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HIV/AIDS Red Ribbon Campaign

Posted by MiracleAlbert

The Red Ribbon Campaign is a work place HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention Strategy to raise aggressive awareness about the AIDS Epidemic. As well, it is a Charity Fundraiser geared towards raising funds for our Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Service... Read more »

Need HIV Awareness wristbands and ribbons

Posted by Anonymous

I am volunteering to help people in my village in Africa to acknowledge the destruction of AIDS. There is a lot of denial, even when loved ones die of AIDS, as no one wants to talk about it. Hoever, we believe having people who have lost relatives,... Read more »

Paint it Red Project

Posted by AshnBham

Paint it Red and Help on the War Against HIV {30 Years of Fighting}

Dear Fellow HIV Peers and Artists:

This December 1st will mark the 30th Worlds AIDS Day. As a creative community I am asking that we all create a work of art using the color red to... Read more »

BOYCOTT Project (RED) Auction Sothebys

Posted by Alex1, 2 Replies

SEE RED & BOYCOTT Project (RED) Auction

Sothebys New York 14th February 2008

"An error can never become true however many times you repeat it. " Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948).

We are calling upon Bono of The (Project) Red Campaign, Damien Hirst,... Read more »

UNICEF HIV/AIDS Project Officer - East Timor

Posted by Anonymous

UNICEF HIV/AIDS Project Officer - East Timor
Joe Thomas, East Timor
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UNICEF is actively looking for qualified applicants for this post. Please forward it to anyone you think may be interested. Info and contact e-mails... Read more »

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Scared I was infected at Aids project testing site

Hi Dr Bob, After 8 years I finaly got the courage to go take a rapid test at my local site called the aids project. I felt great after hearing my counselor tell me that my oraquick test was negative. That feeling only lasted for a few days while I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Scared in Mass.,You state, ". . . I think I am going crazy." I agree!Imagining faint red lines that really aren't there, worrying about scraped knuckles, fearing a lancet that has been safety engineered so it can't possibly... Read more »

Red Pimple-like Rashes on Body

My friend who was recently diagnosed HIV+ was also found to have syphilis. His CD4 and viral load status are healthy so he is not on any medication now. However, he went on a penicillin treatment to cure his syphilis. After the penicillin treatment...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,The interaction between HIV and syphilis is complex. (See below.)What you are describing may be a Jarish-Herxheimer reaction. This can occur when secondary syphilis is treated with penicillin and appears to be more common in HIV-positives than... Read more »

Red circle/spot in Banana bought near hiv test centre

Dear Dr. Frascino,This afternoon, I bought some bananas near a hospital which is the HIV test centre of the city I live in. When I peeled off one of the bananas, I found a small red circle with about 2-3 mm in diametre in the pulp.The outside peel...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi, Michael.So you're worried that folks who test HIV positive "lose moral control" and inject blood into bananas? Dude, tell me you're kidding. Please tell me you're kidding. Because if you're not kidding, I'll... Read more »

Information requested on Red - Dot Test for HIV 1 & 2

Dear Doctor, I am seeking some information on a HIV test called Red Dot HIV 1 & 2 . It is a rapid room temperature test for HIV 1 & 2 antibodies . It is manufactured by Cal Test Diagnostics, Chino , California. The brochure also mentions...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

The company had been sent a warning letter from the US FDA about the performance of this assay. Buyer beware as to the validity of the results.... Read more »

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"Red Ribbon Express" Train to Spread Anti-HIV Message Across India

India in two months plans to launch the "Red Ribbon Express," a seven-coach train that will travel across the country for one year and visit over 40,000 villages in an effort to spread HIV awareness and knowledge, newKerala.com reports. "With... Read more »

Exclusion of Family Planning, HIV Prevention From Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Partnership Is "Counter-Intuitive"

In this Huffington Post opinion piece , Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity, examines the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which was launched last month by PEPFAR in conjunction with the George W. Bush Institute,... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

California: Red Ribbon on Twin Peaks Hill Marks First CDC Report of Disease

On Sunday, about 100 volunteers installed a giant red AIDS awareness ribbon on the eastern slope of San Francisco's Twin Peaks to mark the 30th anniversary of the epidemic. CDC's first report of the condition that would become known as AIDS was... Read more »

Five Organizations Awarded Red Ribbons for HIV/AIDS Efforts

The United Nations Development Programme on Thursday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City awarded five organizations from Ghana, India, Iran, Malawi and Mexico with Red Ribbon Awards , recognizing their efforts in fighting... Read more »

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