AIDS Alert Archives – January 1, 2006
January 1, 2006
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Ryan White, ADAP, Medicaid funding problems could push HIV providers to the end of their tethers
Optimism is difficult to muster these days, according to HIV providers and others who have dedicated their lives to helping HIV-infected Americans receive the treatment and care they need. -
TennCare once was model for public health care, but now is cautionary tale
Tennessee's expanded health care system once was the envy of many, and a model to states that wanted to do something to assist the working poor. -
CDC's most recent data on HIV epidemic now include stats from New York state
The new HIV epidemic data coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Atlanta, GA, includes statistics from New York state for the first time, which means that it finally provides a more comprehensive national picture. -
Adherence Strategies: Homeless HIV program uses creativity, myriad of approaches to improve adherence
HIV clinicians and researchers routinely note that one of the most difficult populations with which to achieve HIV antiretroviral adherence is the homeless. -
MMWR report on HIV and TB highlights challenges, needs
AIDS Alert: The program the MMWR describes for screening HIV patients in Cambodia for TB seems intuitiveespecially with such high percentages of TB infection among this population. Why wasn't this screening routine prior to the pilot project? -
FDA Notifications: Proposed changes to condom regulations
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published information about proposed changes in the way condoms are to be regulated, and draft guidelines for condom labeling. -
AIDS Alert International: HIV epidemic continues to make major inroads in sub-Saharan Africa
There were a few bright spots in an otherwise bleak HIV picture in sub-Saharan Africa last year. Adult national HIV prevalence rates appeared to be declining in Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. -
AIDS Alert International: Study of HIV risk in Africa shows women have very low risk behaviors
A recent study of HIV risk among people in Moshi, Tanzania, found that women who had one sex partner had a five-fold increased risk of HIV infection when compared with similar men.