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 August 31, 2009
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DC Launches Multimedia HIV Testing Campaign
On August 29, DC officials launched a $225,000 multimedia campaign encouraging residents to get an HIV test, The Associated Press reports. Advertisements—which can already be seen on television—feature people holding up signs that read, “Ask for the Test.”
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HIV-Positive Miami Man Sentenced 15 Years for Biting Police Officer
After threatening to kill a Miami police officer with HIV and then biting him, Johnson Jamerson was sentenced to 15 years in prison, The Miami Herald reports. Jamerson was convicted in June of attacked officer Matthew Hall while trying to break from a police bus bound for jail.
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August 28, 2009
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Study: Black Churches Could Help HIV Prevention
A study presented at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference found that HIV-risk reduction programs for inner-city black youth can be convincing when churches administer them, Pediatric Supersite reports.
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Kenneth Cole and Bloomingdale’s Raise Funds for amfAR
Kenneth Cole is partnering with Bloomingdale’s and amfAR on the “Fashionable Fundraiser in Black and White” to raise awareness and funds for AIDS service organizations across the country, The Washington Times reports.
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August 27, 2009
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Ex-Drug Dealers Now Sell HIV Prevention in DC
A Washington, DC-based nonprofit program has recruited former drug dealers as HIV counselors in an effort to reach areas within the nation’s capital that are disproportionately affected by the virus, The Washington Post reports.
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| August 26, 2009
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August 25, 2009
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South African Scientists Decry Country’s HIV/AIDS Policies
On August 24, South African scientists challenged the country’s governing party to revamp the country’s spotty HIV/AIDS and public health policies, The New York Times reports. Their assessment was laid out in six papers published online by The Lancet, an international medical journal.
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Helene Gayle to Head Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Helene Gayle, MD, president and chief executive officer of international charity CARE USA, has been appointed to chair the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports. Gayle, the former president of AIDS research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will advise President Barack Obama on fighting the epidemic.
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Magic Johnson: Black Churches Must Join Fight Against AIDS
At the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, basketball Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson, who has been HIV positive for nearly 20 years, said that black religious leaders need to get more involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and care, the Southern Voice reports.
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August 24, 2009
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Obama Launches National HIV/AIDS Community Discussions
President Barack Obama announced August 21 the launch of the National HIV/AIDS Community Discussions, a series of nationwide events hosted by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) that will allow the public to actively participate in the promised formation of a national HIV/AIDS strategy.
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HIV-Positive Vietnamese Students Shunned From School
After two years of lobbying by the Ho Chi Minh City orphanage, the An Nhon Dong Elementary School in Vietnam granted permission for 15 HIV-positive children to attend classes on August 17. However, Time reports, parents shunned the students and refused to let their HIV-negative children interact with them.
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August 21, 2009
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Study: No Evidence That HIV Worsens Swine Flu Mortality Risk, Complications
Obesity and diabetes are the two main underlying conditions associated with death in people with H1N1 virus (swine flu), according to a new study published in the August 20 edition of Eurosurveillance as reported by aidsmap.com. The authors, from the French Institute of Public Health, do not cite HIV as a mortality risk factor.
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Miss Universe Contestants Compete in Condom Olympics
In anticipation of the Miss Universe 2009 pageant on Sunday, August 23, contestants took part in the Condom Olympics earlier today. Participants tossed water-filled condoms and blew into condoms until they burst—contests that illustrated the strength of the prophylactics.
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August 20, 2009
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Miami Veteran Sues Feds After Contracting HIV in VA Mishap
A 55-year-old Miami veteran claiming to have contracted HIV from unsterilized equipment during a 2008 colonoscopy at a local Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital is suing the federal government for $20 million in damages, The Miami Herald reports.
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| August 19, 2009
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August 18, 2009
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With No Available Food, Positive Ugandans Abandon HIV Treatment
HIV-positive people in eastern Uganda are abandoning antiretroviral (ARV) medication because they don’t have the food required to take with the drugs, IRIN PlusNews reports. Health officials are concerned that these people will face drug resistance and die unless food becomes available. A prolonged dry spell has withered crops and left thousands without food.
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August 17, 2009
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Veterans Affairs Now Offers Routine HIV Tests
As of Monday, August 17, the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) will now offer routine HIV tests to veterans receiving medical care through its facilities, The Associated Press reports. Under the policy, veterans must verbally consent to the test and may decline if they wish.
