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 AIDSLink | issue 97, 1 June 2006
Other Sources : U.S. Federal Court Rules Anti-Prostitution Policy Violates First Amendment
AIDSLink Editor | Global
A U.S. federal judge ruled May 9 that a sweeping restriction on the privately funded speech of groups participating in the federal government's international HIV/AIDS program violates the First Amendment.
Member/NGO News : Inside Track
AIDSLink Editor | Global
Read the latest news and updates from the Global Health Council and its members. Updated with each new issue of Global AIDSLink®.
Other Sources : How Far We've Come, How Far to Go
Sara Ann Friedman, AIDSLink Editor, Global Health Council | Global
An interview with Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS.
Feature : Civil Society Monitors Governments' Progress
Rachel Guglielmo, Project Director, Public Health Watch/Open Society Institute | Global
In preparation for the UNGASS 2006 high-level review, governments were requested to submit official progress reports. A group of eight civil society organizations joined in a coordinated effort to support independent assessments of DoC implementation.
Feature : U.S. Provides Conference Waiver for HIV-Positive Participants
Alina Oswald | Global
Although a waiver would permit an HIV-positive visitor to enter the U.S. for a specific purpose, the waiver process generally requires disclosure to the U.S. government of the visitor's HIV status.
Feature : Best Kept Secret in PMTCT: Contraception to Avert Unintended Pregnancies
Heidi W. Reynolds, PhD, MPH, Scientist and Rose Wilcher, MPH, Senior Program Officer, Family Health International | Global
With prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) a top priority on the UNGASS agenda, agencies recommend a four-part strategy.
Feature : The Long Arm of the U.S. Government Anti-Prostitution Policy
Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Director, SANGRAM | Global
Our work, which UNAIDS has called a "best practice" in reducing HIV/AIDS, began with the simple yet powerful understanding that women in prostitution are not deviants who spread HIV.
Letter from the President : Time to Go Beyond the Debate to Common Ground
Andrea Welch | Global
Five years ago, the very idea of widespread affordable and accessible ARV treatment for AIDS seemed a fantasy.
Feature : The Biggest Achievement of The UNGASS Declaration to Date
Helene Rossert, Director General/AIDES France, Vice Chair Emeritus of the GFATM | Global
Often cited as a major outcome of the UNGASS 2001 Declaration, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), in fact, benefits from many illustrious origins.
Feature : Changing Social Norms in Latin America
Paulo Lyra, Communications Advisor with the HIV/AIDS Unit, Pan American Health Organization | Latin America
While Latin America is best known for machismo, homophobia is a deeply rooted and closely-associated phenomenon.
Feature : The UNGASS Agenda: Donors and Ministries Ignore Acute Teacher Loss to HIV
Helen Cornman, HIV/AIDS Specialist, World Learning | Global
As loud calls reverberate at UNGASS to revitalize the AIDS-decimated health-care sector, a similar and worsening crisis in education is hearing only whispers.
Other Sources : Resources
AIDSLink Editor | Global
The latest publications and resources available in the global health field. Updated with each new issue of Global AIDSLink®.
Other Sources : TimeLine
AIDSLink Editor | Global
Calendar of upcoming events in the global health field. Updated with each new issue of Global AIDSLink®.
News Brief : Global Updates
AIDSLink Editor | Global
News briefs from around the world. Updated with each new issue of Global AIDSLink®.
Positive Voices : This Sickness Does Not Fall on Trees
Denizard Wilson, Thomonde, Haiti | Latin America
"On that October day when I first learned that I was infected, there is something I had not yet realized: When a person is infected, that does not have to mean that life is over." |
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