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This report provides evidence of how much we have achieved and weighs that against our vision for the future: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS‑related deaths. In these pages you will find scientific analysis, personal insights and the results of extensive national and regional consultations at the front lines of the AIDS response. While perspectives differ, one simple truth emerges: we cannot break the arc of this epidemic – where five people were newly infected for every three starting treatment in 2010 – if we adopt a 'business as usual' approach.

UN Pulse Permanent Link: AIDS at 30: Nations at the crossroads

A UNICEF report has been released entitled Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood.

It examines the state of the HIV epidemic among young people, highlighting the challenges they face and presenting solutions informed by evidence of what works with different age groups and in different epidemic settings. The report outlines key steps towards building a continuum of HIV prevention that can help keep children HIV-free as they develop into young adults. More information on downloading a copy, or purchasing a print copy can be found on the UNICEF publications website.

From UN Pulse   Permanent Link: Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood

The official website for the General Assembly High-level Meeting on AIDS (8-10 June 2011) has been launched in six official languages: http://www.un.org/en/ga/aidsmeeting2011.  The website features, among others, a UNAIDS video PSA, "Africa Is Moving on AIDS," documents, background material and programme for the meeting. UN Pulse Permanent Link: General Assembly High-level meeting on AIDS website

The UN Secretary General has issued an advanced unedited report entitled Fragile gains in global AIDS response ahead of the High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on HIV/AIDS in June 2011. See also the draft resolution .

 

According to the report, tangible results have been achieved in the global response to AIDS, demonstrating that a collective and comprehensive commitment to addressing AIDS can produce positive outcomes. The report highlights that the global rate of new HIV infections is declining, treatment access is expanding and the world has made significant strides in reducing HIV transmission from mother to child. From UN Pulse: Permanent Link: Fragile gains in global AIDS response

 

 The UNAIDS has issued the UNAIDS strategy 2011–2015. Entitled Getting to Zero, the strategy aims to advance global progress in achieving country set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support and to halt and reverse the spread of HIV and contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development goals by 2015.

Permanent Link: UNAIDS strategy 2011–2015: Getting to Zero UN Pulse

Policy Research Working Paper 5522. Source: The World Bank Group. Date: 05 Jan 2011

Abstract

Using panel data from Mozambique collected in 2007 and 2008, the authors explore the impact of the food crisis on the welfare of households living with HIV/AIDS. The analysis finds that there has been a real deterioration of welfare in terms of income, food consumption, and nutritional status in Mozambique between 2007 and 2008, among both HIV and comparison households. However, HIV households have not suffered more from the crisis than others. Results on the evolution of labor force participation suggest that initiation of treatment and better services in health facilities have counter-balanced the effect of the crisis by improving the health of patients and their labor force participation. In addition, the authors look at the effect of the change in welfare on the frequency of visits to a health facility of patients and on their treatment outcomes. Both variables can proxy for adherence to treatment. This is a particularly crucial issue as it affects both the health of the patient and public health, because sub-optimal adherence leads to the development of resistant forms of the virus. The paper finds no effect of the change in welfare on the frequency of visits, but does find that people who experienced a negative income shock also experienced a reduction or a slower progression in treatment outcomes.

Click Link to download pdf report:  FoodCrisisHIVMozambiqueWorldBankReportJan2011.pdf

 

From : Reliefweb

A new report co-prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reviews the progress made in 2009 in scaling up access to selected health sector interventions for HIV prevention, treatment and care in low- and middle-income countries.

Towards universal access : Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. WHO, UNESCO and UNAIDS  is available in English.

This fourth report since 2004 highlights the progress made by developing countries. For instance, in Sub-Saharan Africa the number of people benefiting from antiretroviral therapy increased by 33%. Besides, some 54% of HIV-positive pregnant women in the region received antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV transmission to their children in 2009, up from 45% in 2008.

From UN Pulse: Permanent Link: HIV/AIDS Towards universal access

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has just published  "Transforming the National AIDS Response: Advancing Women’s Leadership and Participation" , a resource guide that highlight strategies for incorporating gender equality and women’s rights into national HIV and AIDS responses.

This publication is downloadable in English.  From UN Pulse

Key findings

The new UNAIDS Outlook report outlines a radically simplified HIV treatment platform called Treatment 2.0 that could decrease the number of AIDS-related deaths drastically and could also greatly reduce the number of new HIV infections. Evidence shows that new HIV infections among young people, in the 15 countries most affected by HIV, are dropping significantly as young people embrace safer sexual behaviours.

