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REFLECTION ON 30 YEARS OF AIDS

'On June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), described Pneumocystis carinii (now P. jiroveci) pneumonia in 5 homosexual men in Los Angeles, California, USA, doc ... read more

GAME CHANGER IN HIV PREVENTION?

A randomized clinical trial in developed and developing countries has shown dramatic declines in HIV transmission among serodiscordant heterosexual couples when ARVs are started early in HIV seropositives.'This breakthrough is a serious game cha ... read more

HIV TREATMENT AS PREVENTION -- IT WORKS

Lancet editorialLast week any doubts around treatment as an approach to halt the spread of the HIV epidemic were allayed. An international study showed that antiretroviral treatment can prevent the sexual transmission of HIV among heterosexual couple ... read more

UNDER-5 MORTALITY DUE TO HIV: REGIONAL LEVELS AND ...

‘[I]n 2009, HIV accounted for roughly 2.1% (1.2–3.0%) of under-5 deaths in low- and middle-income countries and 3.6% (2.0–5.0%) in sub-Saharan Africa. The percentage of under-5 deaths due to HIV has been falling in the last decade. ... read more

THE END OF AIDS?

A video from The Economist, at http://www.economist.com/blogs/multimedia/2011/06/end-aidswith a retrospective look at 30 years of HIV/AIDS.Good viewing read more

TOWARDS AN IMPROVED INVESTMENT APPROACH FOR AN EFF ...

  ‘Our framework incorporates major efficiency gains through community mobilisation, synergies between programme elements, and benefits of the extension of antiretroviral therapy for prevention of HIV transmission.. . .  Implementati ... read more

HIV SURVEILLANCE -- UNITED STATES, 1981 - 2008

'At the end of 2008, an estimated 1,178,350 persons aged ≥13 years in the United States were living with HIV infection, including 20.1% whose infections had not been diagnosed. HIV prevalence per 100,000 population was 1,819 among blacks or Africa ... read more

THE HISTORY OF AIDS: HEROES AND VILLAINS

The history of AIDS : Heroes and villains The story of AIDS involves many larger-than-life characters, good and bad The Economist, Jun 2nd 2011 | from the print edition http://www.economist.com/node/18772268 ANNIVERSARIES are times for reflection ... read more