Researchers find a considerable increase in HIV infection among injecting drug users.
A report that has been published in the British medical journal The Lancet shows that almost 3 million self-injecting drug users in the world are HIV-positive.
More than 40% drug users are infected in nine countries. The authors of the report showed concern about the lack of data from African countries and said the risk factors were greater in the continent. …Click here to read more
WASHINGTON - Experts at an international AIDS conference held in Mexico City assigned a value to United States for reversing a 15-years-old law, prohibiting HIV-positives from entering the country.
President Bush has signed that act into law since two months, his management has not taken any step yet, required to put the signed law into practice, and legislatives and advocacy groups are wondering what is going on.
“We write to encourage you to act quickly to remove HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance and end the HIV travel and immigration ban,” Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore., main supporter of the measure in the Senate, wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt last month. Fifty-eight House Democrats last week sent a letter to Bush that urged him to take “swift action on this issue.” …Click here to read more
Among U.S. males ages 13 to 24, cases climbed up to 12 percent
According to U.S. health officials report, there is an alarming increase of HIV cases among men especially young one who have sex with men.
The term that has been used for these people by Public health experts is “men who have sex with men” or MSM as several among them neither homosexual nor even bisexual.
According to a report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, It has been noted that during 2001 to 2006, the largest HIV transmission group in the U.S was male-to-male sex group.
To fight diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis worldwide, the senate has reached to a tentative agreement to authorize a federal program again.
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was suggested with $15 billion in funding at the time of its creation five years back. Now the extension of the plan suggested $50 billion more to control HIV and AIDS in many countries of the world. Due to concerns over increased spending, seven Republican senators led by Tom Coburn had stalled that plan.
1. STDs & HIVs fatal
STDs and HIV Aids have become the major threat to the people of Global world. Every day, numerous people are indulging in the infection. The sexually transmitted diseases are increasing because of the open sexually intercourses and brothel houses.
2. Remedial conduct pro HIVs
Therefore the scientists have been continuously investigating the fatal of HIVs. They have proved an investigation that the scientific researches are sufficient to organize the remedial conduct pro HIV enduring.
3. Luxurious HIVs labs
The investigators are saying that the labs of HIVs are dam costly for the research and investigations. The tools and methodologies are being taken on a higher amount of level. The scientists are not caring the patients of HIVs.
During the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference in Chicago , the researchers at ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ presented a paper pointing out to an alarming increase in large number of cases of teenaged girls and adolescent women being infected by sexually transmitted infections. It also stressed upon on addressing the prevention of these diseases as an important public health goal.
The paper was based on an investigation of data reported in the ‘2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey’ done among a sample of 14- to 19-year-old girl participants. It was found that approximately one-fourth of this population sample was infected by at least one of the sexually transmitted infections, the maximum number of instances reported in the case of human papillomavirus. Other major infections were reported for the infections like ‘Chlamydia Trachomatis’ and ‘Trichomonas Vaginalis’. A small chunk of this group was also had herpes simplex virus type II and the one infected by STD had more than one infections. It reported about 1 in 4 female adolescents being infected by at least one sexually transmitted infection.
HIV disease is scrolling all the over the world at a rapid speed. It is causing numerous people in the sleep of death. The death rates are increasing day by day at a speedy level as the scientists are absolutely dam worried about this increasing tendency of HIV.
Similarly a news published on Wednesday where it is estimated that only in Asia almost 8 million people are supposed to be died of every year due to the virus of HIV Aids and these numbers will be enhance into promotion till the period of 2020. At this time, 5 million people are fighting with the virus of HIV AID positive in Asia and the regions of Pacific. Just about 440,000 people are vanishing in these states every year.
“AIDS is our number one enemy. This enemy can be defeated. While the research for a cure continues, four principles — love, support, acceptance and care for those affected — can make us winners.” - Nelson Mandela
Treatment for patients who are HIV & AIDS positive is a combination of 3 antiretroviral drugs which are referred to as ART or antiretroviral therapy. This combination is used to repress the HIV virus and stop the progress of the disease. With this latest therapy of treating HIV & AIDS patients, there has been a drop in the death rates and reduced suffering also. Of course this drug has to be taken very regularly and any break in treatment will create a massive set back. Children and pregnant women are also given ART treatment.
Though the drug is expensive there are many NGOs in third world countries, who take the responsibility of treating patients free of cost with funds raised from various sources. The WHO has been taking an active part in the research and treatment of this dreaded disease.
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