Young children who have two of the world's most deadly infectious diseases--malaria and HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites)--may need to be treated with a more potent antimalarial drug than chloroquine, the most widely available and cheapest treatment for malaria, a new report suggests.
Equity in Health
HIV Impairs Malaria Treatment in Children
HIV/AIDS: Pfizer Drops Vaccine Partnership, More Research Threatened
After reviewing results from a clinical trial, pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. Friday pulled out of its partnership with research company Immune Response to produce an AIDS vaccine. More than a decade of research failed to yield convincing evidence that the vaccine known as Remune helps patients.
HIV/AIDS: Women and girls carry the heaviest burden
When Mariah's husband died late last year of AIDS, she decided not to tell anyone for fear of isolation. "I first knew of my HIV status when my husband got ill. We both went for HIV testing and we were counseled and given our results. We were both found HIV positive,'' recalls the 35 year-old mother of three. "My husband got worse and finally died late last year. His relatives insisted that I should be inherited by one of his brothers. This is when I decided to tell them that I was HIV positive and that my husband had died of AIDS.'' Then all hell broke loose.
IPPF AFRICA REGION INTENSIFIES HIV/AIDS EFFORTS
IPPF Africa Regional Council declared a total commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa at a one day Special Session on HIV/AIDS during its meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya, between 2-4 July 2001. Opening the session, Hon, Major Marsden Madoka, the Minister of State, Office of the President, Government of Kenya, congratulated IPPFAR for taking a bold step in addressing HIV/AIDS and underscored the importance of NGOs like IPPF in providing leadership in some of the strategies for combating HIV/AIDS in Africa.
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Nature or nurture? Child survival after the death of a sibling
Why do children have a lower chance of survival if one of their brothers or sisters has died? Are biological or cultural factors responsible for this phenomenon? Research by Macro International, USA and the UK University of Southampton compared the incidence and causes of infant deaths in Bolivia, Kenya, Peru and Tanzania.
SA: Pregnant Women Refusing AIDS Test
A LARGE number of pregnant women attending ante-natal clinics in Gauteng are refusing to take HIV-Aids tests, according to figures from four centres running intervention programmes on mother-to-child transmission.
SA: Trials Show Antiretroviral Therapy Can Benefit the Poor
According to a 'Sunday Independent' report, clinical trials conducted in Johannesburg and Cape Town have shown that despite poverty and scarce clinical resources, antiretrovirals can be used successfully by poor people. These findings come after the government's repeated refusal to offer antiretroviral therapy to all saying the majority of South Africans were poor and would misuse the drugs.
South African Bishops Consider Condom Use
With millions of Africans dying from AIDS and millions more infected every year, a group of Roman Catholic clergy in southern Africa is debating whether the church should relax its ban on condom use.
South African Court Orders Man to Pay Wife Damages for Infecting Her With HIV
South African High Court acting Judge Naren Pandya last week ordered a man to pay his wife $116,400 (one million rand) in damages for infecting her with HIV, marking the first time in South Africa a woman has "claimed damages" for being "wilfully" infected with HIV by her husband.
UN Examines Conditions Related To Falling Birth Rates
Fertility rates in most high-fertility countries are declining, a UN workshop concluded last week, though some participants questioned whether this trend would continue, saying the decline was driven by crisis-- either by economic conditions or civil strife -- rather than by developments in social and economic conditions.