities have urged Newcastle residents to have regular sexual health checks and to practise safe sex following a 355 per cent increase in gonorrhoea in the past year.
Continues: http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/sex-checks-plea-as-g...
Drugs
News.com.au/AAP, 16 Mar
Tags: hiv prisons drugs idu anex nsp hcv
AUSTRALIA'S jails are a major source of new blood-borne infection, a harm reduction group says in a call for a controlled needle exchange for inmates.
Continues: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/time-to-clean-up-prisoner-drug-use-...
This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here. 
