HIV prevention

New research on family-based HIV prevention

harminka — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:32:26 -0500

Researchers from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC) presented exciting new research today at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS.

Male circumcision efforts lag in Africa despite preventing HIV

harminka — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:59:31 -0500

New findings include data on sexual function, risk behaviors in newly-circumcised men; World leaders urged to scale up life-saving procedure for nations at greatest risk

New male circumcision device for HIV prevention studied

harminka — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:30:07 -0500

With the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists worldwide of adult male circumcision as an important strategy for HIV prevention, there is increased urgency to develop safe and cost-effective circumcision services. This is especially the case in Africa where HIV/AIDS continues to spread at an epidemic rate.

If HIV prevention gels are safe for pregnant women, their babies

harminka — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:44 -0500

Clinical trials hoping to identify a vaginal microbicide that is both safe and effective against HIV have all but skirted questions befitting the evaluation of an approach intended primarily for sexually active women of childbearing age: What if a woman becomes pregnant while using a product? Can exposure to a product, especially early in pregnancy, pose a risk to the developing fetus?

Gender Affects Reaction to HIV-Prevention Materials

harminka — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:36:14 -0500

Various intervention strategies have been implemented to curb the rise of HIV, and a factor that might affect exposure to interventions is gender. A new study in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology reviewed the behavior of participants exposed to various HIV brochures.

Online intervention paramount for reducing HIV in high-risk population

harminka — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:26:31 -0500

Young Internet-using men who have sex with men AND who meet their sexual partners both online and offline have greater numbers of partners, appear more likely to contract HIV, and report higher substance use rates than those who meet their partners exclusively online or offline, according to new research at the University of Minnesota.

House Approves $50 Billion Extension of US HIV/AIDS Program

seher — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:27:28 -0500

The House of Representatives has approved bipartisan legislation by a vote of 308 to 116 to provide $50 billion over the next five years for U.S. efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS around the world, and fight tuberculosis and malaria.

US House Panel Advances HIV-AIDS Prevention Program

seher — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:25:17 -0600

A key congressional committee has approved and passed on for consideration by the House of Representatives legislation to dramatically increase U.S. funding to help prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis around the world. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill.

Anti-parasite drug may provide new way to attack HIV

harminka — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:31:58 -0600

A drug already used to treat parasitic infections, and once looked at for cancer, also attacks the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a new and powerful way, according to research published today online in the open access journal Retrovirology.

New insights into vaccination for HIV

harminka — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:43:30 -0600

A group of Australian researchers at the Universities of Melbourne and New South Wales have developed new tools and paradigms to understand immune evasion from HIV. The study, published Friday, January 25 in PLoS Pathogens, shows that both prior vaccination and timing influence the rates of immune escape, providing further insight into the effectiveness of T cell immunity to HIV.

A 'social vaccine' against AIDS

harminka — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:41:53 -0600

A study published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that secondary school attendance is linked to lower risk of HIV infection among young people in rural South Africa.

Semen ingredient 'drastically' enhances HIV infection

harminka — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:27:57 -0600

A plentiful ingredient found in human semen drastically enhances the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to cause infection, according to a report in the December 14, 2007, issue of the journal Cell, a publication of Cell Press.