Helping the Hidden Community of HIV Aug 20, 2008
Frustrated with the lack of health services for gay patients, who are routinely shunned by Burundian physicians, Kanuma founded a nonprofit AIDS organization, Association National de Soutien Aux Seropositif et Aux Malades du SIDA (ANSS), eight months ago. ANSS's first task has been to provide gel lubricants to gay men in Burundi, where in 2004, the government banned NGOs from sending the taboo lubricant there, leaving many men to use unsafe substitutes during sex Vaseline, for instance, which... (Time.com)
USA to open borders to those with AIDS... Aug 11, 2008
Many of them are referred to the clinic through a nonprofit aid group in San Antonio, Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA or United Women Against AIDS. The group's director, Yolanda Rodr;guez-Escobar, concurred with Talley that most HIV immigrants here are border-crossers who might never have heard of the travel exclusion. They'd prefer to enter the country legally for treatment if given the option, said one of them. (The Drudge Report)
Study Details Heart Risks from HIV Drugs Apr 3, 2008
Personalize Your Medical News. Thursday, April 03, 2008. (MedPage Today)
ISOLATED COMMUNITIES Mar 30, 2008
These activities receive financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission (ECHO), the Department for International Development (DFID), UNICEF, the Swedish Government (SIDA), the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), BSF (DFID - British Government and Worldbank), the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BuZa), TearFund New Zealand, ERF (Emergency Response Fund/UNDP administrated by OCHA), CHF (the... (AlertNet)
Hillary Clinton To Speak At Don Haskins Center Feb 12, 2008
"I think she will sway a couple of votes, I think Barack is a much better candidate," said Ryan Sida from West El Paso. "I think that Hillary coming to El Paso could sway some votes in her favor, however Hillary already has a lot of support from El Paso's demographic," said Conklin. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
A U.S. service member monitors the terrain. Nov 22, 2007
A U.S. service member from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa monitors the terrain while conducting a tactical movement exercise as part of a desert survival course conducted by the French military in Sida, Djibouti, on Nov. 10, 2007. U.S. service men and women are being instructed on land navigation, global positioning systems, what to eat to survive, using camels to transport equipment, helicopter medical evacuations, starting a fire and techniques for rigging traps. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Humanitarian Assistance Often Lacks Needs Assessment Nov 12, 2007
One of Dr von Schreeb's sub-studies examined the extent to which Sida took account of needs assessments in its decisions to fund humanitarian health projects in 2003. Only one third of these decisions contained information about the size of the population to be helped or other factors reflecting their health needs. (Science Daily)
HIV-TB Spreads In Africa, Undermines Control Of World's Two Deadliest Infectious Diseases Nov 5, 2007
Along with the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, many of the world's leading global health organizations co-sponsored these events, including the Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les H;patites Virales (ANRS) in France, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CREATE (Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS-TB Epidemic), the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), the International AIDS Society, Tibotec, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and... (Science Daily)
How Adhesive Protein Causes Malaria Sep 28, 2007
The study is a collaboration between Karolinska Institutet, the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Makerere University and Medical Biotech Laboratories in Uganda, and has been financed by the Swedish International development cooperation Agency (Sida), the Swedish Research Council and the EU.. Reference: "PfEMP1-DBL1a amino acid motifs in severe disease states of Plasmodium falciparum malaria", Johan Normark, Daniel Nilsson, Ulf Ribacke, Gerhard Winter, Kirsten Moll, Craig E.... (Science Daily)
Congolese mourn 'Rumba king' Aug 24, 2007
In the early days when Madilu system came we had a young girl who use to dance Madilu's music so frantically that she was named "Madilu System and she grew up to be known by that name and so Madilu still lives amongst us.Peter and Mary, Kampata Uganda He was one of the best legends in rumba, Congo has ever produced. His voice, composition of songs, sense of humour, and main ideas of songs can tell how much we will miss him. It is surely hard to acquire such a musician in our modern world! Que... (BBC News -- Africa)
