Abstrak: 60 pct HIV-infected living in rural India: WHO
Topik: HIV/AIDS
Friday, April 27, 2007
New Delhi, April 26: Sixty per cent of the estimated 5.2 million HIV-infected adults in India are living in rural areas, according to a WHO report.
Though commercial sex is the major reason behind the prevalence of the pandemic in most parts of the country, injecting drug use (IDUs), especially in north-eastern states, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, is fast emerging as a major source of transmission.
Abstrak: WHO/UNAIDS recommendations on male circumcision for HIV prevention
Topik: HIV/AIDS
PARIS/GENEVA, 28 MARCH 2007 -- In response to the urgent need to
reduce the number of new HIV infections globally, the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the UNAIDS Secretariat convened an
international expert consultation to determine whether male
circumcision should be recommended for the prevention of HIV
infection.
Abstrak: Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B or C in HIV-Infected Patients with Dual Viral H
Topik: HIV/AIDS
Dual chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are recognized in 3%-5% of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals.