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AFP: New HIV infections up 45% in Philippines: official
"AIDS-related infections are rising rapidly in the Philippines although the ratio of those afflicted out of the total population remains low, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said Tuesday. An average of 29 cases a month of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have been reported in 2007 and (...)
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AIDS cases seen on the rise in Philippines | International | Reuters
"The Philippines has a lower incidence of HIV than most of its neighbors despite sharing many of the risks, but health officials warned on Thursday that many new cases were now coming to light. A spate of new HIV cases suggests that the Philippines' situation might be more accurately described (...)
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In NYC, new HIV infections 3 times national rate - washingtonpost.com
"New data show New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate. The city health department said Wednesday that almost 4,800 New Yorkers were infected with HIV in 2006. That number represents 72 of every 100,000 residents, compared to a (...)
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H.I.V. in City Is Spreading at 3 Times the National Rate - NYTimes.com
"The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate — an incidence of 72 new infections for every 100,000 people, compared with 23 per 100,000 nationally — according to a study released on Wednesday by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene." (...)
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Free AIDS drugs reduce Malawi death rates - washingtonpost.com
"Greater access to free medicine has helped slash AIDS-related deaths in Malawi by 75 percent in the last four years, a senior government official said on Monday. HIV/AIDS has been blamed for 59 percent of deaths among those aged between 15 to 59 years in the southern African country, which has (...)
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Drugs 'slash' Malawi Aids deaths
"Distributing anti-retroviral drugs in Malawi has led to a huge fall in Aids-related deaths, an official says. Mary Shawa told the Reuters news agency that 67% of those taking the ARV drugs are still alive. Malawi is among the countries worst affected by Aids, with about 7% of the 13m (...)
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Preventing HIV/AIDS: A Brief Intervention for Adolescent Substance Abusers
Posted by jknightsmith to "Substance abusers" adolescents HIV AIDS upgrade on Tue Aug 26 2008
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Comparison of the Diversity of the Vaginal Microbiota in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Women with or without Bacterial Vaginosis.
Posted by rvht to vmf bv HIV on Sun Aug 24 2008
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8 States Cut From System That Tracks Rate of H.I.V.
"Eight states and Puerto Rico will no longer receive federal money for an advanced H.I.V. monitoring system that showed that the annual infection rate in the nation was 40 percent higher than previously estimated, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The (...)
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RARE CASE IN A BALTIMORE COUPLE EXPLAINS WHY SOME INFECTED WITH HIV REMAIN SYMPTOM FREE FOR YEARS WITHOUT ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS - on article in J Virol
"AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins say they have compelling evidence that some people with HIV who for years and even decades show extremely low levels of the virus in their blood never progress to full-blown AIDS and remain symptom free even without treatment, probably do so because of the (...)