Posted in HIV/AIDS, Healthcare, tagged Animal Model, Kaiser Family Foundation, Merck, Vaccine on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Given the lack of integrity shown in early HIV research, I’m more than a bit skeptical of HIV/AIDS vaccine research. There has been a lot of talk recently about the possibilities of developing an HIV vaccine, and the information in this abstract isn’t new, but it is one of the better academic studies in this [...]
Posted in All About Me, HIV/AIDS, Healthcare, tagged Technology on April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Researchers Develop Breath-Monitoring Device To Monitor Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive People
According to Melker, the new device could help address the issue by providing a new way to monitor treatment adherence. Melker said that although the current version of the device works well, he hopes that the technology eventually can be used in a cellular phone. [...]
Posted in Gender, HIV/AIDS, Sex, tagged Cuba, HIV Prevention, MSM, Transgender on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
I think this is awesome! I wish more nations would implement similar measures, both towards transgender empowerment and the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Transgender People Spread HIV Prevention Messages Among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in Cuba
Since the first festival last year, 18 transgender people have participated in training workshops to become health promoters [...]
Posted in Activism, HIV/AIDS, Politics, Sex Work, tagged Anti-Prostitution Pledge, Condoms, George Bush, HIV Prevention, Human Rights, PEPFAR, Poverty, prostitution, Trafficking, USAID on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Tell your representatives that you oppose restrictions on organization providing essential services to sex workers, and you support science-based teaching in the prevention of HIV/AIDS.
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A report, from 2006 (!!!) on how dangerous PEPFAR conditions truly are for the global south.
Report on Bush’s program to combat HIV
A new report released by the Center for Public Integrity [...]
Posted in Activism, HIV/AIDS, bound not gagged, prostitution, tagged Abstinence, Anti-Prostitution Pledge, George Bush, Network of Sex Work Projects, NSWP, PEPFAR, Trafficking, USAID on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
From www.boundnotgagged.com:
GOP opposes AIDS program change
If we’re friends, then I’ve probably talked to you about the ‘Anti-Prostitution Pledge’ and/or the focus on abstinence-only sex education in US HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns. Both of these policies run contrary to best practices in public health, and some of the most effective HIV prevention programs world-wide. PEPFAR comes [...]
Posted in HIV/AIDS, tagged HIV/AIDS, Sex Offender, South Dakota on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
South Dakota Senate Approves Legislation That Would Require People Convicted of Intentionally Spreading HIV To Register as Sex Offenders
Posted in HIV/AIDS, Healthcare, tagged CDC, Children, Healthcare Policy, Journal of infectious Diseases, Mothers, Public Health, Women on September 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From today’s HIV/AIDS policy updates:
HIV-Positive Women Who Become Pregnant Less Likely To Develop AIDS, Die of AIDS-Related Causes, Study Says
HIV-positive women who become pregnant are less likely to develop AIDS or die of AIDS-related causes than HIV-positive women who do not become pregnant, according to a study published in the Oct. 1 issue of the [...]
Posted in HIV/AIDS, Politics, Sex, tagged Abstience Only, Bush Administration, Condoms, HIV Prevention, Ideology, Public Health on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
New York State Declines Federal Funds for Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs, Health Commissioner Says
“The Bush administration’s abstinence-only program is an example of a failed national health care policy directive,” [New York State health commissioner] Daines said, adding that the policy is “based on ideology rather than on sound scientific-based evidence that must be the cornerstone [...]
Posted in Activism, HIV/AIDS, Healthcare, Human Rights, tagged Africa, HIV Prevention, Poverty, Zimbabwe on September 13, 2007 | No Comments »
This abstract discusses the multiplicity of HIV Prevention barriers young girls in Zimbabwe face, and what one organization is doing to address those needs.
Group in Zimbabwe Works To Fight Poverty, Empower Girls To Reduce Spread of HIV, Reuters Reports
Posted in HIV/AIDS, Healthcare, Sex, tagged CDC, Community-Based Organizations, DEBI, FROST'D, HIV Prevention, Men who have sex with Men, MSM, New York on September 13, 2007 | No Comments »
My last year working at the Foundation for Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (FROST’D) in New York City was spent working on a program, financed by the Centers for Disease Control, that targeted men who have sex with men (MSM). While my personal focus in the field of HIV prevention had largely been working with [...]