Read more... Jul 25, 2007
The National Latino AIDS Delegation: LaClinica del Pueblo, Washington, DC; BIENESTAR, Southern California; The Latino Commission on AIDS, New York; Salud Latina/Latino Health, Chicago, IL; CPG, Puerto Rico; Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA, San Antonio, TX; Florida Health Department; NASTAD Latino Advisory; Latin American Health Institute, Boston, MA.. Related links. (PNN Online)
UNFPA to expand HIV prevention project in Myanmar Jul 24, 2007
The 3D Fund was developed in 2006 for an operational period of five years by a group of six donors comprising the European Commission, Sweden's Sida, the Netherlands, United Kingdom's Department for International Development, Norway and Australia's Aus AID to compensate for grants which were suspended in August 2005 by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. A recent workshop involving Myanmar, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS stated that 338,911 people were estimated to... (People's Daily Online)
Cable Positive: POP Go the Winners Jun 17, 2007
Outstanding Original Spanish-Language Public Service: Enterate ; Sida 25 A;os Despues, Univision. Outstanding Original Spanish-Language Programming: Enterate ; Sida 25 A;os Despues, Univision; and. (Multichannel News)
Curing Male Sexual Debility Jun 16, 2007
Sida cordifolia (Country Mallow): The plant belongs to family Malvaceae. Leaves and roots are used as an aphrodisiac. (Suite101.com)
CSUN Spanish-Language media project targets AIDS00000241 Jun 2, 2007
The results of their work, "Relatos contra el silencio: El sida en la communidad Latina" ("Stories Against the Silence: AIDS in the Latin Community"), is a 48-page special edition of El Nuevo Sol, the campus' Spanish-language newspaper. In moving detail, it tells the stories of the Casa's inhabitants and beams a spotlight on the issue of AIDS in the Spanish-speaking community. (Los Angeles Daily News)
Team ID's Cell Mechanics Of Hallmark Malaria Protein May 26, 2007
The research was funded by an interuniversity grant received by GEM4, a Pasteur Institut research grant, Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le Sida, the National University of Singapore and the Computational Systems Biology Program of the Singapore-MIT Alliance. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Science Daily)
Medical officer call for collaboration to reduce death Apr 18, 2007
It is the second in a series of international training programmes being organized by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) in collaboration with Lund University in Sweden, to give participants knowledge, experience and inspiration to initiate sustainable change in sexual and reproductive health and rights. Participants from eight African countries including Ghana, Tanzania, the Gambia, Nigeria, and Kenya are attending. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Botanists discover new bamboo species Mar 22, 2007
Their work appeared last fall in the journal "Sida, Contributions to Botany.". She and Triplett are studying North American bamboo as part of a larger worldwide project to develop an evolutionary family tree of bamboo species. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Botanists Identify New Species Of North American Bamboo Mar 14, 2007
They submitted their evidence in a manuscript to the scientific journal Sida, Contributions to Botany, convincing the peer reviewers that the bamboo they discovered was new. Their study was published last fall. (Science Daily)
Relief to flood affected people in Garissa, Kenya Feb 15, 2007
GARISSA, KENYA, December 11, 2006 - International Aid Services has received a grant from Danish Mission Council Development Department , Swedish Mission Council / Sida, and Lkarmissionen for a relief intervention in Garissa, North East Kenya. In the last weeks since the beginning of November 2006, abnormal rainfall has hit Eastern Africa, specifically eastern Kenya and in this case, Garissa and Tana River districts and surroundings. (AlertNet)
K'la Men Rush to Get Circumcised Jan 4, 2007
Similar trials in South Africa were halted in early 2005 by researchers from the French Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida (ANRS). It found a 60 per cent reduction in the risk of acquiring HIV over 21 months of follow-up in men who were circumcised at the beginning of the study. (AllAfrica.com)
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative statement on male circumcision Dec 22, 2006
