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When President George W. Bush announced at his January State of the Union address that he would provide a five-year, $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief worldwide, his efforts were lauded internationally.
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Chronic violence and abuse, often stemming from childhood neglect, are pervasive among HIV-positive people living in the rural South, according to two new studies. The findings suggest that clinicians need to address a host of interpersonal issues, ranging from sexual abuse to post-traumatic stress syndrome.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is moving quickly to monitor HIV incidence across the country using its detuned testing technology, with nearly $6 million this year committed to 24 sentinel cities.
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For the past three years, syphilis outbreaks in men who have sex with men (MSM) have worried health officials because of what they indicate about a resurgence in high-risk behaviors. But are these syphilis outbreaks facilitating HIV transmission or is syphilis contained mostly to MSM who are already HIV-positive?
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After years of neglect, efforts are building to form a coalition that will draw more attention to the treatment and care needs of patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV). And while federal and state funding for HCV has remained flat or is being cut, health experts say integrating services is not as demanding as is often assumed.
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Lack of funding and resources, combined with competing demands, help explain why only a handful of states have hepatitis prevention plans in place, according to a recently completed survey.
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With hundreds of HIV interventions available, community planning groups often are at a loss for deciding which ones to use. Now a new tool will allow health departments to enter local data and determine which programs are most cost-effective.
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Facts: HIV/AIDS in the South
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic has grown to include about 1.6 million people who live in high-income countries, including the estimated 76,000 people who became infected with the virus in 2002.