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August 14, 2009
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Alabama Lifts Work Release Ban for HIV-Positive Prisoners
While Alabama had been the only state barring HIV-positive prisoners from entering work release programs, the state Department of Corrections has lifted the ban, allowing these prisoners to hold free-world jobs, earn money, wear plain clothes and work without correction staff supervision, The Associated Press reports.
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August 13, 2009
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Global Fund Urges G20 to Increase HIV/AIDS Funding
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is encouraging emerging global powers—such as China, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa—to become bigger aid donors as a result of the global financial crisis, Reuters reports.
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August 12, 2009
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Study: Trafficked Women in Southeast Asia at Greater Risk for HIV
A many as a quarter of a million women and girls in Southeast Asia—mainly between the ages of 12 and 16—are forced into the sex trade, putting them at risk for violence and a higher likelihood of contracting HIV, reports Reuters. These victims are often raped, locked up, forced to take drugs and alcohol and denied food, water and medical care.
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August 11, 2009
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HIV Physicians Are Cautious About Health Reform
While supportive of President Barack Obama’s ongoing health reform efforts, a significant proportion of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) has expressed concerns about issues ranging from increased patient caseloads to the possibility of rationing HIV treatment and care.
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Minnesota Man Arraigned for Not Disclosing HIV Status
Jessie Allen Tuff, an HIV-positive man from Duluth, Minnesota, is accused of not telling his girlfriend about his status before having sex with her, The Associated Press reports. Tuff faces a misdemeanor charge of knowingly transmitting a communicable disease.
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UNAIDS: Taboo, Sexism in Asia Increase HIV Risk Among Women
Advocates say that gender inequality and a “culture of silence” around the issue of sex and sexuality have contributed to more than 1.5 million women in Asia contracting HIV and continue to put 50 million more at risk of infection, reports Agence France-Presse.
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August 10, 2009
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Hillary Clinton More Than Doubles Angola’s HIV/AIDS Funding
On her recent trip to Angola, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed an agreement with Angolan health officials to more than double U.S. HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention funding to the sub-Saharan African country from $7 million to $17 million, The Associated Press reports.
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Human Rights Advocates Decry HIV Criminalization in Africa
AIDS advocates and human rights groups are criticizing the so-called African Model Law on HIV/AIDS, which criminalizes HIV/AIDS exposure and transmission, allAfrica.com reports. Such groups claim the laws hinder HIV prevention and treatment efforts on the continent.
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| August 07, 2009
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August 06, 2009
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DC Receives Higher Marks on AIDS “Report Card”
Washington, DC, health officials scored higher in its fifth “report card” issued by the DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, showing a marked improvement in fighting HIV/AIDS in the city by bolstering testing, funding needle exchange programs and keeping detailed data on the number of people living with the virus, The Washington Post reports.
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Minnesota’s Only Needle Exchange Program Closes Doors
After a decade of service, Access Works!—Minnesota’s sole needle exchange drop-in center—was forced to close its Minneapolis storefront doors on July 24 due to economic hardship and federal anti-drug policies, reports The Minnesota Independent. The organization plans to maintain its website and nonprofit status.
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August 05, 2009
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DC Offers STI Tests for All High School Students
Washington, DC, school officials have announced that all public high schools in the city will offer screenings for sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the coming school year, expanding a pilot program that revealed an increase in STI prevalence among young people, The Washington Post reports.
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Judge Revises HIV-Positive Pregnant Woman’s Jail Time
On August 4, U.S. District Judge John Woodcock resentenced Quinta Layin Tuleh, a pregnant, HIV-positive woman, to 114 days, or time served, for possessing a false Social Security card and work permit, the Bangor Daily News reports.
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August 04, 2009
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Boston Launches Teen-Focused Safer-Sex Campaign
In response to increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Boston youth, health officials are introducing a safer-sex campaign incorporating teen-friendly modes of communication such as Facebook, YouTube and cable channels, The Boston Globe reports. (Watch video.)
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HIV Program Helps Lessen Stigma Among China’s Migrant Workers
China’s migrant workers are less inclined to discriminate against someone who is HIV-positive thanks to a three-year educational campaign launched by the International Labour Organization and the U.S. and China labor departments, Agence France-Presse reports.
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August 03, 2009
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DC Officials Work to Preserve Needle Exchange Funding
In 2007, Congress lifted a 10-year-old ban on using tax dollars to fund Washington, DC, needle exchange programs, but a restrictive House amendment could essentially reinstate the ban, The Washington Post reports. The 2010 federal appropriations bill would prevent the city from providing funding to any such program that distributes needles within 1,000 feet of schools, day care centers, pools, arcades or other locations where children convene.
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