• Addressing Viral Hepatitis Among Minority Communities

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:38:34
    Since 1991, routine vaccinations of infants has reduced hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection rates in children by more than 95 percent. And the incidence of acute hepatitis C (HCV) has declined 90 percent since 1992, in large part due to the screening of the blood supply. This progress illustrates the impact that public health policies...

  • Public-Private Partnerships Step Up

    Updated: 2012-05-31 08:00:30
    With pharmaceutical R&D efforts in decline, public-private partnerships are emerging as a way to bolster early stage discovery efforts. In Europe, concern over a dwindling antibiotic pipeline led to the European Commission’s Action Plan Against the Rising Threats from Antimicrobial Resistance, launched in November last year (see here). On ...

  • Reducing TB transmission in ‘hotspots’ could have widespread benefit

    Updated: 2012-05-30 18:17:27
    In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discovered that public health efforts to reduce tuberculosis transmission in geographic “hotspots” where infections are highest could significantly reduce TB transmission on a broader scale. Researchers analyzed surveillance data from Rio de Janeiro and developed mathematical [...](Read more...)

  • Addressing Viral Hepatitis at the Department of Veterans Affairs

    Updated: 2012-05-30 17:53:30
    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recognizes viral hepatitis as a highly prevalent chronic disease among Veterans in VA care. VA continues to be proactive in addressing viral hepatitis, and is actively taking part in the implementation of the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis, which is led by...

  • Stories that Change Behavior

    Updated: 2012-05-29 23:35:07
    Heard any good stories about HIV or STIs lately? Told any? What makes a good story? Dr. William Smith, Editor of Social Marketing Quarterly, asked about 20 invited participants at a May 18, 2012 workshop, “Telling Stories to Fight STIs and HIV/AIDS,” to consider the elements of a good story and then use them to...

  • New developments in HIV research, South African Children affected by HIV, and more

    Updated: 2012-05-29 18:19:41
    , , : Science Speaks : HIV TB News A project of the Center for Global Health Policy Search Search : for Go Home About Liveblog Archives you’re reading . Global Health New developments in HIV research , South African Children affected by HIV , and more By Rabita Aziz May 29, 2012 Post a comment The following list of What We’re Reading is a compilation of recent releases and reports making headlines in global : health Implementing Collaborative TB-HIV Activities A Programmatic Guide This guide from the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease summarizes The Union’s experience in developing approaches to integrated TB-HIV care for adults in resource-limited settings . It is recommended for health professionals at the implementation level and national program staff in charge

  • U.S. opposes proposed international org for R&D to meet the health needs of developing countries

    Updated: 2012-05-25 17:03:52
    At the World Health Assembly in Geneva this week, representatives are debating whether or not to create a new international organization that would bind countries to fund research and development, or R&D, for neglected diseases – to which every nation would commit to spend at least .01 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on government-funded [...](Read more...)

  • CDC Invites Public Comment on Draft Recommendations for One-Time Hepatitis C Testing for Baby Boomers

    Updated: 2012-05-24 22:19:04
    CDC has released draft recommendations proposing that all Americans born from 1945 through 1965 (“baby boomers”) get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus. In the United States, hepatitis C is the leading cause of liver transplants and liver cancer, which is the fastest-rising cause of cancer-related deaths in the nation. More than 2...

  • Beginning to End the AIDS Epidemic: What’s the Research Agenda?

    Updated: 2012-05-24 18:04:41
    : : Science Speaks : HIV TB News A project of the Center for Global Health Policy Search Search : for Go Home About Liveblog Archives you’re reading . Circumcision Beginning to End the AIDS Epidemic : What’s the Research Agenda By Meredith Mazzotta May 24, 2012 Post a comment Capitol Hill briefing highlights research agenda to end AIDS The following is a guest blog post by Chris Collins , vice president and director of Public Policy at the Foundation for AIDS Research amfAR and Mitchell Warren , executive director of AVAC . A slide from Dr . Baeten's presentation outlining use of truvada as a pre-exposure . prophylactic Looking back over three decades of AIDS , it’s hard to point to a better investment than research . Over the past three years , a string of HIV prevention research

  • The AIDS Memorial Quilt in DC during AIDS 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-24 17:28:02
    This summer, as the global HIV and AIDS community gathers in Washington, DC for AIDS 2012, The AIDS Memorial Quilt will make a rare return to the international stage. Started in 1987, The Quilt is comprised of panels memorializing those whose lives have been lost to AIDS. During the Smithsonian Folklife Festival , June 28-July...

  • The AIDS memorial quilt returns to DC

    Updated: 2012-05-24 14:58:15
    The following is a guest blog post by The NAMES Project Foundation. The NAMES Project Foundation is calling for volunteers and sponsors as it prepares to bring The AIDS Memorial Quilt in its entirety back to Washington, DC, this summer... (Read more...)

