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NAPWA, 5 Aug (MEDIA RELEASE)
Tags: hiv advertising treatments gilead doctor-patient whittaker,bill napwa
A pharmaceutical company advertising campaign will create confusion about HIV treatment choices and risks complicating the doctor-patient relationship, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said.
Continues: http://napwa.org.au/media/2010/08/04/live-a-little-simpler-ads-a-little-...
HIV -- Australia
ABC News, 5 Aug
Tags: hiv criminal-law reckless-endangerment mcdonald,stuart gaydar
A HIV-positive man has gone on trial in the South Australian Supreme Court accused of endangering the lives of his sexual partners.
Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/05/2974493.htm
The Advertiser (Adelaide), 5 Aug
Tags: hiv criminal-law reckless-endangerment south-australia mcdonald,stuart gaydar beats phylogenetic-analysis
ALLEGED HIV predator Stuart McDonald knew he had been infected with the virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. in New South Wales, just months before he came to South Australia and began "recklessly" infecting his victims, a court has heard.
Continues: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/hiv-predator-stuart-mcdonald-knew-he-was-i...
The Advertiser (Adelaide)/AAP, 5 Aug
Tags: hiv criminal-law reckless-endangerment south-australia mcdonald,stuart gaydar beats disclosure
A MAN who endangered the lives of eight men with unprotected sex believed no one would want him if they knew he was HIV positive, a court has heard.
Continues: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/man-with-hiv-exposed-ot...
SMH/AAP, 5 Aug
Tags: hiv criminal-law gbd zaburoni,godfrey queensland
The case of an HIV positive circus acrobat accused of knowingly spreading the virus by having unprotected sex with two women is facing further delays.
Continues: http://www.smh.com.au/national/hiv-acrobat-case-facing-further-delays-20...
The Record (WA - Catholic Church media), 4 Aug
Tags: hiv condoms catholic-church iac aids2010
After three decades in which the AIDS pandemic has ravaged lives and communities around the globe, those struggling against the disease at the grass roots say AIDS continues to present difficult challenges to the Catholic Church.
Continues: http://www.therecord.com.au/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&...
HIV -- Region
ABC Radio Australia, 5 Aug
Tags: hiv fiji mtct
In Fiji, three babies have been diagnosed with HIV this year. It brings the number of new cases this year to 21 and puts Fiji on track to overtake last year's total of 43.
Continues: http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201008/2973975.htm?desktop
Radio Australia "Pacific Beat", 4 Aug
Tags: hiv fiji mtct
Three babies have been diagnosed with HIV this year in Fiji and the Ministry of Health believes the mothers of the babies did not keep up-to-date with their prenatal care.
Continues: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/201008/s2972894.htm
Bernama (Malaysia), 5 Aug
Tags: hiv stigma malaysia islam
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom has urged Muslim clerics to play a bigger role in removing the stigma from AIDS patients.
Continues: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=519209
HIV -- International
GayNZ.com (NZ), 3 Aug
Tags: hiv condoms gay-men india naco
A condom especially for gay men is being made by one of India's leading condom manufacturers.
Continues: http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/3/article_9142.php
BBC News (UK), 3 Aug
Tags: phillipines sex-education catholic-church schools promiscuity
A pilot project teaching sex education in schools is being rolled out across the Philippines. But the scheme is opposed by the powerful Catholic Church, as the BBC's Kate McGeown reports.
Continues: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10552591
Xinhua (China), 3 Aug
Tags: hiv china tb
China's Health Ministry Tuesday detailed a plan to fight co-infection of HIV and tuberculosis (TB).
Continues: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/03/c_13428432.htm
Friday Viral Video
YouTube, 5 Aug
Tags: video hiv awareness nepal
An HIV AIDS Movie made by Rotaract Club of Jawalakhel, Nepal Team.
Continues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMYk0PABOKY
Health Policy
SMH, 6 Aug
Tags: hospitals politics federal-state mental-health abbott,tony roxon,nicola ama ahha agpn general-practice
A Coalition government would hack $1.3 billion out of Labor's health spending plans but would work towards a fully federal funding takeover of public hospitals after 2014.
Continues: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/coalition-pledges-cheaper-hospita...
Sexual Health
Portside Messenger (SA), 4 Aug
Tags: sex-workers law-reform sin acsa
PORT-Enfield Council is getting behind a new push for prostitution law reform. The council last month entered the debate after a councillor raised concerns about violence towards sex workers plying their trade on suburban streets.
Continues: http://portside-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/support-for-sex-w...
Reuters, 5 Aug
Tags: sex-workers condoms risk-behaviours diaphragms
Giving sex workers diaphragm contraceptives does not seem to have the unintended effect of lowering their condom use, a new study suggests.
Continues: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE67453L20100805
Herald Sun (Melbourne), 6 Aug
Tags: condoms children schools victoria family-planning fpv
STUDENTS as young as 12 would get free condoms at high schools in a radical plan to reduce teenage pregnancies.
Continues: http://www.news.com.au/national/free-condom-plan-pupils-as-young-as-12/s...
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