Countries Affected By Aids

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U.S. Should Establish Initiative to Mobilize Health Workers to Countries Affected by HIV/AIDS, Commentary Says

HIV/AIDS is "essentially the black death of the 21st century, killing on a massive scale and threatening to cripple economies and topple governments," Fitzhugh Mullan of George Washington University's Department of Health Policy writes in a... Read more »

U.S. Should Create Organization to Mobilize Health Care Workers to Countries Most Affected by HIV/AIDS, IOM Panel Says

The United States should create an HIV/AIDS "Peace Corps" to send health care workers to "fill the yawning doctor gap" in countries most affected by the pandemic, according to an Institute of Medicine report released on Tuesday, the Wall Street... Read more »

Fishing Communities in Some Developing Countries Highly Affected by HIV/AIDS, Report Says

Fishing communities in some developing countries have higher HIV prevalences, as well as AIDS-related illnesses and mortality rates, than other populations, primarily because of travel and a custom of trading sex for fish, according to a report... Read more »

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Atripla in the pocket in a hot country

Your valuable time spent to help people is a sign of generosity that is touching all HIV+ people. Is it fine & safe to always carry in my pocket, in a small containers box, few doses of Atripla for about 12 days that I use daily and I always add...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thank you for question. The package insert for Atripla states: "Store at 25 C (77 F); excursions permitted to 1530 C (5986 F)" So you should be OK.Good luckJoe... Read more »

Use of Cotrimox for HIV/AIDS in developing countries

Dear Experts,I am doing a research related to promotion of Cotrimox for the treatment of HIV in developing countries where ARV drugs are not available. Could you provide any information regarding the usage of cotrimox, side effects of the drug and...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Cotrimoxazole is one of the trade names for the antibiotic trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (otherwise known as Bactrim or Septra). Cotrimoxazole is the form of the medication most commonly used in resource-limited countries.The medication is... Read more »

aids drugs timing when travelling to another country with different time zone

Hello,my mother would be visiting me here in US very soon. Currently she is on truvada and efavirenz. In india she takes truvada in the morning and efavirenz before going to bed.Since there is a time difference of 12 hours, is it ok if she continues...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thank you for your post.Since efavirenz (Sustiva, part of Atripla) is typically taken around bedtime and has lasts in the body for a long time, the easiest thing to do is to simply take it according to local time. So, when your mother... Read more »

Affects on the US

I'm doing a report on Aids and it's affects on the US. I would like to know what you think the affect on the US is and would like to know if I could quote you on it....

Response from Steven Pieters

Metropolitan Community Church of LA

HIV and AIDS have profoundly impacted the US as well as most other countries around the world. In the US, it has affected our health care system, our economics, and our politics. AIDS activists have challenged the problems with our health care... Read more »

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Care home for people affected with HIV/AIDS

Posted by kel

Hi All~
I don't know if this will interest anyone but her goes. I just recently moved to Phoenix AZ w/ my best freind (who is gay) and we found out that there are no care homes/assisted living facilities for the gay community here or for those... Read more »

Care Home for persons affected w/ HIV/AIDS

Posted by kel

Catholic Relief Services- HIV/AIDS Chief of Party

Posted by hrrecruiting

Requisition Number: I 08 001

Background:
CRS is the consortium lead for AIDSRelief, which is operational in 9 countries in Africa and the Caribbean. The Consortium in Rwanda comprises CRS as the prime, in partnership with the Institute... Read more »

support for country folks

Posted by camper, 4 Replies

I have no support at all, family or friends, went to the aids place near here but make to much money to qualify for the group sessions, i make 2100.00 a month.with that i support a sister,and help parents. i really go thure depression keeping this... Read more »

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