AIDS Alert Archives – August 1, 2005
August 1, 2005
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Acceptability studies have important role in microbicide clinical trials
Although obstacles remain before any one of the five microbicides in Phase III clinical trials are approved by the FDA, public health officials are grateful that at least one challenge has already been addressed, and that is the acceptability of the products. -
Epidemic is shifting to blacks, Hispanics
The most recent data from the CDC estimate that about one-quarter of the more than 1 million people living with HIV/AIDS do not know they are infected. -
Non-HIV-related deaths rises to 26% in NYC
New research hammers home the point that HIV providers need to attend to their patients overall health needs and not just to HIV-related morbidity. -
Adapting behavioral interventions is complex
HIV-prevention researchers describe many frustrations with the process of adapting community-based intervention work to fit into the mold of one of the available evidence-based HIV interventions. -
A closer look at two popular interventions
Some HIV prevention researchers are learning firsthand how challenging it is to translate existing evidence-based interventions for different populations and dissemination. -
AIDS Alert International: UNAIDS report focuses on Asia and cites growing epidemic in the East, particularly China, Indonesia, Vietnam
The worlds fastest growing HIV epidemic now is in East Asia where the virus is rapidly spreading in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam, international health officials say. -
AIDS Alert International: About 1 million people in developing countries now receive HIV medications
The worlds health community has succeeded in bringing antiretroviral treatment to about 1 million HIV-infected people in developing nations, which highlights both the progress made and challenges to come.