These data support the findings of a 2005 study, the South Africa Orange Farm Intervention Trial, funded by the French Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le SIDA (ANRS), which demonstrated at least a 60% reduction in HIV infection among circumcised men. "We are enormously encouraged by these results," stated CEO and President of IAVI, Dr. Seth Berkley. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Study Reveals Clean Air Challenge For Major Asian Cities Dec 14, 2006
The study was funded by the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida), the Korean Ministry of Environment and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The study examined the capability to manage air quality and collected air quality data for Bangkok, Beijing, Busan, Colombo, Dhaka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Metro Manila, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Surabaya, Taipei and Tokyo. (Science Daily)
World AIDS Day marked with warnings, services, art actions Dec 2, 2006
A volunteer promotes AIDS awareness by showing her back painted with the words "I have AIDS" (Tengo SIDA) as part of the AIDS awareness campaign "Grita: Tengo Sida" (Cry: I have AIDS) at Madrid's Complutense University on World AIDS day. World AIDS Day marked with warnings, services, art actions. (USA Today)
Keeping the Promise on World AIDS Day Dec 1, 2006
In Haiti, where USAID partners with the Haitian artists organization, Promoteurs Objectif Zero SIDA, to produce a series of collages depicting the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. During stigma and discrimination workshops, participants create inspiring works of art describing their experiences with HIV/AIDS and their hopes for the future. (PR Newswire)
Uganda: Sweden Cuts Reseach Funding Over Strike Nov 28, 2006
THE Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA/SAREC) has withheld part of the sh17b ($9 ... Sida is concerned about sending funds to a university which is closed, the source said ... 6m (about sh10b) grant from Sida/SAREC spanning three years for research. (allAfrica.com)
Global Fund round 6 grants to the Alliance of up to $83m will enable much needed work with those most vulnerable to HIV Nov 28, 2006
Senegal Organisation: Alliance Nationale Conte le SIDA (ANCS) Role: Co-principal recipient Country amount: $28,893,265 Organisation amount: $1,800,000, 2 yrs Organisation's focus in country project: Reduction in the transmission of HIV in specific most at risk populations and improve the survival rate and care of people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.. Ukraine Organisation: Alliance Ukraine Role: Co-principal recipient Country amount: $151,000,000 Organisation amount: $64,647,323, 5 yrs... (AlertNet)
AHF & Mexican Gov't to Partner in New, Free AIDS Clinic in Puerto Vallarta Nov 25, 2006
Ribbon-Cutting and Dedication to Take Place This Friday, November 24th US' Largest AIDS Group Joins Forces With Federal, State and Local Mexican Government Bodies and 'Vallarta Contra el SIDA,' a Respected Local Mexican NGO, to Extend HIV/AIDS Medical Care and Access to Life-saving Anti-Retroviral Treatment in Puerto Vallarta PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico and LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest AIDS organization in the US which operates free AIDS... (PR Newswire)
SIV infection of wild gorillas Nov 11, 2006
Dr Peeters emphasized that the current study resulted from a close working partnership with Cameroonian government officials and with other collaborating scientists including Ying Ying Li, Bandon Keele, Weimin Liu and George Shaw from UAB; Cecile Neel, Florian Liegeois, Cristelle Butel and Eric Delaporte from the University of Montpellier, France; Elizabeth Bailes from The University of Nottingham, UK; and Severin Loul, Eitel Mpoudi Ngole and Yanga Bienvenue from the Project Prevention du Sida... (innovations report)
British bomb suspects had Muslim plantat Heathrow to test security procedures Oct 21, 2006
That SIDA badge, along with door security access cards or pass codes, allow them to bypass the passenger screening process at the front of the terminal and go through locked doors in the back of the terminal gaining largely unsupervised access to baggage, cargo and planes ... That badge you see Burger King and other airport food-court workers wearing is the same SIDA badge worn by ramp workers ... And any airport worker with a SIDA badge gets to bypass screening, he says. (WorldNetDaily)
Guimaras oil spill a national disaster Aug 26, 2006
