CANADA
Canadian Press Mar 25, 2011
A new report says there are fewer new cases of HIV among injection drug users in B.C., and health officials are crediting the province's harm reduction programs.
Global News March 24, 2011
To avoid a potential vaccine shortage in the early stages of pandemic and seasonal flu outbreaks, Health Canada has reached a deal with two companies to provide a backup supply to help the most vulnerable populations.
INTERNATIONAL
Karin Grepin blog March 22, 2011
Global health data is a lot like sausage: the more you know about what it is made from and how it gets processed, the less appetizing it becomes.
Robert Roos News Editor
Mar 24, 2011 (CIDRAP News) – The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States dropped almost 4% last year to its lowest level since 1953, but the nation still fell well short of a long-standing goal of eliminating the disease by 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.
U.K.: Steep Rise in HIV Cases Leads to New Guidance
The Independent, March 23, 2011
More than 20 years since the first UK advertising campaign against HIV urged people 'Don't die of ignorance' the number contracting the disease in the UK has almost doubled in a decade
The Independent, March 23, 2011
More than 20 years since the first UK advertising campaign against HIV urged people 'Don't die of ignorance' the number contracting the disease in the UK has almost doubled in a decade
Madeleine C. Thomson and colleagues call on climate and health researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to work together to tackle infectious diseases.
CIDRAP Mar 22, 2011
Health officials in the United Kingdom today released proposed revisions to its pandemic preparedness strategy, which take into account lessons learned during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, such as a need for flexible plans covering a range of severity scenarios.
UNAIDS Mar 22, 2011
Out comes from “Getting to Zero” – Achieving zero new HIV infections for injecting drug users, in Vienna Austria on 21 March 2011. Globally, there are an estimated three million people who inject drugs also living with HIV—with nearly 13 million more at risk of HIV infection. While access to HIV prevention services, including harm-reduction programmes has increased, in 2009 the median coverage of HIV prevention services was 32%.
UKRAINE: Scare Haunts HIV/AIDS Patients in Ukraine
IPS Mar 22, 2011
Fears are growing among HIV/AIDS sufferers in the Ukraine amid claims from some patients that they have been denied life-saving medicines by authorities as a crackdown is launched on drug substitution therapy.
IPS Mar 22, 2011
Fears are growing among HIV/AIDS sufferers in the Ukraine amid claims from some patients that they have been denied life-saving medicines by authorities as a crackdown is launched on drug substitution therapy.
