HIV Transmission:
HIV Transmission
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Jul 30th, 2008
Today President George W. Bush is expected to sign into law the Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, a presidential initiative to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, including a provision ending the ban on HIV-positive travelers and immigrants.
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Jul 29th, 2008
Kenya’s HIV and Aids prevalence rate has increased to nearly eight per cent, according to a new study to be released Tuesday
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Jul 22nd, 2008
Faced with a "steady increase" in injection drug use that is cited as the leading cause of the spread of HIV/AIDS in Russia, a meeting of physicians and specialists was held in the country in February to discuss the use of methadone in treating injection drug users, which number between three million and six million in Russia.
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Jul 11th, 2008
The flourishing tourism industry in Zanzibar is not contributing to the spread of HIV on the archipelago.
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Jul 11th, 2008
Researchers found that sexual behavior counseling during drug addiction treatment should be considered an important component among Russian substance-dependent individuals, in order to decrease risky sexual behavior in the HIV at-risk population.
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Jun 27th, 2008
Newly diagnosed HIV cases rise among homosexual men and the highest rates of HIV are reported among the African Americans.
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Jun 26th, 2008
The HIV epidemic appears to have stabilized around the world, according to "Has the HIV epidemic peaked?" published in the June issue of the Population Council's peer-reviewed journal Population and Development Review.
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May 26th, 2008
HIV-positive people who have experienced childhood sexual abuse are less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior if they receive a group intervention designed to help them cope with their traumatic history.
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Apr 24th, 2008
An estimated 6,840 new HIV diagnoses were reported in 2007 in the United Kingdom.
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Feb 29th, 2008
Tenofovir based vaginal gel safely protects women from HIV transmission.
