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Health region, tribal council partnership aims to address changing face of disease in city

A new clinic offering diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases -- along with a menu of related services -- will open in Saskatoon's inner city. When it opens its doors, the Saskatoon HIV Aboriginal Reduction of Harm Program, or SHARP, will be the first of its kind in the city. It will offer "one-stop shopping" of services for people at risk of and living with HIV.

Source: ABC News

A study focusing on HIV infection trends in Australian gay men is predicting a substantial increase in HIV infection in some states over the next seven years.

The report released today by the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research predicts a 73 per cent rise in HIV infections in Victoria and a 20 per cent rise in Queensland by 2015.

Source: Kaiser Network

Source: Abbott

Source: Doctor's Guide
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA -- April 12, 2007 -- A convenient, easy to use, and rapid alternative to blood-based HIV testing may become the new standard for field testing according to a new study. The study shows that the oral fluid-based OraQuick HIV1/2 test is 100% accurate and patients' preferred choice.

Source: UNAIDS

On December 1 2006, UNAIDS joined with a broad range of UN and Thai partners to organize a World AIDS Day event with a difference.

As well as hosting a packed celebration event, Thailand captured international attention with an attempt to create the world’s longest chain of condoms.

And at the end of March, confirmation arrived—at 2,715 metres long, the condom chain sets a new Guinness World Record™.

Source: Reuters

By Laura MacInnis

GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Wednesday endorsed male circumcision as a way to prevent HIV infections in heterosexual men and said it should be made more easily available in African countries.

Two U.N. agencies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS, backed recent research showing that removing the foreskin of the penis can more than halve men's vulnerability to the virus causing AIDS from having sex with HIV-infected women.

HIV-positive people who say religion is an important part of their lives are likely to have fewer sexual partners and engage in high-risk sexual behavior less frequently than other people with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a study issued today by the RAND Corporation.

As a result, people with HIV who have stronger religious ties are less likely to spread the virus, according to the study by the nonprofit research organization.

Source: The Gateway 

Chloé Fedio, Managing Editor Tuesday, 3 April 2007