Also in the report, a sweeping new UNAIDS and Zogby International public opinion poll shows that nearly 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, region by region, countries continue to rank AIDS high on the list of the most important issues facing the world.

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Treatment 2.0 - Is this the future of treatment?
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Young people are leading the HIV prevention revolution
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Making sense of the money + Where does the money for AIDS go?
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The  UN Secretary General , has issued the progress report on AIDS response. Available full text, it is a part of the 2010 General Assembly AIDS Review. The report was presented to the  64 th General Assembly by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro and puts forward a set of recommendations. It also presents a strong case for strengthening the links between the AIDS response and the other Millennium Development Goals. More inforamtion is available at: UNAIDS.

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Permanent Link: Progress Report on Aids Response

 

Concretely, reducing funding for HIV treatment and ARV means:

• A reduction in treatment slots. Patients will have to wait longer to start ARV and are at risk of dying before they can have access to life-saving medication. Patients left untreated risk deteriorating and succumbing to opportunistic infections such as TB. More patients will be lost to follow up, even before they can start ART.
• Blockage in the implementation of WHO guidelines allowing for a move away from substandard care and giving patients the benefits of earlier treatment.
• A further squeeze on the available initiation capacity of the Global Fund.
• Knock on effects on already fragile ARV supplies. This means more stock-outs and disruptions, resulting in additional strains on patients’ adherence and health facilities’ workload.
• Further reductions in affected countries’ ambitions for tangible results and inclusion of specific vulnerable groups.

From the field perspective, a donor retreat will change the character of the epidemic, with increasing numbers of patients seeking care, more ill patients and rising mortality in the community — echoing the early 2000s when ART was rationed to the happy few.

• Patients starting with lower CD4-counts (a measure of the number of T cells per cubic millimetre of blood, used to evaluate the immune system of patients infected with HIV) require more frequent, more intensive and more costly care. At the same time, they have lower chances of survival and take longer to recuperate.
• Health facilities’ patient load will increase and health workers will be discouraged by the worsening results among the patients to whom they provide care.
• Patients might start sharing their pills, effectively lowering their dosage and increasing risks of virus transmission and resistance.
• Tensions will rise between those patients on treatment and those not yet on treatment.
• Tuberculosis rates will increase and represent an additional burden on already busy clinics.
• Mortality among adults in the prime of their lives and the number of orphans will rise again in the community.
• Insufficient ARV availability will require a proportional slowing down of testing and counselling activities.

 

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2010/MSF-No-Time-to-Quit-HIV-AIDS.pdf

CAPE TOWN - Nearly all pregnant women in South Africa are making use of antenatal care clinics during pregnancy (97%), while nearly three-quarters have received antenatal services five times during their pregnancy (71.4%). There is also a high utilisation of public primary health care services for children in South Africa - although this does not always mean that services such as immunisation services are utilised.

These are some of the findings from a new study, The Health of our Children in South Africa: Results from a national HIV prevalence population survey , released in Cape Town today. The study is a further analysis of data gathered for the Third South African National HIV, Behaviour and Health Survey, 2008 which included adults and children. The survey sample for the children's report comprised 8,966 children aged 0-18 and is nationally representative. This survey was the first to also capture the health of children aged 0-2 years old.

The survey was funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using funds from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The research consortium consisted of the HSRC, the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE), the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Key findings of the study

 

Maternal health

The Department of Health's Ten Point Plan includes reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving the health status of this population. Therefore, access to good quality antenatal care and primary h

UNAIDS Outlook 2010 (full text) gives an overview of the epidemic with global and regional statistics. It also contains an analysis offering the UNAIDS interpretation and eyes the data available in the more detailed AIDS Epidemic Update report from different angles. From UN Pulse

The Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS is an open access online journal published by SAHARA which is "an alliance of partners who seek to conduct, support and use social sciences research to prevent the further spread of HIV and mitigate the impact of its devastation in Africa". The journal aims to facilitate "sharing knowledge, conducting multi-site multi-country research projects that are intervention-based with the explicit aim of generating new social science evidence for prevention, care and impact mitigation of the HIV epidemic". http://www.sahara.org.za/index.php/Journal/SAHARA-J.html

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched an electronic knowledge platform on the impacts of HIV/AIDS on African countries, with emphasis on lessons learned from the Treatment Acceleration Programme (TAP), a multi-year pilot programme funded by the World Bank with ECA and World Health Organization as technical partners.

The platform, HIV/AIDS Learning and Resource Service, is accessible at http://health.uneca.org.

