Press Release: Injecting drug use and growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Middle East and North Africa region to be focus of the International Harm Reduction conference taking place in Beirut, Lebanon April 3-7 2011 Over 1000 researchers, activists, social workers and politicians from some 80 countries to attend the International Harm Reduction Association’s 22nd International Conference [...]
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MIT Researchers In Gold Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Breakthrough
A team lead by Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, assistant professor of biological and mechanical engineering at MIT has discovered a method to use gold particles and infrared to release multiple drugs in a systematic and controlled manner. This is of particular importance when treating diseases like cancer and AIDS which require multi drug and coordinated dosage cocktails. [...]
*rant* HIV / AIDS In South Africa – Show Me The Money!
South Africa has the dubious privilege of being the worlds most populous nation per capita to be infected with the HIV virus. For years the Mbeki regime decided to go against leading researchers and continuously questioned the connection between the HIV virus and it’s natural vulgar and deadly path to AIDS. They shunned anti retro [...]
World Aids Day 2008 – UNAID – China – Responds
Red ribbons on Olympic Stadium to inspire the response to AIDS in China and beyond Chinese AIDS authorities, with the support of UNAIDS, today unveiled three giant red ribbons on the iconic National Stadium – colloquially known as ‘the Bird’s Nest’ – to mark World AIDS Day. The display illustrates China’s commitment to the AIDS [...]
Summit on HIV Testing & “The Neglected U.S. Epidemic”
Despite National Guidelines, Private Insurers, Emergency Rooms, Federal & State Agencies Largely Fail to Conduct Routine HIV Tests, Increasing HIV Risk National Summit to Gauge Advances and Barriers to Routine HIV Testing and Prevention Nearly 60,000 Americans were infected with HIV last year, and some 250,000 people nationwide are unaware of their infection. While initial [...]
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