Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO HIV EDMONTON'S TRIPLE THREAT HIV/AIDS PEER EDUCATORSCongratulations to HIV Edmonton's Triple Threat HIV/AIDS Peer Educators Jay Bodnariuk, Zoe Hanneman, and Joel Rhein for receiving scholarships to attend the Outrights Human Rights Conference in April 2007. They will be facilitating a presentation, along with HIV Edmonton staff, "A Human-Rights Based Approach to HIV/AIDS Education for LGBT Youth"The Outrights Human Rights Conference will bring together diverse audiences of local, national, and international business and community leaders, academic scholars, students, activists, politicians, philanthropists, members of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) communities, their allies and the broader community from across North America. OutRights will provide an unprecedented opportunity to share knowledge, create action and raise awareness on the human rights issues facing GLBT communities and their allies.
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YOUTH ZINE PROJECTInterested in zines, art, LGBT history, HIV/AIDS, activism, and meeting other youth? This project is for you.
All are welcome; no artistic background required.
The HIV/AIDS Youth Zine Project is a collaborative effort between HIV Edmonton and Youth Understanding Youth (YUY) to empower youth to make safe and healthy choices regarding their sexual decision-making. The Project consists of a five-part education and art series conducted by HIV Edmonton staff and youth volunteer facilitators. Youth will create zines about HIV/AIDS prevention, lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified and two-spirit (LGBTT) figures/role models/activists in the local Edmonton and global HIV/AIDS movement, and personal reflections on the impact of HIV/AIDS related issues on youth and the LGBTT community.
Where: Youth Understanding Youth Group
Upcoming Dates: March 17, April 7, May 5, June 2
For more information about the Youth Zine Project contact 488-5742 ext 241 or comdev@hivedmonton.com
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"WALK A MILE IN OUR SHOES":Reflections of an Expert Panel of Substance Users by Robert Wm. Smith
The 8th Alberta Harm Reduction Conference, Walk a Mile in Our Shoes, held in Calgary last week, brought together social workers, health care providers, and consumer groups to reflect on the latest developments in the area of Harm Reduction in Alberta. While the plenary speakers and workshop presenters were interesting and in some cases provocative, the presence and stories of current and former users in attendance truly defined the purpose of this conference.
The theory of harm reduction deals primarily with HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) disease prevention incorporating a level of understanding and acceptance that allows for interaction, treatment and support of and for individuals where they are. In the realm of addictions and disease, harm reduction philosophy emphasises the need to treat people within their world and not according to the expectations, limitations and restrictions imposed by law enforcement, intolerance and discrimination. (To read the remainder of this article, please click below) >> Click Here
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NATIONAL WOMEN & GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAYStatement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases) The commemoration of the second annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day reminds us that worldwide, our mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, cousins and friends are struggling with HIV/AIDS in growing numbers, and becoming infected with HIV at alarming rates. The imperative to bolster our collective commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS among women and girls has never been stronger. Since the mid-1980s, the number of women and girls affected by HIV/AIDS has steadily increased, despite intensive prevention efforts. In this country, the proportion of AIDS cases among female adults and adolescents (13 years of age and older) increased from 7 percent in 1985 to 27 percent in 2005. Racial and ethnic minorities represent the vast majority of new cases among women. >> Click Here
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ABOUT HALF OF HIV TRANSMISSION OCCUR IN EARLY STAGES OF INFECTION, STUDY SAYS(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report) About half of new HIV cases occur when the person transmitting the virus is in the early stages of infection and unlikely to know if he or she is HIV-positive, according to a study scheduled to be published in the April 1 edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Toronto's Globe and Mail reports (Priest, Globe and Mail, 3/2). For the study, researchers led by Mark Wainberg of the McGill University AIDS Centre conducted phylogenetic analysis -- a genetic analysis that clocks the virus' mutations to estimate the initial date of transmission -- among HIV-positive people in Quebec. They found that 49% of cases were clustered in a way that suggested they had been transmitted by people who recently became HIV-positive. When people first become HIV-positive, they have high viral loads, which increases the chances of transmitting the virus >> Click Here
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MEXICAN DEFENSE MINISTRY TO RE-ENLIST SEVERAL HIV-POSITIVE SOLDIERSMexican Defense Ministry To Re-Enlist Several HIV-Positive Soldiers (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report) Mexican Ministry of Defense officials on Tuesday announced that they will re-enlist several HIV-positive soldiers after the country's Supreme Court ruled their expulsions unconstitutional, Reuters reports (Reuters, 3/6). The defense ministry between 2000 and 2005 discharged 164 soldiers who tested positive for HIV. Eleven military personnel filed legal challenges to their expulsions from the armed services. Mexico's Supreme Court last week ruled 8-3 that a law used to discharge HIV-positive soldiers is unconstitutional and ordered the defense ministry to re-enlist four expelled soldiers. Chief Justice Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia said a section of the law that provides for the expulsion of HIV-positive military personnel based on "uselessness" violates the "rules of equality" protected by the Mexican Constitution. >> Click Here
