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In this edition:

• HIV -- Australia (1 item)
• HIV -- Region (2 items)
• HIV -- International (1 item)
• HIV -- Prevention (1 item)
• Indigenous Health (1 item)
• Sexual Health (3 items)

HIV -- Australia

Mistrial in Stuart James McDonald HIV sex case

The Advertiser (Adelaide), 6 Aug

Tags: hiv deliberately-infected criminal-law mcdonald,stuart reckless-endangerment phylogenetic-analysis

THE case against a HIV positive man accused of recklessly infecting his sexual partners has been delayed after a mistrial was declared yesterday and the jury was discharged.

Continues: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/mistrial-in-stuart-ja...

HIV -- Region

Fugitive Worried Over AIDS Risk in Indonesian Jail

Jakarta Globe (Indonesia), 7 Aug

Tags: hiv indonesia prisons extradition

An Indonesian graft fugitive being held by Australian authorities continued to oppose his extradition, arguing that, among other things, he could contract AIDS if he served his sentence in an Indonesian prison, a top prosecutor said on Friday.

Continues: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/fugitive-worried-over-aids-risk-in-i...

HIV/AIDS fight needs stronger support

VOV News (Vietnam), 7 Aug

Tags: hiv vietnam

Measures to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS to the wider community were discussed at a workshop in HCM City on August 7 by the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Continues: http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/HIVAIDS-fight-needs-stronger-support/2010...

HIV -- International

HIV/AIDS Medicine Is Only One Piece Of The Puzzle

Susan Smith Ellis/Huffington Post (US), 6 Aug (OPINION)

Tags: hiv treatments-access red gfatm clinton-foundation pepfar gates-foundation kazatchkine,michel

Sometimes you have to look back to see how far you've come. An article in Businessweek -- 'AIDS Drugs Flow to the Third World' -- reports on new ways HIV/AIDS drugs are being manufactured and distributed in developing countries. It's a

Continues: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-smith-ellis/hivaids-medicine-is-only...

HIV -- Prevention

Men off the hook with HIV gel

Paul McNally/The Guardian (UK), 2 Aug (OPINION)

Tags: hiv prevention microbicides caprisa tenofovir responsibility op-ed women men

A new gel designed to help prevent the spread of HIV may be used to pander to male irresponsibility over safe sex

Continues: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/02/hiv-gel-men-abandon-...

Indigenous Health

Culture clash sparks HIV fears

Independent Weekly (SA), 7 Aug

Tags: hiv indigenous hcv drugs idu baxter,don afao anwernekenhe needle-exchange

Conservative Aboriginal communities risk an HIV epidemic if they don’t learn from others and adopt drug management measures, experts warn.

Continues: http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/culture-clas...

Sexual Health

 

Schools urged to install free condom machines

ABC News, 6 Aug

Tags: condoms schools victoria fpv family-planning contraception politics gillard,julia

Free condom machines would be planted in high schools across the nation as part of a plan to tackle sexually-transmitted diseases and reduce the abortion rate.

Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/06/2975498.htm?section=justin

Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott both oppose providing condoms in schools

Herald Sun (Melbourne), 6 Aug

Tags: condoms schools youth politics gillard,julia family-planning fpv victoria

BOTH major political parties are strongly opposed to Family Planning Victoria's radical proposal to hand out free condoms at high schools.

Continues: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/students-as-young-as-12-to-get...

Plan to give pupils condoms - Psychologist warns against proposal

Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga NSW), 7 Aug

Tags: condoms schools fpv youth sex-education victoria

NEWS that Family Planning Victoria has proposed a plan to make condoms available to high school kids has been met with alarm by The Daily Advertiser columnist and child psychologist John Irvine.

Continues: http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/plan-to-give-p...