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In this edition:

• HIV -- Australia (1 item)
• HIV -- Region (4 items)
• HIV -- International (2 items)
• HIV -- Treatments (3 items)
• HIV -- Prevention (1 item)
• HIV Criminalisation (1 item)
• Health Policy (1 item)
• Welfare & Work (1 item)
• Sexual Health (1 item)

HIV -- Australia

Positive Living Centre gets helping hand from DT’s

Melbourne Community Voice, 3 Aug

Tags: hiv plc melbourne fundraising victoria

DT’s Hotel showed its credentials as a long-running community hub once again recently when it presented a cheque in support of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Continues: http://www.mcv.gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/positive-living-centre-gets-he...

HIV -- Region

A new frontier in HIV prevention

Myanmar Times (Burma), 2-8 Aug

Tags: hiv burma sex-workers

The members of Khit Thit Kyal (Modern Star) are holding a meeting in a one-storey thatched building provided by Aide Médicale Internationale (AMI), a French non-government organisation, to elect a facilitator, or leader, for their group.

Continues: http://www.mmtimes.com/2010/news/534/news013.html

Fiji records 21 new HIV cases

Radio Fiji, 3 Aug

Tags: hiv fiji

21 new cases of HIV were recorded in the 6 months from January to June this year the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

Continues: http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=29725

Worries in Fiji that expectant mothers slipping through HIV net

Radio New Zealand (NZ), 3 Aug

Tags: hiv fiji women pregnancy mtct

The growing number of new-born babies contracting HIV-AIDS in Fiji has raised concerns that some mothers aren’t receiving early enough treatment for the virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell..

Continues: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=55087

No date available for delayed HIV report release

GayNZ.com (NZ), 2 Aug

Tags: hiv nz

More than three months after its initially planned release date the much-awaited HIV Service Review has yet to see the light of day, with the Ministry of Health now studiously avoiding committing itself on when the report will be finally opened to public

Continues: http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_9140.php

HIV -- International

Gay Men Condemn Blood Ban as Biased

New York Times (US), 2 Aug

Tags: hiv blood-supply blood-donors gay-men usa discrimination kerry,john gmhc

For most people, donating blood is as simple as rolling up a sleeve. But not for gay men. Since 1983, the Food and Drug AdministrationThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of all drugs, biologics, vaccines, and medical devices, including those used in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection, AIDS, and AIDS-related opportunistic infections. The FDA also works with the blood banking industry to safeguard the nation's blood supply. The Australian equivalent is the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). has barred them from donating.

Continues: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/health/03blood.html

'HIV Policy Rubbish': Expert Slams Canada's 'Backwards' Approach

The Tyee (Canada), 3 Aug

Tags: hiv canada needle-exchange idu iac aids2010 clinton,bill

Feds' lack of support for clean needles latest deadly embarrassment says head of Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation.

Continues: http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/08/03/HIVPolicyRubbish/

HIV -- Treatments

Heart attack risk in HIV drug: study

Sydney Star Observer, 4 Aug

Tags: hiv treatments cvd protease-inhibitors raltegravir ritonavir

People living with HIV may need to be more proactive about their heart health after clinicalPertaining to or founded on observation and treatment of participants, as distinguished from theoretical or basic science. researchers in Sydney have proved a commonly used HIV drug type can increase the risk of heart attacks.

Continues: http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2010/08/04/heart-attack-risk-in-hiv-...

Outcomes still improving for HIV patients in the UK

Aidsmap (UK), 2 Aug

Tags: hiv treatments uk mortality cd4-count prognosis

Outcomes for HIV-positive patients taking antiretroviralA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV. therapy in the UK have improved significantly in recent years, and are projected to continue to do so until at least 2012, according to a report in HIV Medicine.

Continues: http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1498288/

Increased mortality risk for treatment-naive patients with CD4 count below 500

Aidsmap (UK), 3 Aug

Tags: hiv treatments treatment-initiation starting-treatment cd4-count mortality

Mortality rates are higher amongst HIV-positive patients with a CD4 cell count above 350 cells/mm3 who are not taking antiretroviral treatment than those in the general population, an analysis published in the Lancet shows.

Continues: http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1497571/

HIV -- Prevention

Anti-AIDS gel solution for women at risk

Radio Australia "Pacific Beat", 2 Aug

Tags: hiv prevention microbicides women sidibe,michel unaids clinton,bill

Scientists say they have made a discovery that could protect more of the world's women from AIDS. Tests in South Africa show that when women used a gel containing an anti-AIDS drug it cut infection rates in half.

Continues: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/201008/s2970585.htm

HIV Criminalisation

HIV-related criminal cases based on fear, not science, say advocates

Canadian Medical Association Journal (Canada), 3 Aug

Tags: hiv criminal-law canada disclosure unaids gmwi act-toronto risk chaln

Many of the criminal cases involving HIV-positive people who don't disclose their status are based on ’80s era panic rather than sound science, according to advocates of people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada.

Continues: http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/3aug10_hivE.dtl

Health Policy

Show us your health policies: Nicola Roxon

The Australian, 4 Aug

Tags: politics roxon,nicola primary-care dutton,peter ama

HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon has told the Coalition to come up with a decent health policy instead of criticising Labor's GP super clinics.

Continues: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/show-us-your-health-pol...

Welfare & Work

Boost housing, welfare body says

SMH/AAP, 4 Aug

Tags: welfare housing acoss dsp

Low-income Australians are battling to be heard as the election campaign rolls on, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) says.

Continues: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/boost-housing-welfare-body...

Sexual Health

Women’s sexual health study

Sydney Star Observer, 4 Aug

Tags: sexual-health women mshc fethers,kath bacterial-vaginosis stis

A nationwide study into the sexual health of women who have sex with women is being carried out by a group of Melbourne researchers — and they need your help.

Continues: http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2010/08/04/womens-sexual-health-stud...