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 AIDSLink | issue 98, 1 August 2006
Member/NGO News : Inside Track
AIDSLink Editor | Global
Read the latest news and updates from the Global Health Council and our members. Updated with each new issue of Global AIDSLink®.
Feature : Responding to the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of PLHIV
Paul Perchal, EngenderHealth; Betty Farrell, ACQUIRE Project; and Kevin Osborne, International Planned Parenthood Federation | Global
In this article, we examine the experiences of PLHIV accessing SRH services and the wide range of quality, resulting from weak or absent political will, to protect the rights of PLHIV.
Feature : Clear Links between Women's Empowerment and Reducing HIV Infection
Geeta Rao Gupta, President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) | Global
The feminization of AIDS lays bare the urgent need to rectify inequalities that the international community has not successfully addressed in more than 30 years of economic development.
Feature : Prevention in the Hands of Women Keeps HIV at Bay
Shannon Cali, Global Campaign for Microbicides, PATH | Global
Women need tools that enable them to protect themselves from HIV infection.
Feature : Youth Steering the Ship
Joya Banerjee, Program Coordinator, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS | Global
At the recent U.N. High Level Meeting on AIDS, more than 60 young leaders advocated with decision-makers on the importance of comprehensive, evidence-based information, education and youth-friendly health services.
Feature : The Untold Story
Julie Davids, Executive Director, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) | Global
The U.S., the largest funder of the global AIDS response, is far less attentive to its own epidemic and home to more than 1 million people living with HIV.
Feature : Hurdles to HIV Treatment in India Remain Numerous
Anand Grover, Project Director, Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore | Asia
After many years of denial, the Indian government embarked on the ART program on April 1, 2004, afer announcing it five months earlier. Can they make up for this late start?
Feature : Building a Winning Nursing Work Force for HIV-Care in Ethiopia
Mary Ann Vitiello, Senior Nursing Advisor, International Training & Education Center on HIV (I-TEC) | Africa
I-TEC has developed a successful program to train more nurses in Ethiopia in HIV/AIDS care and to help scale-up antiretroviral treatment.
Feature : The International AIDS Conference: A Retrospective
Ron MacInnis, Director, Health Journalism, Internews Network | Global
Now a bi-annual tradition, the week-long international AIDS conference is a far cry from its first incarnation in 1985 as a scientific gathering to better understand this new disease.
Letter from the President : Where the Focus Should Be
Nils Daulaire, President, Global Health Council | Global
Dr. Daulaire shares with us the topics that must be first and foremost at the Toronto International AIDS Conference.
Feature : Understanding Messages
Hena Khan, Communications Specialist, Horizons/Population Council | Africa
Beliefs and barriers to ABCs in Kenya; the need for more evidence.
Feature : A Caucus to Promote Evidence-Based Prevention
Tamar Abrams, Communications Director, Population Action International | Global
Many people in the public health community working on HIV/AIDS issues are concerned that evidence is being ignored in the battle for money, prevention and treatment.
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®.
Feature : Time to Deliver: Financing for Now and the Future
Mursaleena Islam, Tania Dmytraczenko, and Nadia Khan, Abt Associates, Inc. | Global
Resource needs for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services are higher than ever and there remains a large funding gap.
Feature : Why Targets are Important
Chris Collins, International Treatment Preparedness Coalitions | Global
Scale up of AIDS services must be accompanied by greater respect for human rights, anti-stigma programs, nutrition and feeding services, and support to help people adhere to treatment.
Feature : UNGASS 2006: Following the Wrong Road Map to Universal Access
Asia Russell, Director, International Policy, Health GAP (Global Access Project) | Global
Without clear targets, we cannot hold each other accountable for results in the fight against global AIDS.
News Brief : Global Updates
AIDSLink Editor | Global
News briefs from around the world. 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®.
Positive Voices : The Long Road
Asunta Wagura, Executive Director, Kenwa (Kenya Network of Women Living with AIDS) | Global
When I didn't die after six months, I knew that there was more to living than just disease, discrimination and death. |
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