In this edition:
Australia
SX News (Sydney), 16 Aug
Tags: hiv hiv-sector acon anniversaries wotherspoon,garry history grim-reaper
In 2010, ACON is marking its 25th anniversary. Historian Garry Wotherspoon charts its evolution from the early days of the HIV epidemic to becoming Australia’s largest GLBT health and well-being organisation.
Continues: http://sxnews.gaynewsnetwork.com.au/feature/in-the-beginning-was-acon-00...
Our Region
Việt Nam News (Vietnam), 12 Aug
Tags: hiv vietnam
The Innovation Day for HIV/AIDS prevention was launched yesterday by the Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC).
Continues: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/202475/Innovation-need...
Việt Nam News (Vietnam), 13 Aug
Tags: hiv vietnam sex-workers
The rate of new HIV infections among men who are clients of sex workers is the highest of any other target group, according to a survey issued by Population Services International (PSI) on Wednesday.
Continues: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/Health/202516/HIV-infe...
Straits Times (Singapore), 13 Aug
Tags: hiv awareness singapore
LIFE really got going for Ms Kousalya Periasamy, ironically, after she contracted HIV 15 years ago.
Continues: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_565983...
Jakarta Globe (Indonesia), 15 Aug
Tags: hiv indonesia papua
A legislator has called on the government to be more serious in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian province of Papua
Continues: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/more-serious-government-attention-ne...
Fiji Times (Fiji), 16 Aug
Tags: hiv fiji sports schools
THE FASANOC Stop HIV program will be conducting its outreach programs during the school-based sporting events this week in the western division.
Continues: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=153760
International
The Citizen (Tanzania), 14 Aug
Tags: hiv tanzania media journalism
When Ms Ammina Kothari, a doctoral student at Indiana University, School of Journalism asked to interview me for her research paper on the HIV/Aids and journalism in Tanzania, I realised how poorly the media has been covering stories on the pandemic.
Continues: http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/43-sunday-citizen-opinion-editori...
Times of India (India), 14 Aug
Tags: hiv immigration guest-workers india saudi-arabia gnp+ ias singapore australia brunei korea-south usa china namibia
Harjeet is no different from the thousands of Punjab villagers who dream of a well-paying job in the Gulf. In 1995, he applied for a work visa, forking out Rs 20,000 to an agent in Mumbai.
Continues: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HIV-victims-positively-unwelcom...
Jamaica Observer (Jamaica), 15 Aug
Tags: hiv jamaica abstinence politics
With more than 32,000 Jamaicans believed to be infected with HIV/AIDS, Betty Ann Blaine believes the local epidemic can best be controlled through public education geared towards abstinence and grounded in the principles of good family life
Continues: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Blaine-pushing-good-family-life--abs...
UPI, 12 Aug
Tags: hiv china
China pledged to step up efforts to fight AIDS, the country's No. 1 infectious disease killer, the health ministry said Thursday.
Continues: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/08/12/China-pledges-to-redouble-anti...
HIV Criminalisation
Toronto Sun (Canada), 14 Aug
Tags: hiv criminal-law canada disclosure exposure aggravated-sexual-assault sentencing
An Edmonton man who failed to inform a woman that he had drunken sex with that he carries the potentially deadly HIV virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Continues: http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/14/15023966.html
Criminal HIV Transmission, 14 Aug (BLOG)
Tags: hiv criminal-law exposure deadly-weapon grindr sentencing disclosure
A 26 year-old man from the small Texan town of Copperas Cove has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with an additional $3000 fine after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Continues: http://criminalhivtransmission.blogspot.com/2010/08/texas-man-gets-15-ye...
Hepatitis
Nature News, 13 Aug
Tags: hcv treatments telaprevir boceprivir drug-development protease-inhibitors
A new generation of drugs with the potential to cure hepatitis C is set to flood the market.
Continues: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100813/full/news.2010.408.html
Science & Medicine
Montréal Gazette (Canada), 14 Aug
Tags: bogus-treatments cure-alls hiv
What is the chance of a gold prospector, with no training in the health sciences, tackling a problem and finding an answer that has eluded the world's most renowned researchers?
Continues: http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/science+backs+miracle+cure/3398525...
GLBTI News
Rodney Croome/SMH, 12 Aug (OPINION)
Tags: glbt same-sex-marriage croome,rodney op-ed politics
The profile of same-sex marriage in this federal election is higher than many people expected. This is mainly because the opposition of Labor leaders to equality has entered the realm of absurdity.
Continues: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/banning-marriage-for-gays-denies-...
Crikey.com.au "Culture Mulcher" Blog, 13 Aug (BLOG)
Tags: glbt same-sex-marriage gillard,julia homophobia op-ed
Is Julia maybe a teensy bit homophobic? Or just par-for-the-course, predictably, utterly cynical? I’ve been wondering and the result, alas, is this rather long post — but I figured we needed the facts, ma’am, just the facts. However it does have a conclus
Continues: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2010/08/13/is-julia-gillard-h...
ABC News, 14 Aug
Tags: glbt same-sex-relationships same-sex-marriage politics brown,bob greens
Greens leader Bob Brown has urged Federal Labor and Liberal leaders to agree to a conscience vote on same-sex marriage.
Continues: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/14/2983021.htm?section=justin
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