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Friday, January 09, 2009 |
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Employment OpportunityAlberta Community Council on HIV (ACCH) - Executive Director The Alberta Community Council on HIV (ACCH) is a non-profit, provincial organization with a membership consisting of the 13 HIV/AIDS Service Organizations in Alberta. >> Click Here
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A Twisted Pro-HIV Agenda - By Mindelle Jacobs(SunMedia - January 9, 2009) Growing numbers of gay men are having unprotected sex and some of them are either deliberately transmitting HIV to other men or are trying to get infected, says an alarmed academic. >> Click Here
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Women Can Contract HIV Through Healthy Tissue, Study Says(Kaiser Daily HIV and AIDS - December 18, 2008) A new study has found that HIV appears to attack normal, healthy genital tissue in women and does not require breaks in the skin to infiltrate cells, offering new perspectives on how the virus is spread, researchers said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. >> Click Here
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Four Out of Five Incoming Prison Inmates in North Carolina Tested for HIV Under New Program(Kaiser Daily HIV and AIDS - December 17, 2008) Four out of five inmates newly incarcerated in North Carolina prisons in November were tested for HIV through a new program launched by the Department of Correction and the Division of Public Health, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. >> Click Here
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Government of Indonesian Province Rejects Plan To Implant Microchips in Some HIV-Positive People(Kaiser Daily HIV and AIDS - December 17, 2008) The parliament in the Indonesian province of Papua has rejected plans to implant microchips in some HIV-positive people following opposition from government officials, health care workers and advocates, the AP/Google.com reports. >> Click Here
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New York Times Examines Pilot HIV Testing Program in Emergency Departments(Kaiser Daily HIV and AIDS - January 5, 2009) The New York Times on Sunday examined a CDC pilot program that began Dec. 1, 2008, at three Connecticut hospital emergency departments and provides no-cost HIV testing to patients. >> Click Here
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Study Links Diet To Health In HIV Positive Men(CATIE News - January 5, 2009) One of the hallmarks of untreated HIV/AIDS is unintentional weight loss, or wasting. In the early 1980s, before the name AIDS was given to the pandemic, people in East Africa referred to AIDS-related wasting as "slim" or "slim disease." >> Click Here
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HIV/AIDS in Dallas County, Tex. Spur Officials To Lobby Against Condom Distribution Ban(Kaiser Daily HIV and AIDS - December 23, 2008) The number of HIV-positive residents in Dallas County, Tex., has increased during the past five years, leading some county officials to express concern about the effects of a condom distribution ban enacted 13 years ago, the Dallas Morning News reports. >> Click Here
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Film Screening with Peter Kingstone and Community Discussion
Monday, January 12 2009, 6:30pm HIV Edmonton, Ross Armstrong Room, 11456 - Jasper Ave Click Here
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Booksigning - Audrey's Books and University of Manitoba Press Present
Larry Krotz author of: The Uncertain Business of Doing Good: Outsiders in Africa 7:30pm - Monday, January 12 at Audrey's Books - 10702 Jasper Avenue Click Here
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The DYNAMICS of HIV and AIDS
Do YOU want to know more about HIV and AIDS??? Three times a year we offer a 2-day workshop, next offering: January 15 & 16, 2009 Topics include: HIV 101: The Basics, Harm Reduction, Viral Replication and Treatment, Local/Global Issues, Determinants of Health and Human Rights To find out more or to register, check out our website at: www.hivedmonton.com/index/learning.htm Contact: Tsion at 780.488.5742 Ext. 229, or tsion.d@hivedmonton.com
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Fourth Annual - Memorial for Homeless Persons - January 24, 2009
3:00pm to 4:00pm - Boyle Street Community Services, 10116 - 105 Avenue Everyone welcome - Round Dance to follow, for more information, please contact Lorette at 424.8335.
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