Posted on February 27th, 2006 by Nate
Long standing practices and
bureaucratic assumptions on what constitutes proper foreign aid disbursement is restricting access to lifesaving resources and costing lives.
As Reuters recently reported (27 Feb. 2006, “Africa
struggles to spend AIDS billions“)
Like many HIV-positive Tanzanians, Bayona had angry words
for TACAIDS, Tanzania’s
official AIDS control organisation and a key link between foreign donors and
local AIDS groups. “They [...]
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Filed under: Politics and Policy
Posted on February 17th, 2006 by Nate
From the KaiserNetwork:
“Properly planned” male circumcision programs should be part of efforts supported by the Group of Eight industrialized nations and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS worldwide, a Los Angeles Times editorial says. Rates of male circumcision — which is “relatively inexpensive and can drastically reduce the [...]
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Filed under: Conference Ideas/Planning
Posted on February 11th, 2006 by Ben
Reported by KaiserNetwork …
Male circumcision might reduce the risk of HIV transmission from HIV-positive men to their female partners, according to a study presented Wednesday at the 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Denver, Reuters reports. Ronald Gray of Johns Hopkins University and colleagues examined the medical records of more [...]
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Filed under: Epidemiology
Posted on February 6th, 2006 by Nate
Over at the DATA website. Pretty inspiring stuff.
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Filed under: Politics and Policy
Posted on February 4th, 2006 by Nate
As I have pointed out before, the spread of the pandemic in developing countries often fails to focus any specific policy on MSMs, quite possibly to the great detriment of our ability to fight the spread of the disease. Thailand, however, just figured it out and got on the boat:
Thailand this month will launch [...]
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Filed under: Politics and Policy
Posted on February 4th, 2006 by Nate
Sometimes I think that that is the case. At least when I read this sort of thing:
The “moral issue[s]” surrounding condom promotion in Zanzibar are hampering efforts to reduce the spread of HIV, IRIN News reports. Although prevention efforts on the island generally follow the “ABC” model — promoting abstinence, being faithful to one [...]
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Filed under: Politics and Policy
Posted on February 1st, 2006 by Nate
Good article over in the Revealer, on where the monies from the $15 billion GWB authorized for fighting global HIV:
Nearly a quarter of President Bush’s $15 billion HIV/AIDS program is earmarked for faith-based groups, with $200 million specifically set aside for groups without experience working with government grants. As could be expected, many groups that [...]
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Filed under: Politics and Policy