Taiwan & HIV/AIDS
- Also In Global Health News: HIV-Positive Students In Taiwan; U. K. Commitment To Zimbabwe; Scientists Discover Faster, Cheaper HIV Test, How Schistosomiasis Drug Works; Africa's Male Circumcision Programs (June 25, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Taiwan Harm Reduction Program for IDUs Praised at International Conference (April 28, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Genital Beading: A Risk Factor for HIV in Taiwanese Men (August 5, 2008)
Tony Szu-Hsien Lee explains the practice of genital beading (inserting small beads underneath the skin of the penis shaft) among injection drug users in Taiwan, and how it may increase HIV risk.
From The Body PRO
- Taiwan Releases More Than 9,000 Inmates; Action Could Affect HIV Prevention Efforts, Officials Say (July 18, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIV Treatment = HIV Prevention? (August 5, 2004)
[Archived Article]
Since Taiwan started providing free antiretrovirals to its HIV-positive citizens, its HIV infection rate has been cut in half, while rates of syphilis and gonorrhea have remained the same.
From BBC News
- Taiwanese Hemophiliacs File Lawsuit Against Bayer Over Blood-Clotting Products Allegedly Made With HIV-Tainted Blood (August 11, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Taiwan HIV Cases Exceed 4,000 -- Official Figures (November 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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