Public Health Metrics Used To Assess The Outcome Of Hiv Prevention

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University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics to Host Conference on Improving Calculation of Global Health Data

About 300 public health officials and researchers from around the world gathered on Wednesday for a two-day conference aimed at improving methods for collecting, analyzing and disseminating global health data, including information on HIV/AIDS, the ... Read more »

Different Metrics Should Be Used in Different Settings to Measure Antiretroviral Program Success

Noting the recent publication in Science of two studies showing "the profound impact of antiretroviral-therapy coverage at a population level" -- how wider coverage can increase life expectancy and reduce the risk of HIV infection -- Grace... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Community Planning, HIV Prevention, and a Needs Assessment for Men Who Have Sex With Men: The South Beach Health Survey

This study was designed to plan for a series of culturally competent and sexually appropriate public health interventions for a highly mobile population of men who have sex with men (MSM). The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey with a... Read more »

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David Imagawa, MD studied window period for CDC. What results were misinterpreted by public health officials and media?

What are David Imagawa's research results on latency? Why are they misinterpreted by public health officials and media?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.From your question, I believe you are referring to the 1989 report of highrisk Gay men taking longer than the usual 6 months to show positive on theHIV antibody test. In these studies they found several Gay men who... Read more »

Outcome for 50+ with KS

A family member has been recently diagnosed with AIDS. His CD4 count is 80 but only contracted the virus just over two years ago. He is now on Truvada and Sustiva, with ABx and is waiting for chemo for the KS which is only on the skin. He is 55 and...

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

I am sorry to hear about your family member. He is on a good choice of meds and as his CD4 rises and the chemo works his KS will regress and new lesions stop appearing. Sometimes new lesions get unmasked by inflammation as the immune system recovers... Read more »

Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 3 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2010)

Thanks again. I understand your difficulties in managing a prevention forum since your objective is to put more fear on the disease to lower further infections but the general and widespread opinion of doctors and researchers is that HIV is a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Dude, you're spending way too much time on this site and arguing with the wrong guy. Generally you and I agree on most things. It's just that I have the perspective of being HIV infected since January 1991 plus the experience of being... Read more »

Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 2 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2009)

Thanks for your quick response. I have to disagree too on one point. You said that HIV is 100% preventable which is correct but it ignores the nature of human beings. Let me explain. Many actually know the ways of transmission but this leads not...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Sorry, I have to disagree with your disagreement!The statement that HIV is 100% preventable is completely true and has nothing to do with human nature! It's just a scientific fact that we could prevent all (or essentially all) HIV... Read more »

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How to fight HIV - Public Health Reform

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

http://www.monthlyreview.org/nfte0904.htm
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~josephwd/Cuba/delaVega.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2014854&dopt=Abstract

Many won't like this but I think... Read more »

HIV & Public Health - lets rethink.....

Posted by GamboJim, 2 Replies

All,

I posted this reply to one of the messages earlier. I feel we need to examine current testing conditions to really fight HIV. Also google "Sharon Mitchell" & "Pcr" - she's the Director of AIM (clinic that caters to Adult Industry) - for her... Read more »

SENIOR PUBLIC POLICY ASSOCIATE (Ref. Code: SPPA-PP

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SENIOR PUBLIC POLICY ASSOCIATE (Ref. Code: SPPA-PP)
The Senior Public Policy Associate is responsible for the overall development, coordination and implementation of NMAC's gay men/MSM of color policy and HIV/AIDS stigma initiatives and its impact on... Read more »

Public Relations Manager LA

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Public Relations Manager / Media & Marketing - Support the Media and Marketing Division in the coordination of public relations and marketing efforts for agency programs and services including special events, prevention and client health... Read more »

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