 

TAP was piloted in three African countries, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mozambique and generated crucial lessons in voluntary testing and counseling, drug resistance, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, public-private partnerships, and socio-economic determinants of adherence to HIV treatment.

 Using the platform, and in the context of its post-TAP learning agenda, ECA has planned a series of electronic discussion forums  on various issues, including  stigma and discrimination, confidentiality, prevention amongst HIV+, cultural factors in the spread of HIV, and men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV/AIDS in Africa.  UN Pulse:  Permanent Link: Knowledge Platform for HIV/AIDS in Africa

Summary: The Health Systems Trust (HST) released its latest edition of the District Health Barometer on the 6th of July at the Health Informatics South Africa conference, Emperors Palace, Gauteng. The publication illustrates important aspects of the health system at district level through the analysis of a selected range of health indicators from which comparisons among districts and provinces can be made. Data feeding into the report are drawn from a range of sources including the national Department of Health, Statistics SA, the TB register and the National Treasury. It is the only publication of its kind in South Africa that makes available comparative data for the purpose of measuring and tracking progress in primary health care at district level.

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Introduction and Overview
Background
Indicators used in this DHB
Methodology and Data Sources
Data Display

Section A: Indicator Comparisons by District

1. Socio-economic Indicators
1.1 Deprivation Index
1.2 Equity: Monitoring the gap between the most and least deprived districts

2. Input Indicators
2.1 Per Capita Expenditure on Primary Health Care
2.2 Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Management
2.3 Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Hospitals
2.4 Cost Per Patient Day Equivalent in District Hospitals

3. Process Indicators
3.1 Nurse Clinical Workload
3.2 Bed Utilisation Rate
3.3 Average Length of Stay
3.4 Clinic Supervision Rate

4. Output Indicators
4.1 Immunisation
4.1.1 Immunisation coverage
4.1.2 Immunisation drop out rate (DTP1-3)
4.1.3 Immunisation coverage (Measles 1st dose) and drop out rate (Measles 1 – 2)
4.2 Caesarean Section Rate
4.3 Male Condom Distribution Rate
4.4 PMTCT Indicators
4.4.1 Proportion of antenatal clients tested for HIV
4.4.2 HIV Prevalence amongst antenatal clients tested
4.4.3 Nevirapine uptake rate among pregnant HIV positive women
4.4.4 Nevirapine uptake rate among babies born to HIV positive pregnant women
4.5 Primary Health Care Utilisation Rate

5. Outcome Indicators
5.1 Incidence of New Sexually Transmitted Infections
5.2 Tuberculosis
5.2.1 Smear conversion rate
5.2.2 TB cure rate
5.3 Diarrhoeal Incidence in Children Under 5
5.4 Rate of Children Under 5 Years Not Gaining Weight
5.5 Delivery Rate in Facility

6. Impact Indicators
6.1 Stillbirth Rate
6.2 Perinatal Mortality Rate (PNMR)

Section B: District and Province Profiles
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape Province
- Free State Province
- Gauteng Province
- KwaZulu Natal Province
- Limpopo Province
- Mpumalanga Province
- Northern Cape Province
- North West Province
- Western Cape Province

Appendices
Appendix 1: Correlation of the National Antenatal Sero-Prevalence Survey with the DHIS
Appendix 2: Deprivation Indices
Appendix 3: Further Notes on Methodology
Appendix 4: Population Data by District and Province Comparing the DHIS and 2007 Community Survey Population Estimates

 

 

The Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has issued the Report of the Commission on HIV AIDS and Governance in Africa. This Report, available also in French discusses the challenges Africa is facing in dealing with the pandemic.UN Pulse permalink

The report prepared by the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in collaboration with other relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system has been transmitted to ECOSOC by the Secretary-General (E/2009/70). During the reporting period, tangible results were achieved in the global response to AIDS, demonstrating that a collective and comprehensive commitment to addressing AIDS can produce positive outcomes. UN Pulse permalink

+ World: HIV, estimated prevalence, 2007

+ World: Tuberculosis, estimated new cases, 2006

UNAIDS Q&A II : basic facts about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its impact This document is one of a series providing information in a Q&A format on UNAIDS, its work and issues related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Questions here are divided into sections providing basic facts on the causes and transmission of AIDS, and dealing with the impact of HIV/AIDS and issues relating to children orphaned by AIDS. Intute.ac.uk
http://data.unaids.org/Global-Reports/Bangkok-2004/UNAIDS_Bangkok_press/docs/QA_

The UNODC, WHO and UNAIDS launched a toolkit on HIV and AIDS in places of detention at the 15th International Conference on AIDS and sexually transmittable diseases in Africa (ICASA) in Dakar, Senegal on 5 December 2008 . The toolkit is designed to assist countries to mount an effective national response to HIV in prisons and to improve and, if necessary, reform their prison systems (full report, pdf).

