| Ethiopian Infections Rate Rose By 26 Percent. |
| "The vision which fueled our struggle for freedom… will be needed if we are to bring AIDS under control. This is a war." Former South African President Nelson Mandela, February 2002 |
October 7, 2007
A new report conducted by Ethiopia’s Federal
HIV/AIDS Control Office (FAPCO) reveals that new
HIV infections there have increased 26 percent
compared to data collected at the beginning of this
year.
In the first phase of the study, from November 2006
through January 2007, researchers found that
37,943 Ethiopians were HIV positive, representing
5.4 percent of the total population. The second
phase, which ended in August 2007, showed that
70,470 people (7.3 percent of the population) were
living with HIV.
While FAPCO’s Millennium AIDS Campaign aimed to
test 1.8 million Ethiopians from January through July
of this year, only 982,452 people were tested.
According to Dr. Yibeltal Assefa, health program
officer at HAPCO, 3 million testing kits have been
prepared for the new year.
A new report conducted by Ethiopia’s Federal
HIV/AIDS Control Office (FAPCO) reveals that new
HIV infections there have increased 26 percent
compared to data collected at the beginning of this
year.
In the first phase of the study, from November 2006
through January 2007, researchers found that
37,943 Ethiopians were HIV positive, representing
5.4 percent of the total population. The second
phase, which ended in August 2007, showed that
70,470 people (7.3 percent of the population) were
living with HIV.
While FAPCO’s Millennium AIDS Campaign aimed to
test 1.8 million Ethiopians from January through July
of this year, only 982,452 people were tested.
According to Dr. Yibeltal Assefa, health program
officer at HAPCO, 3 million testing kits have been
prepared for the new year.
| One in 20 people there is HIV positive. |
October 8, 2007
This year’s crop of incoming college students may
have heard plenty about HIV throughout their lives—
but they still might not make prevention a personal
priority, NPR reports.
At a recent meeting at Howard University in
Washington, DC, UNAIDS director Dr. Peter Piot
urged students to become informed about the virus—
and to realize that the global AIDS epidemic is far
from over. He also addressed DC’s high HIV-
infection rate: One in 20 people there is HIV positive.
According to an American College Health
Association study, HIV prevalence among college
students last year was nearly equal to HIV
prevalence in the general population.
This year’s crop of incoming college students may
have heard plenty about HIV throughout their lives—
but they still might not make prevention a personal
priority, NPR reports.
At a recent meeting at Howard University in
Washington, DC, UNAIDS director Dr. Peter Piot
urged students to become informed about the virus—
and to realize that the global AIDS epidemic is far
from over. He also addressed DC’s high HIV-
infection rate: One in 20 people there is HIV positive.
According to an American College Health
Association study, HIV prevalence among college
students last year was nearly equal to HIV
prevalence in the general population.
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November 5, 2007
Long-term psychological distress may speed up HIV
disease progression and lead to early death,
according to a new study led by the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
The study is featured in the November 1 edition of
the American Journal of Psychiatry (ScienceDaily.
com, 11/5).
“Trauma and depression are common among
people with HIV, and trauma and depression seem
to have an effect on disease progression and
mortality in HIV,” says Jane Leserman, PhD, lead
author of the study and professor of psychiatry and
medicine. “Given that, it is critical that clinicians
treating people infected with HIV recognize
depression and trauma as risk factors for poor
health outcomes.”
Researchers interviewed nearly 500 people living
with HIV in the rural southeast, and found that
individuals reporting a greater number of traumatic
experiences progressed to AIDS and died due to
AIDS-related illness sooner than others. More than
half of those studied had experienced physical or
sexual abuse.
Researchers suggest that combining highly active
antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with cognitive
treatments and medication may benefit people living
with both HIV and severe trauma.
Source
poz.com/news
Long-term psychological distress may speed up HIV
disease progression and lead to early death,
according to a new study led by the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
The study is featured in the November 1 edition of
the American Journal of Psychiatry (ScienceDaily.
com, 11/5).
“Trauma and depression are common among
people with HIV, and trauma and depression seem
to have an effect on disease progression and
mortality in HIV,” says Jane Leserman, PhD, lead
author of the study and professor of psychiatry and
medicine. “Given that, it is critical that clinicians
treating people infected with HIV recognize
depression and trauma as risk factors for poor
health outcomes.”
Researchers interviewed nearly 500 people living
with HIV in the rural southeast, and found that
individuals reporting a greater number of traumatic
experiences progressed to AIDS and died due to
AIDS-related illness sooner than others. More than
half of those studied had experienced physical or
sexual abuse.
Researchers suggest that combining highly active
antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with cognitive
treatments and medication may benefit people living
with both HIV and severe trauma.
Source
poz.com/news
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