" "I have directed the PCG and I asked Petron to focus some of its efforts on the northern part of Guimaras strait to prevent the oil spill from reaching the Visayan Sea and Bantayan Island," he added. Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza I. Cabral said the best way of helping the victims is through providing the people some means of work other than fishing. The DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) central office has also released P2 million to the Regional Office to augment the... (Sun.Star)
Fresh Crop: FirstGarden Unites Generations Aug 4, 2006
Williams admired the sketch of the arrowleaf sida, a plant that Roy said he had pulled from one of the beds. Asked if he had an interest in botany or art, or both, Roy said he was interested both in drawing and in botany. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Breastfeeding is best feeding Aug 2, 2006
The Innocenti Declaration was produced and adopted by participants at the WHO/UNICEF policymakers meeting on Breastfeeding in the 1990s: A Global Initiative, co-sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (AID) and the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), held at the Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy on July 30 August 1 1990. The15th anniversary of the declaration was observed in 2005. (Navhind Times)
Castro’s Last Battle Aug 2, 2006
During the eighties, men who were H.I.V.-positive were forcibly quarantined in medical asylums known colloquially as sidatorios ( AIDS, in Spanish, is SIDA). In the past decade, official policies have relaxed, but laws guaranteeing sexual freedom are still nonexistent. (New Yorker)
Remittances Policy That Works: The Case Of Ghana. Jun 24, 2006
Governments organizations like NORAD (Norway), DFID (United Kingdom), SIDA (Sweden) and many others have expressed interest in assisting and in carrying out remittances policy. The Ministry of Finance should therefore make the necessary effort to involve these stakeholders in the formulations and deliberation of remittances policy. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Metroid Fusion Jun 1, 2006
Hr skall du hnga dig p kanterna och hoppa frn sida till sida ... Bomba p hger sida fr att aktivera en stlple ... Skjut p hgra sidan av taket fr att hitta en missil tank (110). (IGN Game Boy)
Researchers Confirm HIV-1 Originated In Wild Chimpanzees May 27, 2006
Hahn, who for more than a decade has led an international effort to elucidate the origins of HIV-1, emphasized that the current study could not have succeeded without a close working partnership with Cameroonian government officials and with other collaborating scientists, including George M. Shaw, M.D., Ying Ying Li, Jun Takehisa, Mario Santiago, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, and Yalu Chen from UAB; Fran Van Heuverswyn, Florian Liegeois, Eric Delaporte and Martine Peters from the University of... (Science Daily)
HIV origin 'found in wild chimps' May 26, 2006
This study, carried out alongside experts from the Project Prevention du Sida au Cameroun (PRESICA) in Cameroon, involved analysing chimpanzee faeces, collected from the forest floor in remote jungle areas. The researchers went into the jungles of Cameroon. (BBC News -- Science)
Diet, energy pill alert May 26, 2006
As a source of ephedrine, labels may list: ma huang, Chinese ephedra, ma huang extract, ephedra, Ephedra Sinica, ephedra extract, ephedra herb powder, Sida Cordifolia or epitonin. As a source of caffeine or other stimulants, labels may list: green tea, guarana, yerba mate, cola nut and yohimbine. (Toronto Star -- Life)
Annan praises 'very great' WHO chief Lee May 24, 2006
He has worked for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for the last 12 years. 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur. (Monsters and Critics.com)
ADRA Responds to Crisis-hit Darfur, Sudan May 10, 2006
ADRA has received project funding from several governmental donors, such as the Australian Governments overseas aid program (AUSAID), the European Communitys Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), the European Union, the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Norwegian Development Agency (Norad), USAID, the U.S. Department of State, and the German Foreign Ministry. UNICEF, Bread for the World (Germany), Japan Platform,... (AlertNet)
Russia offers to provide emergency assistance to PA Feb 21, 2006
Sida, the agency that distributes Swedish foreign aid, said in a press release that the aid will be channeled through the UN relief agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, the UN children's agency UNICEF and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA.. The Swedish money will mainly go to health care, food and education, Sida said ... Last year, Sida distributed 92 million kronor (9. (NewsIsFree-Popular)
