09/27/2012 • 9:30 am Comments Off on The Berlin Patient – cured or not cured?
Maybe you have heard about the so-called “Berlin” patient who has been cured of HIV. Or maybe not? What is actually happening with him and what does it mean for the research? Are we close to find the key to win over the battle? Please read here more about this interesting case.
Filed under: HIV and AIDS, HIV Treatment, Medical and Research, Aids, Berlin patient, cure, hiv, pandemic, people living with the virus, research
09/25/2012 • 9:21 am Comments Off on Only Southern Africa?
There is a perception that Southern Africa is the only hot spot of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. But Eastern Europe and Central Asia have the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic according to the World Health Organization. It is said the epidemic there is concentrated mostly among injection drug users. Experts blame punitive drug policies, discrimination and trouble accessing treatment. They say the situation will not be contained until local governments affected by the epidemic change their AIDS policies. To read more click here.
Filed under: HIV and AIDS, HIV Prevention, HIV Treatment, Medical and Research, Networking, Politics and Society, Reflection, Society and living environment, Africa, Aids, Asia, Central Asia, discrimination, Eastern Europe, epidemic, hiv, HIV Prevention, HIV Treatment, injection drug user, pandemic, people living with the virus, policy, Southern Africa, WHO
09/21/2012 • 9:06 am Comments Off on A new date to celebrate?
Unknown to many in South Africa, this month of September saw a new global awareness date: The Global Female Condom Awareness Day was celebrated on the 12th of September for the first time. Advocates and organizations in 22 states and 21 countries promoted the use of female condoms as underutilized safer sex tools. Although they’re called female condoms, these prophylactics can be used for both vaginal and anal sex. Here in South Africa more and more women use the female condom which can be worn for a longer time. Protecting themselves in the case of rape is also a reason often said when questioned about it.
Read more from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago here.
Filed under: General, HIV and AIDS, HIV Prevention, Networking, Reflection, Aids, aids foundation, Chicago, condom, femal condom, global, global femal condom day, hiv, HIV Prevention, people living with the virus, protection, rape, south africa
09/19/2012 • 7:53 am Comments Off on Erection & heart condition
There is a relationship between erectile dysfunction and the metabolic syndrome – a combination of obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol in one person – heart disease, diabetes and common psychiatric conditions such as depression. That poor sexual health may be a warning for heart disease and diabetes is particularly important in South Africa where heart disease kills 200 people every day, and millions are suffering from diabetes. This news is also important to know for people living with the virus and therefore more at risk for heart diseases.
The whole article you can find here.
Filed under: General, HIV and AIDS, HIV Treatment, Medical and Research, Uncategorized, Africa, Aids, cape town, diabetes, erection, heart, heart condition, high blood pressure, hiv, male, man, people living with the virus, sexual health, south africa, western cape
09/17/2012 • 7:45 am Comments Off on Sex worker denied PTMCT
At a conference in Johannesburg a sex worker spoke of how she was detained by the police when she was pregnant. Being HIV-positive, she was forced to default on her medication to prevent her from transmitting the infection to her unborn child. “The worst thing for me was being denied my ARV’s when I was on PMTCT (prevention of mother to child HIV transmission programme). I was pregnant and denied this treatment for the whole weekend. I felt it is the worst thing because it was about the child inside of me who could have gotten infected”, she said.
Read the whole article here
Filed under: General, HIV and AIDS, HIV Prevention, HIV Treatment, Reflection, Africa, Aids, arrest, ART, cape town, custody, HAART, hiv, HIV Prevention, HIV Treatment, johannesburg, people living with the virus, police, precnancy, prison, PTMCT, sex worker, south africa
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