HIV Transmission:
HIV Transmission
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Jan 17th, 2009
It is important that Uganda's Ministry of Health conducts mass sensitization campaigns throughout the country to educate people about the benefits and limits of male circumcision in preventing the spread of HIV.
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Jan 15th, 2009
Some HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and physicians in Canada are calling for an end to recent criminal trials of HIV-positive people who allegedly exposed sexual partners to the virus knowingly, arguing that the criminalization of HIV transmission does more harm than good.
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Jan 10th, 2009
The risk of an HIV-positive surgeon transmitting the virus to a patient is very low.
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Dec 22nd, 2008
By the end of November 2008, a total of 27 vertically transmitted HIV-infected newborns have been reported in Taiwan. In recent years, the case number has been decreasing: 5 caseswere reported in 2005, 4 cases were reported in 2006, and 0 case has been reported since 2007
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Dec 17th, 2008
Violence against women in northern Ghana increases their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
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Dec 10th, 2008
Efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS among drug users in China are being hindered by the government's treatment of the population.
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Dec 10th, 2008
CDC released updated estimates of HIV transmission rates in the U.S.
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Dec 9th, 2008
In a misguided attempt to thwart the spread of HIV and AIDS, lawmakers in many parts of the world have passed criminal statutes that promote ignorance about the disease, punish its victims and enhance the chances that the virus will infect new victims.
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Dec 9th, 2008
The experimental vaginal microbicide Carraguard is not effective for preventing male-to-female HIV transmission, but researchers should continue efforts to develop a female-controlled HIV-prevention method.
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Nov 25th, 2008
An Indonesian bill that includes a bylaw requiring "sexually aggressive" people living with HIV/AIDS to be implanted with microchips is causing debate between some lawmakers, who argue that the bill is necessary to curb the spread of the virus.
