HIV Media Digest 9 Aug

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 [1]

The Advertiser (Adelaide), 6 Aug

Tags: hiv [2] deliberately-infected [3] criminal-law [4] mcdonald,stuart [5] reckless-endangerment [6] phylogenetic-analysis [7]

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... [8]

HIV -- Region

Fugitive Worried Over AIDS Risk in Indonesian Jail [9]

Jakarta Globe (Indonesia), 7 Aug

Tags: hiv [2] indonesia [10] prisons [11] extradition [12]

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... [13]

HIV/AIDS fight needs stronger support [14]

VOV News (Vietnam), 7 Aug

Tags: hiv [2] vietnam [15]

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... [16]

HIV -- International

HIV/AIDS Medicine Is Only One Piece Of The Puzzle [17]

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

Tags: hiv [2] treatments-access [18] red [19] gfatm [20] clinton-foundation [21] pepfar [22] gates-foundation [23] kazatchkine,michel [24]

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... [25]

HIV -- Prevention

Men off the hook with HIV gel [26]

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

Tags: hiv [2] prevention [27] microbicides [28] caprisa [29] tenofovir [30] responsibility [31] op-ed [32] women [33] men [34]

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-... [35]

Indigenous Health

Culture clash sparks HIV fears [36]

Independent Weekly (SA), 7 Aug

Tags: hiv [2] indigenous [37] hcv [38] drugs [39] idu [40] baxter,don [41] afao [42] anwernekenhe [43] needle-exchange [44]

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... [45]

Sexual Health

Schools urged to install free condom machines [46]

ABC News, 6 Aug

Tags: condoms [47] schools [48] victoria [49] fpv [50] family-planning [51] contraception [52] politics [53] gillard,julia [54]

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 [55]

Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott both oppose providing condoms in schools [56]

Herald Sun (Melbourne), 6 Aug

Tags: condoms [47] schools [48] youth [57] politics [53] gillard,julia [54] family-planning [51] fpv [50] victoria [49]

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... [58]

Plan to give pupils condoms - Psychologist warns against proposal [59]

Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga NSW), 7 Aug

Tags: condoms [47] schools [48] fpv [50] youth [57] sex-education [60] victoria [49]

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... [61]

Links:
[1] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=268117842e1245587b1ffa09a2d81e5d
[2] http://del.icio.us/napwa/hiv
[3] http://del.icio.us/napwa/deliberately-infected
[4] http://del.icio.us/napwa/criminal-law
[5] http://del.icio.us/napwa/mcdonald,stuart
[6] http://del.icio.us/napwa/reckless-endangerment
[7] http://del.icio.us/napwa/phylogenetic-analysis
[8] http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/mistrial-in-stuart-james-mcdonald-hiv-sex-case/story-e6frea83-1225902280769
[9] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=22e0d095d9fee0de53a34d87d62b25aa
[10] http://del.icio.us/napwa/indonesia
[11] http://del.icio.us/napwa/prisons
[12] http://del.icio.us/napwa/extradition
[13] http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/fugitive-worried-over-aids-risk-in-indonesian-jail/389929
[14] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=b1d8943c503417c0e9fdff29baf04fec
[15] http://del.icio.us/napwa/vietnam
[16] http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/HIVAIDS-fight-needs-stronger-support/20108/118321.vov
[17] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=3c2fc9b126e454b93e622a2c7a85891f
[18] http://del.icio.us/napwa/treatments-access
[19] http://del.icio.us/napwa/red
[20] http://del.icio.us/napwa/gfatm
[21] http://del.icio.us/napwa/clinton-foundation
[22] http://del.icio.us/napwa/pepfar
[23] http://del.icio.us/napwa/gates-foundation
[24] http://del.icio.us/napwa/kazatchkine,michel
[25] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-smith-ellis/hivaids-medicine-is-only_b_674033.html
[26] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=7e10a22153d0a132b350f52a6f601199
[27] http://del.icio.us/napwa/prevention
[28] http://del.icio.us/napwa/microbicides
[29] http://del.icio.us/napwa/caprisa
[30] http://del.icio.us/napwa/tenofovir
[31] http://del.icio.us/napwa/responsibility
[32] http://del.icio.us/napwa/op-ed
[33] http://del.icio.us/napwa/women
[34] http://del.icio.us/napwa/men
[35] http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/02/hiv-gel-men-abandon-safe-sex
[36] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=58f87190d4e448770e5a2f7bee1461db
[37] http://del.icio.us/napwa/indigenous
[38] http://del.icio.us/napwa/hcv
[39] http://del.icio.us/napwa/drugs
[40] http://del.icio.us/napwa/idu
[41] http://del.icio.us/napwa/baxter,don
[42] http://del.icio.us/napwa/afao
[43] http://del.icio.us/napwa/anwernekenhe
[44] http://del.icio.us/napwa/needle-exchange
[45] http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/culture-clash-sparks-hiv-fears/1906369.aspx
[46] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=b75217407b06a51126a60f38e139f5a9
[47] http://del.icio.us/napwa/condoms
[48] http://del.icio.us/napwa/schools
[49] http://del.icio.us/napwa/victoria
[50] http://del.icio.us/napwa/fpv
[51] http://del.icio.us/napwa/family-planning
[52] http://del.icio.us/napwa/contraception
[53] http://del.icio.us/napwa/politics
[54] http://del.icio.us/napwa/gillard,julia
[55] http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/06/2975498.htm?section=justin
[56] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=b57488bca131dd56d48d742066cf596c
[57] http://del.icio.us/napwa/youth
[58] http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/students-as-young-as-12-to-get-free-condoms-at-school-under-new-plan/story-e6frf7kx-1225901838473
[59] http://www.napwa.org.au/redirector.php?q=08b5722707506740427417514fe49082
[60] http://del.icio.us/napwa/sex-education
[61] http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/plan-to-give-pupils-condoms-psychologist-warns-against-proposal/1906973.aspx