Global Challenges - Science Magazine Publishes Special Feature on AIDS in Asia, Section on Challenges in Fighting Epidemic In advance of the XV International AIDS Conference, which will be held July 11-16 in Bangkok, Thailand, the June 25 issue of Science magazine features a special section on AIDS in Asia, as well as two 'Policy Forum' articles, a 'Perspective' article and an opinion piece examining the challenges in the global www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=24414

2004-06-25

Politics and Policy - President Bush Proposes Spending $15 Million To Begin New G8 HIV Vaccine Initiative President Bush on Thursday proposed that the United States contribute $15 million to start a new global consortium to collaborate and share research to develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine, the AP/Washington Times reports (AP/Washington Times, 6/11). Group of Eight leaders from the United States, Japan, Germany, Fran www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=24164

2004-06-14

Global Challenges - HIV Treatment Programs Can Boost Prevention, Improve Overall Health Systems, WHO Report Says The international community has an opportunity to change the course of history by using HIV treatment programs to bolster prevention efforts and improve overall health systems in the developing world, according to the 'World Health Report 2004 - Changing History,' which was released on Tuesday by the World H www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=23662

2004-05-12

Drug Access - 100,000 Health Care Workers Needed in Africa To Distribute Antiretroviral Drugs, WHO Director-General Lee Says Africa needs at least 100,000 health care workers to help distribute antiretroviral medicines on the continent, where 70% of the world's HIV-positive people live, World Health Organization Director-General Jong-Wook Lee said on Wednesday while in Singapore, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. 'It's diffi www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=23450

2004-04-29

Global Challenges - WHO Director General Calls for Increased Attention to HIV in China World Health Organization Director-General Jong-Wook Lee on Tuesday during a lecture at the Beijing Union Medical College in China called on the Chinese government to pay more attention to tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in the country, Xinhuanet/China View reports. During his two-day visit -- his first official v www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=23296

2004-04-21

Global Challenges - WHO Director General Encourages More HIV Testing, Increased Access to Antiretroviral Drugs in Latin America World Health Organization Director-General Jong-Wook Lee on Wednesday while in Peru said that Latin American countries should do more in response to the region's HIV/AIDS epidemic, Reuters reports. Lee said that very few HIV-positive people in the region have access to antiretroviral drugs, according to Reut www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=22643

2004-03-12

Global Challenges - International Women's Day 2004 Focuses on Impact of HIV/AIDS Pandemic on Women International Women's Day 2004 -- which is Monday, March 8 -- focuses on 'women and girls and HIV/AIDS' and serves as a day 'both to celebrate women and to raise awareness about their situation,' according to UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Kathleen Cravero, Xinhuanet/China View reports. Cravero said that w www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=22544

2004-03-08

Global Challenges - Western European Countries Discuss Fight Against AIDS in Eastern Europe, Central Asia at Conference Eastern Europe and Central Asia are experiencing the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the world, and the European Union should take action to help combat the disease, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot said at the opening of a two-day ministerial conference in Dublin, Ireland, the AP/Miami Herald reports (W www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=22311

2004-02-23

Global Challenges - WHO To Expand Collaboration Between National HIV, TB Programs To Reduce Number of Coinfection Cases The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced plans to fight the growing problem of HIV and tuberculosis coinfection, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (AFP/Yahoo! News, 1/20). HIV weakens the immune system, making HIV-positive people more susceptible to TB. If active TB goes untreated in HIV-positive people, m www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=21778

2004-01-21

Global Challenges - AIDS Lowers Life Expectancy in Developing Countries; Improvements Needed to Basic Health Care, WHO Report Says Although life expectancy has improved by almost 20 years worldwide, the improvements are not consistent, as life expectancy has dropped in some developing countries -- especially those in sub-Saharan Africa -- primarily because of the impact of AIDS, according to the World Health Organization's annual report www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=21402

2003-12-18