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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are co-organizers on the latest ICASA conference in Dakar, Senegal, where "international and African experts will evaluate the current state of the HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) ..., assessing political commitments, scientific progress and challenges, community actions, and leadership" (UNAIDS press release). The conference started on 3 December and runs until 7 December. The official conference site features live webcasts, conference programs, and message boards. The UNAIDS conference site includes downloadable presentations and a photo gallery.

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AIDS Outlook is a new report from UNAIDS that provides perspectives on some of the most pressing issues that will confront policymakers and leaders as they respond to the challenges presented by AIDS in 2009. The report begins by highlighting some recent achievements and challenges in addressing HIV. It provides examples of how countries are applying modelling techniques to better understand HIV incidence, with the aim of reinvigorating HIV prevention. Download report in full (pdf, 608Kb).

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Children and AIDS: Third stocktaking report (full-text, 1.94 MB), jointly prepared by UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), was released on World Aids Day. The Third Stocktaking Report calls for several actions that can bring changes in the next one to three years:

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network
The Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Network (GHIN) is a network of researchers that explores the effects of Global Health Initiatives on existing health systems. The Network collects evidence of the effects of the initiatives on existing health systems from regions, facilities, services, and communities, in order to inform policy development at national and international level. The website outlines the objectives of GHIN, its key themes, research teams, funding, news, updates and links to related sites. The full-text of relevant reports, journal articles, and conference presentations can be accessed. The GHIN Database provides access to research in three HIV/AIDS Global Health Initiatives (GHIs): the Global Fund, the World Bank's Multi-country AIDS Project (MAP) and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Intute.ac.uk
http://www.ghinet.org/index.htm

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched Priority Interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City (full text, pdf, 1.81 MB). The package of priority interventions is designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support. Learn more from the UN news story, or the WHO press release.

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The 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic has been launched by UNAIDS, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (zipped full text, 9.2 MB; other download options). According to the report, many countries have made considerable progress in addressing their national epidemics; however progress remains uneven. Learn more from the UN News Story or the UNAIDS Press Releases.

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Invitation to Dialogue on HIV/AIDS and Sustainable Human Settlements

Isandla Institute hereby invites you to participate in a stakeholder dialogue on HIV/AIDS and Sustainable Human Settlements. The focus will be on recently completed research by Isandla Institute that looks at the link between HIV/AIDS and human settlement planning, development and implementation. This research culminated in a concept paper as well as a resource guide with practical suggestions for those involved in the planning and implementation of sustainable human settlements

The resource guide locates a developmental perspective on HIV/AIDS within the context of housing and human settlements development. It explains the ways in which human living environments have implications for the spread and management of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as how HIV/AIDS affects many of the underlying assumptions and practical considerations involved in the development of sustainable human settlements. The document also provides practical guidelines on what integrating HIV/AIDS means for the day-to-day work of various actors involved in human settlements development processes.

 

Inputs will be made by Rodney Harber and Nigel Tapela (tbc)

 

Date: Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Time: 9am to 11.30am

Venue: To be confirmed

RSVP: By Wednesday, 23 July 2008 with Letitia Manter on admin@isandla.org.za

 

In preparation for the discussion it would be useful if you could familiarise yourself with the content of the guide which is available HYPERLINK www.isandla.org.za www.isandla.org.za 

 

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Stacey-Leigh Joseph

Policy Researcher

Isandla Institute

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Mill Street, Gardens, 8010

Tel. +27 21 465 8751

Fax. +27 21 465 8769

Cell. +27 83 237 9984

 staceyleigh@isandla.org.za

HYPERLINK www.isandla.org.za

 

 

 

 

 

2008 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS

The two-day 2008 High-Level Meeting on AIDS: Uniting the World Against AIDS opened today at the UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting will review progress made in implementing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. Follow the discussions as they happen through the UN webcast and read statements made in the opening and plenary meetings.

Related information:
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Secretary-General's progress report on HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS Executive-Director's statement

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A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Towards Universal Access: Scaling up Priority HIV/AIDS Interventions in the Health Sector, has been issued (full text, pdf, 5.12 MB). According to the WHO press release, nearly 3 million people were receiving treatment with antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2007—a more than seven-fold increase over four years.

