Monthly Archives: August 2014

Face to Face with Ebola — An Emergency Care Center in Sierra Leone

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

The following is a first hand account of what is happening on the ground of the Ebola outbreak from a nurse Anja Wolz of the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) yesterday working in Kailahun in Sierre Leone, West Africa. More than … Continue reading →

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Domestically manufactured ARV medication welcomed

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

Indonesians living with HIV/AIDS now have wider access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment as state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma has started producing Efavirenz, an ARV drug. An Indonesia AIDS Coalition community organizer staff member, Irwandy Widjaja, said people living with … Continue reading →

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Fiji’s efforts in HIV/AIDS campaign commended by UN

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

The United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA) has conveyed its gratitude and appreciation on Fiji’s leadership role in working towards reducing HIV/AIDS statistics in the Pacific, the Fijian government announced Tuesday. Kate Gilmore, deputy executive director for the UNFPA made … Continue reading →

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436,800 infected with HIV/AIDS in China

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

A total of 436,800 people were living with HIV or AIDS in China by the end of 2013, while 136,300 had died from the disease, according to figures from Chinese health authorities. Mortality for the disease dropped to 6.6 percent … Continue reading →

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Scientists eliminate HIV from cultured human cells for first time

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

U.S. scientists said Monday they have designed a way to precisely remove the AIDS virus from cultured human cells without damaging them for the first time, a discovery they said could lead to a potential cure for the disease. Researchers … Continue reading →

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Dentist who possibly gave patients HIV surrenders license

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

An oral surgeon in Oklahoma City whose filthy clinic conditions purportedly exposed patients to HIV and several strains of Hepatitis has finally surrendered his license to practice. Dental surgeon Scott Harrington’s practices were closed in March after apparently causing dozens of … Continue reading →

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Throwing off the covers in Iran

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

An official report blows the lid off the secret world of sex IT IS the last thing Iran’s religious rulers want to talk about, but they may just have to. An official report has documented the nation’s worst-kept secret: sex … Continue reading →

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Not a single village unaffected by HIV in Goa

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

“Goa does not have a single village unaffected by HIV infection”, Minister for Health Services Laxmikant Parsekar stated in the State Legislative Assembly on Monday. Replying to a question on the “number of HIV cases in the State”, tabled by … Continue reading →

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AIDS patients may be allowed to donate organs for transplant

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Organ donations and transplants from HIV/AIDS patients may become more widely available in Taiwan in the near future as the recent meeting between the Ministry of Health and Welfare chief (MHW) and the Taiwan Organ Registry and … Continue reading →

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Australian trials underway for HIV ‘prevention’ drug

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Rusiate Mataika

As Australia’s HIV infection rates reach a 20-year high, trials are underway for a new drug that’s been shown to prevent people from contracting the virus. President of the Australasian Society of HIV Medicine, Edwina Wright, said the drug, named … Continue reading →

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