Kenyan Government To Launch Yearlong National HIV/AIDS Strategy
March 28, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Kenyan government will launch a national strategic plan that aims to provide affordable and accessible services to all HIV/AIDS patients, Kenya’s Capital News reports. The plan — which will run from 2009 to 2010 — is “on course” to meet a July launch deadline, according to Special Programs Minister Naomi Shaaban. “An HIV/AIDS-free society is our vision.
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New York Times Editorial Supports Judge’s Decision For Broader Access To Morning-After Pill
March 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
New York Federal Judge Edward Korman “wisely ordered” FDA to make the morning-after pill Plan B “available without prescription to women as young as 17 and to consider approving it for girls of any age, as major medical groups have long advocated,” a
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Boston Globe Examines Center That Provides Services To Children Living With HIV, Other Conditions
March 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Boston Globe on Thursday examined the SPARK Center, which opened in 1988 as a residential program for children living with HIV.
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Health Official Releases HIV, STI Data For Maryland County
March 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Prince George’s County in Maryland has the second-highest rate of reported HIV/AIDS cases statewide, County Health Officer Donald Shell announced on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. The county also has the second-highest rate of sexually transmitted infections, Shell said, adding that only Baltimore is higher in both categories.
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About 25% Of TB Deaths Occur Among HIV-Positive People, WHO Global TB Control Report Says
March 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
About one-quarter of tuberculosis-related deaths involve an HIV-positive person, twice as high as previous estimates, according to the Global Tuberculosis Control Report 2009, which the World Health Organization released Tuesday to coincide with World TB Day, the
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