  • Live from AAPS Biotech: Large Molecules Mimic Small Molecule Development

    Updated: 2012-05-24 02:39:47
    A theme shared by several of Wednesday’s sessions at the AAPS National Biotechnology Conference seems to be how the tools and techniques that have evolved for development of small molecules are spilling over into the design of large molecules. Dr. Michael Hall from Amgen presented a talk in ...

  • The New Facebook Timeline: A Tool in Response to HIV

    Updated: 2012-05-22 23:39:20
    It’s estimated that 96% of Facebook users never revisit fan pages once they hit the “like” button. We at AIDS.gov hope this changes with the new features of the Facebook timeline for Facebook Pages. Three months ago, Facebook announced that Facebook Page owners had a month to update their profiles to the new timeline format…

  • Breaking News: Senate subcommittee votes to boost funding for Global Fund and global TB in 2013

    Updated: 2012-05-22 22:51:21
    The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations voted Tuesday on its funding bill for global health and foreign assistance programs beginning Oct. 1, 2012.  The committee voted to fund the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at the president’s budget request of $1.65 billion – which would fulfill the U.S. four-year, [...](Read more...)

  • New HIV vaccine trial begins recruiting U.S. participants

    Updated: 2012-05-22 22:07:26
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) has started enrolling participants in a Phase 1 clinical trial to test a “second-generation” HIV vaccine candidate, meaning the vaccine is identical to the first generation candidate but it includes a special additive to enhance the vaccine response. The additive, or adjuvant, is granulocyte-macrophage [...](Read more...)

  • Live From AAPS Biotech

    Updated: 2012-05-22 21:22:57
    AAPS Biotech is holding its annual meeting this year in San Diego, CA, the city with arguably the best weather in the world. Tuesday sessions opened with a symposium on the challenges associated with high concentration protein formulations. Dr Vinay Radhakrishnan of Pfizer began with an overview of high ...

  • Updates on National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Viral Hepatitis Action Plan Shared with Primary Care and HIV Providers

    Updated: 2012-05-21 15:00:58
    Along with several federal colleagues, I had the opportunity late last month to discuss the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and the Action Plan for the Prevention Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (Action Plan) during a panel presentation at a national healthcare conference. We shared highlights of our efforts to coordinate activities as we implement...

  • Does global health spending make a difference? Americans on both sides of the aisle say: Yes!

    Updated: 2012-05-21 14:48:27
    The U.S. is spending too little or about the right amount on global health aid, according to two-thirds of Americans surveyed recently by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), with one in five saying the U.S. spends too much. Overall the majority of Americans surveyed believes the U.S. has a major role to play in the [...](Read more...)

  • Anthony Fauci Makes Statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

    Updated: 2012-05-18 17:28:19
    The following is a statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day from Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.  It was originally published here.  There is a growing consensus that we can significantly curtail the HIV/AIDS pandemic by implementing scientifically proven HIV prevention strategies, such as voluntary [...](Read more...)

  • A Day to Act on HIV and Viral Hepatitis in the Asian and Pacific Islander Community

    Updated: 2012-05-18 15:00:46
    Tomorrow (May 19) our Nation marks the eighth annual National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and the first–ever National Hepatitis Testing Day. Both observances represent “calls to action” for the country and hold special meaning for me. As an Asian American physician, I have cared for many individuals living with HIV and/or hepatitis....

  • Modeling Potential Impact on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

    Updated: 2012-05-18 14:42:13
    The following guest blog post in honor of HIV Vaccine Awareness Day was written by Margaret McGlynn, IAVI President and CEO.  It originally appeared on USAID’s Impact blog. Throughout my career, I have witnessed the tremendous power of vaccines to prevent sickness and save lives – delivering incredible victories for humanity against diseases such as polio, [...](Read more...)

  • Save the Date: Call-in Day against HIV Cuts May 22

    Updated: 2012-05-16 20:55:24
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  • ICH Q11 Reaches Harmonization, Implementation is Next

    Updated: 2012-05-16 02:36:30
    ICH Q11, the anticipated guideline from the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) titled Development and Manufacture of Drug Substances, has achieved international consensus. Q11 has been one of the fastest guidelines to move through the ICH harmonization process. Q11 was published as a draft in May 2011 and reached Step ...

