In this issue:
• HIV Edmonton News Release - HIV Edmonton and Spasation will "Shave the Chair"
• AIDS Walk For Life - Extra Mile Club and Early Bird Draw
• ARV Shortage Sets In As Aids Funding Falls
• HIV-blocking Gel For Women: New 'Molecular Condom' Meant To Prevent AIDS
• Global Coalition on Women and AIDS Launches its New Website
• 'Ridiculous' rise in HIV/AIDS cases among deaf
• Trafficked women face high HIV infection risk: Study
• Heartening progress in war on AIDS
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 HIV Edmonton News Release - HIV Edmonton and Spasation will "Shave the Chair"
HIV Edmonton, in partnership with Spasation, is proud to announce a new fundraising event to benefit the 2009 Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life: Alberta Throwdown.
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.jpg) AIDS Walk For Life - Extra Mile Club and Early Bird Draw
September 20, 2009 - 11AM to 4PM - Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
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 ARV Shortage Sets In As Aids Funding Falls
(The EastAfrican - August 3, 2009)
By ESTHER NAKKAZI
Unanticipated shortfalls in funding have forced some health-service providers to stop enrolling new HIV patients on life-prolonging drugs, while others are signing up only those "critically ill" rather than all who qualify for the therapy in accordance with global medical standards.
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 HIV-blocking Gel For Women: New 'Molecular Condom' Meant To Prevent AIDS
(Science Daily - August 10, 2009)
University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of "molecular condom" to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas.
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 Global Coalition on Women and AIDS Launches its New Website
(UNAIDS - August 13, 2009)
The new GCWA website will be going live in the next few days, with a focus on results-oriented information about women and girls in response to the AIDS epidemic.
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 'Ridiculous' rise in HIV/AIDS cases among deaf
(Jamaica Observer - August 10, 2009)
Story by: Rhoma Tomlinson - South Central Bureau
Officials at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf and the Jamaica AIDS Support are reporting a "huge" increase in the number of deaf persons contracting the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and engaging in risky sexual behaviour.
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 Trafficked women face high HIV infection risk: Study
(The Times of India - August 12, 2009)
BALI, Indonesia: Up to a quarter of a million women and girls in Southeast Asia, mostly adolescents, are forced into prostitution each year and face violence and the prospect of contracting HIV/AIDS, researchers said on Wednesday.
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 Heartening progress in war on AIDS
(Chinadaily.com - August 12, 2009)
By Michel Sidibé (China Daily)
More than 1,000 people become infected with HIV in Asia each day.
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Monthly Donations
Are you looking for a way to support HIV/AIDS work in your community? HIV Edmonton is a part of CanadaHelps.org!
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Scotia Bank AIDS Walk For Life 2009
September 20, 2009
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Destination For Two - HIV Edmonton Raffle
HURRY, HURRY, HURRY - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!
1st Prize - 2 Tickets Anywhere WestJet Flies - all air travel fees, taxes and surcharges included
2nd Prize - Evelyn Charles Gift Certificate $250.00
3rd Prize - A Night at the Coast Edmonton Plaza and Breakfast for 2
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Body Mapping Workshop - September 24th - 27th
The deadline to apply for this workshop is September 1st, 2009.
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SOMETHING TO SEE AT THIS YEAR'S FRINGE: NGGRFG
A riotous and poignant one-man tour-de-force about being black and gay in a world that doesn't always have room for either.
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