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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
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Annual AIDS Candlelight VigilDecember 1 (World AIDS Day), 7:00pm A non-denominational evening ceremony dedicated to remembering those we have lost to HIV/AIDS, followed by a candlelight walk. This event is open to the general public. Citadel Theatre 9828 101A Avenue NW. Rice Lobby at 7:00pm. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Paydli sue-ann.p@hivedmonton.comor 780-488-5742 ext. 221. >> Click Here
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Awareness Week and World AIDS Day: HIV Edmonton EventsOrganizations and groups in Edmonton are showing support by hosting their own AIDS Awareness Week events. Do you have an AIDS Awareness Week workshop, event or fundraiser that you would like to add to this list? Email lynn.s@hivedmonton.com or call Lynn at 488-5742 ext. 241.
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Community Event Listing: AIDS Awareness WeekFashion Condoms at Bruce Campbell Youth Centre December 1, 3:00-8:00 pm. Come in and decorate your free condom package with fabric, glitter and sparkle! Pin it to your backpack, purse or self! Free food, games and condoms! This event is open to all youth ages 14-21. Bruce Campbell Youth Centre (Boys and Girls Clubs of Edmonton) - West Edmonton Mall, Lower Level, Entrance 32. Contact: Jen Anderson janderson@bgce.ca. Community Vigil December 1, 6:30 - 7:30 pm. A community vigil hosted by the Moravian Community Church in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Edmonton Moravian Church, 9540 83 avenue. Contact: Rev. Judy Ganz pastoredmontonmoravian@shaw.ca SIHA - SUB - Condom Art! November 24-28, 11:00am - 3:00pm. This is the Students International Health Association (SIHA) annual AIDS Awareness Week event. Join this knowledgeable group of peer educators throughout the week and decorate your very own condom. This event is open to the general public. Student Union Building (SUB) foyer, University of Alberta campus. Contact: siha_localprojects@yahoo.ca The SIHA Condom Art Fashion Show November 28 The Students International Health Association will showcase their dazzling condom art creations! This event is open to the general public. Students Union Building (SUB) stage, University of Alberta campus. Contact: siha_localprojects@yahoo.ca Ribbon Making at the Pride Centre November 27, 3:30 pm HIV Edmonton staff will attend YouthSpace at the Pride Centre to make red ribbons. The Red Ribbon became an international symbol of AIDS Awareness in 1991. Activists and artists established the wearing of a red ribbon as a way of signifying support for people living with HIV/AIDS. This event is open to anyone under age 25. Pride Centre of Edmonton, 9540 111 avenue. Contact: Brendan 780-488-3234 or brendan@pridecentreofedmonton.org Women, HIV and Human Rights Talk December 1, 12:00-1:00pm The Community Medicine Interest Group within the Faculty of Medicine will host Tsion Demeke of HIV Edmonton to discuss women and human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS and this year's World AIDS Day theme of leadership. This event is open to the general public. Community Medicine Interest Group, Medical Sciences Building Room 2-31, U of A. Contact: Cindy at kkao@ualberta.ca
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Newspapers Examine Possible HIV/AIDS Treatment Through Bone Marrow Transplant(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, November 14th, 2008) Several newspapers recently profiled the case of an HIV-positive person who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia and who has had undetectable HIV viral loads for almost two years. For the procedure -- performed by German hematologist Gero Hutter of Berlin's Charite Medical University on a 42-year-old American living in the city -- the patient's bone marrow cells were replaced with those from a donor with a naturally occurring gene mutation that provides immunity to almost all strains of HIV by preventing the CCR5 molecule from appearing on the surface of cells. >> Click Here
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Increasing Number of Countries Criminalizing HIV Transmission(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, November 13, 2008) Some health officials are concerned that a growing trend to criminalize the transmission of HIV will undercut gains made in the fight against the virus worldwide, the AP/Yahoo! News reports. According to a recently released report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation, 33 countries are considering legislation that would prosecute people who transmit the virus, and 58 countries already have similar laws or use existing laws to prosecute HIV transmission. Paul de Lay of UNAIDS said he is concerned that such laws, if "applied badly," could lead to policies that force people to undergo HIV testing or cause people to hide their HIV status. He added that this could move the epidemic underground, allow the virus to spread undetected and "set us back and do incredible damage." >> Click Here
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Global Funding 'Vital' For Preventing Millions of AIDS-Related Deaths, Piot Says(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, November 13, 2008) Millions of HIV-positive people in the world's poorest countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, will die if donors worldwide downsize funding because of the global financial crisis, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. "If we interrupt (funding) even for six months or a year, it will result in millions of deaths," Piot said, adding, "If we interrupt these activities, we will have to pay later as more people will become infected." >> Click Here
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Global Fund Grants Nearly $3B for HIV/AIDS Efforts(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, November 11, 2008) The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday announced it has approved nearly $3 billion in Round 8 funding to improve access to HIV treatment and prevention and help reduce deaths from TB and malaria by 50% by 2015, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (AFP/Yahoo! News, 11/10). The Global Fund's board approved 94 grants worth $2.75 billion, representing the group's largest funding round to date (Global Fund release, 11/10). >> Click Here
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Studies Examine Use of Modified CD4+ T Cells, Vaccine To Fight HIV/AIDS(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, November 11, 2008) A new therapy that involves engineering an HIV-positive individual's own immune system to fight the virus more effectively has been developed by researchers at Adaptimmune in Oxford, England, London's Guardian reports (Randerson, Guardian, 11/10). >> Click Here
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NOIR: Masqueerade Gala
Join the party! 8:00 pm doors / 18+ / Starlite Room, 10030-102 Street, $20 Noir will be a party to lose yourself in. Be engulfed by the night. Unmask what lies within. Explore your dark side and join Exposure as we say good-bye to another fabulous festival. Party alongside Edmonton’s most beguiling queer tribes as you strut your stuff in your own party finest. Noir promises to be an otherworldly unforgettable event.
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World AIDS Day Info
Interested in finding out what is happening in other cities for World AIDS Day? Visit the World AIDS Day website at www.worldaidsday.org/.
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Ross Armstrong Christmas Party
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Join us for our annual holiday party! Participants must be registered with the Ross Armstrong Program. For more information contct Jill Delarue at 780-488-5742 #235.
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