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In this edition:

• Australia (1 item)
• Our Region (2 items)
• International (1 item)
• HIV Treatments (1 item)
• Friday Viral Video (2 items)
• Health Policy (3 items)
• Sexual Health (2 items)
• Drugs (1 item)
• GLBTI News (3 items)
• Society & Culture (1 item)

Australia

Gay bashing killer caged

Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 12 Aug

Tags: hiv violence gay-men criminal-law armstrong,paul sentencing

ALMOST two decades after he picked up [HIV-positive] Felipe Flores in a Sydney gay bar, the man who brutally bashed him to death has been jailed for at least 11-and-a-half years.

Continues: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/gay-bashing-killer-caged/s...

Our Region

Michael Kirby to speak at anniversary dinner

GayNZ (NZ), 11 Aug

Tags: hiv-sector nz nzaf kirby,michael

Former justice of the High Court of Australia Michael Kirby will be the guest speaker at an Auckland dinner marking 25 years of the New Zealand Aids Foundation.

Continues: http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_9176.php

Contest stimulates HIV/AIDS prevention innovation

VOV News (Vietnam), 11 Aug

Tags: hiv vietnam world-bank

The World Bank and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health jointly launched another contest in Hanoi on August 11 to seek community initiatives for the struggle against the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Continues: http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Contest-stimulates-HIVAIDS-prevention-inn...

International

Ninety per cent of Russian prisoners ill

News.com.au/AFP, 12 Aug

Tags: hiv tb hcv prisons russia

MORE than 90 per cent of prisoners in Russia are sick, mostly with tuberculosis, AIDS and different types of hepatitis, the office of the public prosecutor has admitted.

Continues: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/ninety-per-cent-of-russian-prisoner...

HIV Treatments

Prophylaxis for PCP can be stopped safely at CD4 counts above 100 in Europe

Aidsmap (UK), 11 Aug

Tags: hiv prophylaxis pcp cd4-count

Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumoniaAn inflammation of the lung, usually caused by infection with bacteria or other microorganisms, in which the air sacs of the lung become filled with inflammatory cells which solidify and inhibit breathing. (also known as PCP) can be safely stopped by patients taking HIV therapy whose CD4 cell count is as low as 101 cells/mm3, provided that they have an undetectable viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma..

Continues: http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1502317/

Friday Viral Video

HIV Positive

2WAY-FM/YouTube, 6 Aug

Tags: video radio plhiv personal-stories local-story nsw stigma disclosure

Two HIV positive men talk about the changes surrounding AIDS in Australia over the past 20 years. (Audio from radio discussion with still images on video). 2WAY-FM is a community radio station in Port Macquarie, NSW.

Continues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSmERl_oUrM

Pilot for Documentary; Do HIV Bugchasers Exist?

YouTube, 11 Aug

Tags: video documentaries bug-chasers bareback

A Pilot for a documentary about the HIV Bugchaser. Has the advance in treatment of HIV become a victim of its own success? Is this why the number of diagnoses is rising? Could getting HIV make the sufferers life better in some way?

Continues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq4MeFXTDAY

Health Policy

Sick woman pleads with Gillard over PBS costs

ABC News, 11 Aug

Tags: pbs gillard,julia pbac

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the Government is seeking urgent advice about a drug that could save the life of a Melbourne woman with a rare blood disease.

Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/11/2979915.htm?section=justin

Health foes fail to land a knockout

The Australian, 12 Aug

Tags: politics roxon,nicola dutton,peter

NICOLA Roxon was considered by some the favourite to emerge the victor from yesterday's clash with the more laidback Peter Dutton.

Continues: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health-foes-fail-to-lan...

Both sides to review Medicare rebates

SMH, 12 Aug

Tags: medicare politics gillard,julia roxon,nicola medicare-rebates dutton,peter ahcra

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says ''Medicare rebates are safe under Labor'' but her Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, has a proviso: some rebates might have to go down.

Continues: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/both-sides-to-review-medicare-reb...

Sexual Health

Footy club tackles tricky subject of sexual health

Macarthur Advertiser (NSW), 12 Aug

Tags: sexual-health sports sswahs chlamydia

THE Campbelltown Eagles junior rugby league club has teamed with Sydney South West Area Health Service to promote sexual health among young people.

Continues: http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/footy-club...

Syphilis through the ages

ABC Sydney "Self Improvement Wednesday", 11 Aug (AUDIO + QUIZ)

Tags: stis syphilis mcanulty,jeremy

Your lesson this week: Syphilis through the ages. Your teacher is Jeremy McAnulty, the acting Director for the Centre for Health Protection, NSW Health.

Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/08/11/2979684.htm

Drugs

Needle service spreads to Australind

Bunbury Mail (WA), 11 Aug

Tags: hiv hcv western-australia needle-exchange local-story wasua idu

A SERVICE which allows about 10,000 needles and syringes to be exchanged in the South West each month has caused concern within Greater Bunbury.

Continues: http://www.bunburymail.com.au/news/local/news/general/needle-service-spr...

GLBTI News

Homophobes crawl out of rotten woodwork

SameSame.com.au, 11 Aug

Tags: homophobia hiv politics family-first ace discrimination adc-qld one-nation vilification

As Australia’s dullest-ever election edges towards its tedious conclusion, our country’s most homophobic candidates are trying unsuccessfully to make waves with their cringe-inducing antics.

Continues: http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/5745/Homophobes-crawl-out-of-rotte...

Fuss on gay marriage can't last

Richard Ackland/SMH, 13 Aug (OPINION)

Tags: glbt same-sex-relationships same-sex-marriage marriage ackland,richard op-ed politics family-first

This week the gay marriage issue had a brief, but exciting, moment in the sun. The Queensland Family First candidate Wendy Francis drew fire and support for her finely calibrated observation that ''legalising gay marriage is like legalising chil

Continues: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/fuss-on-gay-marriage-cant-last-20...

California same sex marriages can resume

Herald Sun/NewsCore, 13 Aug

Tags: glbt same-sex-marriage california

A US federal judge ruled today that gay marriages can resume in California beginning August 18, lifting a stay on his decision earlier this month that the states ban on same sex unions was unconstitutional.

Continues: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/california-same-sex-marri...

Society & Culture

A plague of wonders

Herald Sun (Melbourne), 11 Aug (BOOK REVIEW)

Tags: books reviews africa fiction

Have you ever wondered how communities manage to endure a crisis? Think of African communities faced with an overwhelming AIDS crisis, where up to 1.5 million adults and children have died, not to mention the cost to health services and family incomes.

Continues: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/learn/a-plague-of-wonders-aug-10/story-...