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| Shim Clinic 168 Bedok South Avenue 3 #01-473 Singapore 460168 Tel: (+65) 6446 7446 Fax: (+65) 6449 7446 Web: HIV Singapore | |
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Angola: Charity Association Campaigns Against HIV/----
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:23 +0100 | AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
An awareness campaign aimed at informing, educating and holding an interpersonal communication with residents of Samba District, in Luanda, was held Sunday here by the Christian Charitable Association ( ABC), in light of its programme of fight against decease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
BAHRAIN: No Change Seen in Ban on Entry of People with HIV
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:23:16 +0100 | IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/----
Bahrain may be dependent on expatriate labour, but that has
not stopped it from deporting migrant workers who are found to
be HIV-positive. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/----)
Medical Brain Drain In Africa – Mbeki
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:57:20 +0100 | the international medical market place
Pretty shocking stats as former South African president Mbeki makes case for African universities.
Add to this under funded healthcare systems in Africa, new learning democracies – compared with a vociferous thirst for additional medical talent in treating an ever aging population in the “West”, it’s not hard to see that the struggle for scarce resources is not an even playing field right now. Especially in healthcare.
In 1998 South Africans numbered the largest group of foreign dentists in the United Kingdom, he said.
“Only 50 out of 600 doctors trained in Zambia since independence were still practising in Zambia. More Malawi doctors were practising in the city of Manchester in the UK than in the whole of Malawi.
“One estimate says that Africa lost USD ...
AIDSinfo Launches Mobile Site
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:23:46 +0100 | Midcontinental Region News
AIDSinfo http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services project, managed by the National Library of Medicine, that offers the latest federally approved HIV/---- medical practice guidelines, HIV treatment and prevention clinical trials, and other research information for health care providers, researchers, people affected by HIV/----, and the general public. Along with housing the latest HIV medical practice guidelines, the Web site provides access to many other resources related to HIV treatment and research. Health information specialists are also available by phone, e-mail, and an online chat to assist the public with accessing this information.
AIDSinfo now offers a mobile site http://m.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ that allows users to access its resources and inform...
Cardiovascular risk factors associated with lower baseline cognitive performance in HIV-positive persons
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:02 +0100 | Neurology
Conclusions: In this HIV-positive population with high CD4 cell counts, neurocognitive impairment was associated with prior CVD. Lower neurocognitive performance was associated with prior CVD, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, but not conventional HAD risk factors. The contribution of CVD and cardiovascular risk factors to the neurocognition of HIV-positive populations warrants further investigation. (Source: Neurology)
Changes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Rates Among Urban Adolescents After Introduction of Routine and Rapid Testing [Article]
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:50:34 +0100 | Archives of Pediatrics
Conclusions The HIV testing rates increased significantly following publication of recommendations for routine testing and further increased following introduction of rapid testing. Combining routine and rapid testing strategies may increase uptake of HIV testing among adolescents in primary care settings. (Source: Archives of Pediatrics)
When Is a Review Article Not a Review Article? [The Pediatric Forum]
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:50:34 +0100 | Archives of Pediatrics
(Source: Archives of Pediatrics)
When Is a Review Article Not a Review Article?--Reply [The Pediatric Forum]
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:50:34 +0100 | Archives of Pediatrics
(Source: Archives of Pediatrics)
Innovation in sexually transmitted disease and HIV prevention: internet and mobile phone delivery vehicles for global diffusion
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:15:57 +0100 | ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics
Source: Swendeman D, Rotheram-Borus MJ. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 23(2) Content: PURPOSE OF REVIEW:
Efficacious behavioral interventions and practices have not been universally accepted, adopted, or diffused by policy makers, administrators, providers, advocates, or consumers. Biomedical innovations for sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV prevention have been embraced but their effectiveness is hindered by behavioral factors. [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)