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Neighbours sue to shut down needle exchangeDowntown problems could get worse if exchange has to use funds for legal fees, says mayor - Cindy E. Harnett, Victoria Times Colonist Victoria Mayor Alan Lowe warns downtown's problems could become a lot worse if the cash-strapped needle-exchange must use its limited money and time fighting legal action by area businesses and residents. A suit aimed at shutting down the downtown needle exchange was filed in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday afternoon. "It doesn't help the needle exchange when they have to use their money and time to defend the injunction," Lowe said. "That will just mean less dollars to operate the needle exchange, which could mean even more problems in that area." >> To read remainder of article Click Here
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Noteworthy Research - Canadian HIV/AIDS Information CentreLyles, Cynthia M. et al. [2007] Best-evidence interventions : findings from a systematic review of HIV behavioral interventions for US populations at high risk, 2000-2004. American Journal of Public Health 97(1): p.133-143. This article reviews the literature on HIV behavioral interventions in the United States from 2000 to 2004, and identifies interventions that showed the most promise for reducing HIV risk. The review was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis Team. The researchers identified 18 interventions with proven efficacy to reduce HIV-related risk behaviours or sexually transmitted infections, some of which target populations at high risk of HIV infection or transmission. The authors conclude that effective prevention tools still need to be identified and/or developed for populations with the greatest need. http://pubs.cpha.ca/PDF/P43/24524.pdf
Cameron, D., Tran, T., Bone, G. [2007] Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation : involvement and opportunities for occupational therapists. Occupational Therapy Now 9(1): p.1-5. This article focuses on how and why occupational therapists have become involved in a variety of roles within the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR). The article also suggests opportunities for future involvement, with the hope that greater involvement of occupational therapists in CWGHR will give them greater awareness and insight in order to better respond to the rehabilitation needs of people living with HIV and AIDS. http://pubs.cpha.ca/PDF/P42/24505.pdf The above articles come to you from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre a division of the Canadian Public Health Association
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AIDS myths persist despite widespread information campaignsJack Aubry, CanWest News Service Sunday, July 08, 2007 OTTAWA -- Urban legends about HIV/AIDS continue to circulate among young male Canadian adults, including the untrue story about a man using a syringe filled with infected blood to randomly infect people with the disease, a newly released government report reveals. It also cited the retelling of the fabricated tale about a depressed woman with AIDs who becomes obsessed with infecting others through sex and leaving a note with their sleeping sexual partner that says: "Welcome to the world of AIDS."
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Freedom HIV/AIDS Game - India and AfricaThis initiative draws on the intense and increasing popularity of mobile phones in India to create and deliver interactive learning solutions to teach people about HIV/AIDS. A key strategy for this role-play-based game involves capitalising on the popularity of the sport of cricket in India. On World AIDS Day 2006, as part of a partnership between ZMQ Software Systems and the Dutch development organisation Hivos, 2 mobile games were then launched in Kenya - in both English and the local language (Kiswahili), using local characters, familiar heroes, and colloquial phrases. Again, here, the theme of sports is a central strategy: "AIDS Penalty Shoot-out", is based on soccer, which organisers describe as a popular sport in Africa. Other games appeal to different skills and personalities, such as "Ribbon Chase" (an arcade-based game in which the player is the red ribbon and he or she has to deliver messages to different cities in the world with the HIV virus in pursuit), "Mission! Messenger" (an adventure game for casual users), and "Quiz with Babu" (a live game-show-based quiz geared toward users who enjoy questions and reasoning). >> Click Here
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Protein Accumulation Might Cause Fat Deposits - Protease InhibitorsProtein Accumulation Might Cause Fat Deposits, Other Side Effects in HIV-Positive People Taking Protease Inhibitors, Study Says Similarities between genetic conditions that cause early aging and side effects experienced by some HIV-positive people when taking protease inhibitors might explain the fat accumulation associated with the drugs, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Reuters reports. Protease inhibitors can cause metabolic complications -- such as an unhealthy accumulation of cholesterol in the blood, high blood pressure and an increased risk of diabetes -- Reuters reports. The drugs also can cause a condition called lipodystrophy -- an abnormal redistribution of body fat that gives some HIV-positive people gaunt cheeks and limbs, as well as an accumulation of fat on the back of the neck. >> Click Here
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New Report on Societal Impact of HIV/AIDS(Kaiser Family Foundation - July 23, 2007) As the number of people living with HIV/AIDS continues to grow, the pandemic has affected many sectors of society, reaching well beyond its direct human toll. The Kaiser Family Foundation has prepared a primer on The Multisectoral Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, which explains this concept and summarizes key research assessing impacts to date in many of the worst affected countries, including effects on population structure and demographics, individuals and households, the public and private sectors, health, education, agriculture and food security, and the economy.
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Examination of US Policy on HIV/AIDS Funding & Sex WorkArticle Examines U.S. Policy Requiring Groups That Receive HIV/AIDS Funding To Condemn Commercial Sex Work [Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report - Jul 24, 2007] "The U.S. Anti-Prostitution Pledge: First Amendment Challenges and Public Health Priorities," PLoS Medicine: The article, by Nicole Franck Masenior and Chris Beyrer of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at Johns Hopkins University, provided a summary of scientific evidence on methods to reduce the spread of HIV among commercial sex workers. The article was written for an ongoing case over a U.S. policy requiring recipients of federal HIV/AIDS service grants to pledge to oppose commercial sex work. According to the authors, one of their primary findings is that the blending of the words "prostitution" and "sex trafficking" in the legislation authorizing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is "not accepted as standard language or practice by the scientific literature on HIV/AIDS or by international agencies with HIV prevention programs." The article also examined the link between privately funded HIV prevention programs and the First Amendment and judicial decisions made in the case (Franck Masenoir/Beyrer, PLoS Medicine, July 2007). >> To read full article Click Here
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NYC Provides Condoms to SeniorsNew York City Provides No-Cost Condoms, HIV Tests to Elderly in Effort To Prevent Spread of Virus [Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report - Jul 27, 2007] The New York City Department for the Aging is providing no-cost condoms and HIV tests to the city's elderly population in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus throughout the group, the AP/Forbes reports. According to Bernard Branson, associate director for laboratory diagnostics in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at CDC, people ages 50 to 64 accounted for 14% of new HIV diagnoses in 2005, and people ages 65 and older accounted for about 2% of diagnoses. >> Click Here
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16th Annual AIDS Walk for Life
Please visit our Blogspot and add comments or challenge one another to come up with the most creative donor request. www.hivedmontonaidswalk.blogspot.com Register online by Clicking Here!
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Michael Phair Roast
An evening to roast and recognize Michael Phair’s 15 years of service to the Edmonton Community! Saturday, September 8, 2007, Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel (10155 - 105 Street) Cocktails - 6:00 pm Dinner - 7:00 pm Click Here to see Poster
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1st Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Policy Forum
September 18 & 19, 2007, Gouverneur Place Dupuis Hotel, 1413 Rue Saint-Hubert, Montreal, Quebec Hosted by the National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS www.caan.ca Download Application Form here
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