  • Antiretroviral drug prices

    Updated: 2012-05-13 21:00:00
    Allocating scarce financial resources for HIV treatment: benchmarking prices of antiretroviral medicines in Latin America Wirtz VJ, Santa-Ana-Tellez Y, Trout CH, Kaplan WA. Health Policy Plan. 2012 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print] Blog Description:  Benchmarking antiretroviral drug prices in Latin America read more

  • Sex work

    Updated: 2012-05-13 20:00:00
    Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Baral S, Beyrer C, Muessig K, Poteat T, Wirtz AL, Decker MR, Sherman SG, Kerrigan D. Lancet Infect Dis. 2012 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print] Blog Description:  HIV burden among 99,878 female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries read more

  • Sex work

    Updated: 2012-05-13 19:00:00
    High prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among male sex workers in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: need for services tailored to their needs Vuylsteke B, Semde G, Sika L, Crucitti T, Ettiegne Traore V, Buve A, Laga M. Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Feb 11. [Epub ahead of print] Blog Description:  Male sex workers in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire need tailored services read more

  • Vaccines

    Updated: 2012-05-13 18:00:00
    Immune-correlates analysis of an HIV-1 vaccine efficacy trial Blog Description:  How did the RV144 vaccine protect? read more

  • Cost-effectiveness

    Updated: 2012-05-13 17:00:00
    Integrated HIV testing, malaria, and diarrhea prevention campaign in Kenya: Modeled health impact and cost-effectiveness Kahn JG, Muraguri N, Harris B, Lugada E, Clasen T, Grabowsky M, Mermin J, Shariff S. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e31316. Epub 2012 Feb 8 Blog Description:  Integrating HIV testing, malaria, and diarrhoea prevention in Kenya for maximum impact read more

  • Cost-effectiveness

    Updated: 2012-05-13 16:00:00
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  • Alcohol

    Updated: 2012-05-13 15:00:00
    "Because he has bought for her, he wants to sleep with her": Alcohol as a currency for sexual exchange in South African drinking venues Watt MH, Aunon FM, Skinner D, Sikkema KJ, Kalichman SC, Pieterse D. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Apr;74(7):1005-12. Epub 2012 Jan 25 Blog Description:  Sex for alcohol in South African drinking venues read more

  • Breastfeeding

    Updated: 2012-05-13 14:00:00
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  • Genotyping

    Updated: 2012-05-13 12:00:00
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  • Treatment

    Updated: 2012-05-13 11:00:00
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  • Treatment

    Updated: 2012-05-13 10:00:00
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  • Condoms

    Updated: 2012-05-13 09:00:00
    Determinants of condom breakage among female sex workers in Karnataka, India Bradley J, Rajaram S, Alary M, Isac S, Washington R, Moses S, Ramesh B. BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S14. [Epub ahead of print] Blog Description:  11% condom breakage in sex work in Karnataka, India read more

  • Health System Integration

    Updated: 2012-05-13 08:00:00
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  • Workplace

    Updated: 2012-05-13 07:00:00
    Diversity management: The treatment of HIV-positive employees Yap MH, Ineson EM. AIDS Care. 2012 Jan 31. [Epub ahead of print] Blog Description:  Diversity management and HIV-positive employees in the Asian hospitality sector read more

  • Workplace

    Updated: 2012-05-13 06:00:00
    Diabetes, HIV and other health determinants associated with absenteeism among formal sector workers in Namibia Guariguata L, de Beer I, Hough R, Bindels E, Weimers-Maasdorp D, Feeley III F G, Rinke de Wit T F. BMC Public Health. 2012 Jan 18;12:44 Blog Description:  What are the health-related causes of absenteeism among formal sector workers in Namibia? read more

  • Ethics and equity

    Updated: 2012-05-13 05:00:00
    NGO-provided free HIV treatment and services in Burkina Faso: scarcity, therapeutic rationality and unfair process Ridde V, Some PA, Pirkle C. Int J Equity Health. 2012 Mar 6;11:11 Blog Description:  Scarcity, therapeutic rationality, and unfair process in antiretroviral treatment access read more

  • Nutrition and People Living with HIV

    Updated: 2012-05-13 04:00:00
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  • Nutrition and People Living with HIV

    Updated: 2012-05-13 03:00:00
    Serum Vitamin D concentration and potential risk factors for its deficiency in HIV positive individuals Etminani-Esfahani M, Khalili H, Soleimani N, Jafari S, Abdollahi A, Khazaeipour Z, Gholami K. Curr HIV Res. 2012 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print] Blog Description:  Vitamin D deficiency in HIV-positive Iranians </div read more

  • Monitoring and evaluation

    Updated: 2012-05-13 02:00:00
    Health systems and HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: matching intervention and programme evaluation strategies Bärnighausen T, Bloom DE, Humair S. Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Mar;88(2):e2 Blog Description:  Health system strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa means big evaluation challenges read more

  • Monitoring and evaluation

    Updated: 2012-05-13 01:00:00
    Sustainability of donor programs: evaluating and informing the transition of a large HIV prevention program in India to local ownership Bennett S, Singh S, Ozawa S, Tran N, Kang JS. Glob Health Action. 2011;4. doi: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.7360. Epub 2011 Dec 14 Blog Description:  Transitioning Avahan, the key population prevention programme to local ownership: the prospective evaluation design read more

  • Breastfeeding

    Updated: 2012-05-13 01:00:00
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