Global Challenges - Vigils Held Worldwide To Protest Jailing of Iranian Physicians Who Addressed HIV/AIDS Health professionals on Tuesday held vigils in several cities worldwide to protest the imprisonment of Iranian brothers Kamiar and Arash Alaei -- physicians and leading HIV/AIDS advocates in the country -- following the release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, the Albany Times Union reports. Vig www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58446

2009-05-14

Global Challenges - Burundian HIV/AIDS Advocates Express Concern Over New Law Outlawing Homosexuality Some HIV/AIDS advocates in Burundi and international human rights groups have expressed concern about a new law that criminalizes homosexuality in the country, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Although Burundi's Senate voted against the draft bill in February, the lower parliament house reversed the decision last mont www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58269

2009-04-30

Global Challenges - Report Examines HIV/AIDS, Other Issues in Tanzanian Prisons About 9.2% of inmates in Tanzania's prisons are HIV-positive, according to a recently released 2008 Human Rights Report compiled by the country's Legal and Human Rights Centre, Guardian/IPP Media reports. LHRC advocate Clarence Kipobota at the release of the report said that the situation in Tanzanian prison www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58252

2009-04-29

Global Challenges - Overcrowding, Drug Use in Prisons Poses Risk for Spread of HIV, U.N. Official Says The spread of HIV is widespread in overcrowded prisons worldwide, creating a health risk for communities once inmates are released, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Costa said that the spread of HIV through drug use in prisons is a www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58090

2009-04-20

Public Health & Education - Canceled Canadian Prison Tattoo Program Reduced Risk of HIV, Report Says A Canadian prison tattoo parlor program that was canceled by the government was cost-effective and successful in raising awareness and reducing the risk of bloodborne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C, according to a new report from the Correctional Service of Canada, the Alberta Daily Herald-Tribune repo www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58066

2009-04-17

Global Challenges - Condom Distribution Could Help Curb HIV in Mozambican Prisons, U.N. Official Says Distributing condoms in prisons could help curb the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among inmates and the wider community, Brian Tkachuk -- regional adviser for HIV/AIDS in African prisons for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -- said Tuesday in Maputo, Mozambique, during a www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58036

2009-04-16

Global Challenges - Prisoners in Mozambique at an Increased Risk of HIV/AIDS, Officials Say Mozambique's prison population faces a heightened risk of HIV/AIDS, the country's justice minister, Benvinda Levy, said on Monday at the opening of a National Seminar on Prison Health, AIM/AllAfrica.com reports. Levy said that HIV prevalence inside prisons is between two and 50 times higher than that among t www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58012

2009-04-15

Opinion - Jailed Iranian Physicians, Journalist Examples of Human Rights Violations, Letter to Editor Says The detention and trial of journalist Roxana Saberi, as well as the recent sentencing of Iranian brothers and HIV/AIDS physicians Kamiar and Arash Alaei, are a 'tragic example of human rights violations that have become the norm in Iran,' Olga Khazan -- program assistant with Physicians for Human Rights -- w www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58013

2009-04-15

Opinion - Improved Drug Treatment Services Needed in Prisons To Address HIV/AIDS, Other Diseases, Editorial Says Increased efforts are needed to curb the spread of HIV and other bloodborne diseases in prisons, 'where infection rates are high and inmates can easily spread disease through unprotected sex or by sharing needles,' a New York Times editorial says. It adds, 'Drug treatment in prison is clearly part of the sol www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=57987

2009-04-14

Global Challenges - HIV/AIDS Presents 'Opportunity' for Social Change, UNAIDS Chief Sidibe Says Although HIV/AIDS poses significant challenges, the disease also presents opportunities for social change, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe said recently during a visit to Senegal, AFP/Google.com reports. Sidibe said people should not regard HIV/AIDS simply as a problem but rather should use HIV/AIDS www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=57958

2009-04-10