Tag Archive | stigma
Support for PEPFAR — Republican or Democrat? (video)
This is a snippet from an interview with Steve Morin in which he discusses what is behind the bipartisan support of PEPFAR, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. “PEPFAR enjoys strong bipartisan support for a number of reasons,” Morin said. “It responds to a humanitarian need, it is vital to some of our […]
Early HIV Treatment and Socioeconomic Outcomes in Africa
A first-of-its-kind clinical study in Uganda that compared socioeconomic outcomes with CD4+ counts—a standard measure of health status for people with HIV—showed that adults with HIV in rural sub-Saharan Africa who receive antiretroviral drugs early in their infection, they may reap benefits in their ability to work and their children’s ability to stay in school. The […]
UNAIDS Director Calls For Ending Stigma and Discrimination
Michel Sidibé, the Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, one of the featured speakers at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. this week has called for ending discrimination and stigma in order to confront HIV/AIDS worldwide. When Sidibé came to the San Francisco Bay Area on a “listening tour” a few weeks ago to […]
UNAIDS Director Calls for Zero Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
Michel Sidibé, the Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, one of the featured speakers at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. this week, is calling for an end to HIV transmission from mother-to-child, which continues to occur hundreds of thousands of times a year. He appeared on the main stage with Florence Uche […]
Community-Based Health Campaign in Uganda (Video)
A clinical study in a remote region of southwest Uganda has demonstrated the feasibility of using a health campaign to rapidly test a community for HIV and simultaneously offer prevention and diagnosis for a variety of other diseases in rural and resource-poor settings of sub-Saharan Africa. At the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., the […]
