AIDS Treatment News
Table of Contents, September 21, 2001

• September 11: What Happens Now?
  The terrorist attack will likely set back control of an epidemic that kills 8,000 people every day.

• Tuberculosis: Guidelines Changed for Latent TB Treatment
  Experts urge caution with a two-drug regimen after cases of severe liver injury, including some fatalities.

• HIV/HCV Coinfection: One-Day Conference October 11 in Washington
  The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research will hold a one-day forum on research needs in HIV/hepatitis C coinfection.

• amfAR Announces Research Grants: Letters of Intent Due October 23
  The American Foundation for AIDS Research will fund research on new viral targets, including use of combinatorial libraries.
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• ICAAC Postponed to December 16-19; "Salvage" Workshop Also Postponed
  Two medical conferences were postponed because of concerns about air travel.

• ADAP Funding Crisis: Talking Points
  Patients in a growing number of states are not getting needed medicines due to underfunding of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by Congress and some states.

• U.S. and Switzerland Oppose Developing-Country Proposal on Access to Medicines
  A proposal by 52 developing countries to make sure that trade rules do not prevent access to medications has been opposed by five rich countries, led by the U.S. and Switzerland.

• AIDS Treatment News Publication Schedule
  We published only one issue instead of two in August, and again in September.

• Malawi Plan to Control AIDS Epidemic: Interview with David Scondras of Search for a Cure
  Malawi has developed a model plan to control the epidemic -- including treatment of persons already infected.

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Copyright 2001 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.