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Children and AIDS: Country fact sheets
This companion volume to Children and AIDS: Second stocktaking report presents statistical data for 157 countries and territories.

 

Children and AIDS: Second stocktaking report
This report reviews advances made over the past year or so in four areas where HIV and AIDS affect children. It finds that most countries have made important gains in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and in paediatric treatment. Some countries have made progress towards HIV prevention goals, and more AIDS-affected children are benefiting from protection, care and support services. But much more remains to be done. The report also explains the need for improved norms, standards and guidelines to ensure effective implementation of programmes.

The World Bank recently released a new report titled The World Bank’s Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa: Our Agenda for Action, 2007-2011. According to the report, about 22.5 million Africans are HIV positive, and AIDS is the leading cause of premature death on the continent, especially among productive young people and women (full report, pdf, 51.11KB). With its African HIV/AIDS Agenda for Action, the Bank says it is moving away from its initial ‘emergency response’ role as the world’s principal financier of HIV/AIDS programs, towards a new mission with four new strategic objectives:

at the global level, advising countries on how best to manage the complexity of the international financing they receive;

and at the local level, helping countries to accelerate implementation and take a long-term sustainable development response to HIV/AIDS;

strengthening the monitoring and evaluation capacity of countries to track the efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency of their HIV/AIDS response;

and building up stronger health and fiduciary systems.

UN Pulse  Permanent Link: World Bank's Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa

The Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has issued the 2007 AIDS epidemic update Regional Summaries. Reports, in pdf, include the following regions:

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a new report, SHARE report: Saving lives, protecting jobs (full text, pdf, 3.74 MB). SHARE, the Strategic HIV/AIDS Responses in Enterprises, is an ILO programme that aims to implement the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDs and the world of work through overcoming discrimination, changing behaviour and facilitating access to services and treatment. UN Pulse Permanent Link: HIV/AIDS and the workplace

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SciDev.Net dossier : HIV/AIDS The Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) website provides information on a range of science and technology issues relating to the developing world. This dossier provides up to news on HIV and AIDS developments and "spotlights" focussing on topics such as vaccines, mother to child transmission and microbicides. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=dossierItem&Dossier=22

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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recently unveiled its new look design web site. The new site include many rich new features including a live Cosponsor newsfeed, a new Knowledge Centre which houses all UNAIDS key data and resources and a new-look publications section and multimedia centre housing video, audio and photographic materials and improved navigation menu.

Permanent Link: UNAIDS Web site  UN Pulse

 

UNAIDS, the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS, has issued the 2007 AIDS epidemic update (full text, pdf, 1.6 mb). The report indicates global HIV prevalence has levelled off and the number of new infections has fallen, in part as a result of the impact of HIV programmes. Read more from the UNAIDS website or the press release (pdf, 111 kb).

Permanent Link: UNAIDS 2007 update UN Pulse

A total of 235 scientific journals in 37 countries participated in the Council of Science Editors’ 2007 Global Theme Issue. More than 1,000 articles are being published simultaneously, representing research in 85 countries.

Seven of the most outstanding articles from these journals addressing critical issues of global health research and policy were selected by a panel of NIH and CSE experts for presentation. New research in these articles examines interventions and projects to improve health and reduce health-care inequities among the poor. Subject areas include: childbirth safety, HIV/AIDS, malaria treatment, food insufficiency and sexual behavior, interventions to improve child survival, physician brain drain from the developing world, and influenza's impact on children.

NIH News release:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2007/fic-22.htm

"Bridging the Coverage Gap in Global Health", published by JAMA and authored by Robert B. Eiss, MA, Fogarty International Center and Roger I. Glass, Director, Fogarty International Center

List of participating journals

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List of global theme articles

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Two of the articles presented at the NIH launch 

"Food insufficiency is associated with high-risk sexual behavior among women in Botswana and Swaziland," published by PLoS Medicine and presented by Dr. Sheri Weiser, University of California San Francisco

"Human resources for treating HIV/AIDS: Needs, capacities, and gaps," published by AIDS Patient Care and STDs and presented by Dr. Salal Humair, Lahore University of Management & Sciences (Lahore, Pakistan) and Dr. Till Barnighausen, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal (South Africa)

Missing the Target #4: Time is Running Out to End AIDS - Treatment and Prevention for All! (PDF; 1.02 MB)
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Bringing HIV Prevention to Scale: An Urgent Global Priority (PDF; 764 KB)
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The Africa Multi-Country AIDS Program 2000–2006: Results of the World Bank's Response to a Development Crisis
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