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SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OF AIDS TO BE DISMANTLEDFunctions Distributed Throughout City's Health Department (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report) San Francisco's Office of AIDS is being dismantled and its functions will be distributed throughout the city's Department of Public Health to address a reduction in federal funds and the "ever-changing nature" of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The office is responsible for about $65 million in AIDS programs, many of them funded by federal grants, the Chronicle reports. According to Jimmy Loyce, director of the AIDS Office, although catastrophic cuts in funding from the Ryan White Program -- which provides funding for HIV/AIDS programs in the U.S. -- have been averted, the city expects to lose $1.5 million from built-in reductions in each of the next three years. Loyce said that the restructuring of the office is the final step in a process that has been going on for several years. The fiscal duties of the office last year were integrated into the health department's financial branch. According to the Chronicle, the main reason for folding the Office of AIDS into the rest of the health department is that HIV-positive people are living longer and face the same kinds of chronic health problems as other aging populations, which are not necessarily uniquely HIV/AIDS-related illnesses.>> Click Here
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COALITION OF MORE THAN 50 CARIBBEAN BROADCASTERS LAUNCH NEW MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON HIV/AIDSHistoric Pan-Caribbean Effort Encourages Audiences to "LIVE UP" in an Age of AIDS (Kaiser New's Release, March 807) In conjunction with the opening of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, an unprecedented coalition of more than 50 television and radio broadcasters across the Caribbean will launch LIVE UP: Love. Protect. Respect. – the first pan-Caribbean effort led by broadcasters to inspire and empower young people to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS across the region. The historic, multi-year campaign will employ positive, inspirational messages to encourage audiences across the Caribbean, especially young people, to better understand their HIV risk and take personal action in response. The campaign’s messages of hope and positive action are being broadcast in 23 nations by members of the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP). >> Click Here
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR EXAMINES MARKETING COSTS, TRANSPARENCY OF PRODUCT RED(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report) The Christian Science Monitor on Monday examined how Product RED -- a project created by Irish musician Bono and DATA co-founder Bobby Shriver that aims to raise money for the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by donating a portion of profits from a range of branded products -- has "drawn praise" for raising $25 million to provide HIV-positive people in Africa with access to antiretroviral drugs. According to the Monitor, Product RED also has garnered "some reservations about marketing costs and a lack of transparency" -- issues that are "not uncommon within the rapidly growing business of cause-related marketing." Product RED advertising campaigns in "top cities and publications has added to the campaign's impact" and "raised some eyebrows," the Monitor reports. >> Click Here
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THE BODY PRO NEWS ITEMSTo access the following articles, you will need to join The Body Pro newsgroup. It is free and very easy to do. You can register right off article page. CROI 2007: Another Integrase Inhibitor -- Elvitegravir (GS-9137) -- Progresses in Development CROI 2007: A Research Update on Tipranavir CROI 2007: Interleukin-2 Expands Select CD4+ T-Cell Populations but Has No Effect on HIV-Specific Immune Responses CROI 2007: TILT: A Look at the Role of Interleukin-2 in Treatment Interruption Leans Toward the Negative Health experts need to contain the spread of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), that is resistant to the two most potent first-line treatments and some of the available second-line drugs, so that it does not spread among people with compromised immune systems, Mario Raviglione, head of the World Health Organization's Stop TB Department, said recently, Reuters reports. According to Raviglione, XDR-TB could trigger a wave of deaths among people living with HIV/AIDS, who are more vulnerable to the disease, given the difficulty in treating the strain. >> Click Here
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SPRING FOR LIFE
Edmonton’s favourite way to welcome Spring is back!!! Visit these locations Wednesday March 21st to buy your ‘Spring for Life’ bouquet for $5. Bellavida Hair Spa - 6112 194 St NW The Horses at Northlands - Northlands Park Mayfield Salon & Day Spa - 16627 109 Ave Students' Union Building - U of A For more information contact Ted at (780)488-5742, ext 227 or email voltoo@hivedmonto.com. Click Here
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BEHIND THE PANDEMIC
Uncovering the link between social inequity and HIV/AIDS. Interested participants MUST R.S.V.P. before March 21st to Sue Ann at (780)488-5742 ext 221 or email contact7@hivedmonton.com
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OUTRIGHTS 2007 |
2007 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS FORUM & AGM
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SEXUAL PURSUIT: Not a Trivial Game
ON SALE NOW!!! You can order this CD-ROM by contacting Robert at (780)488-5742, ext 230 or by emailing men@hivedmonton.com
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