Suara Merdeka, 7 Agustus 2014

YOGYAKARTA, suaramerdeka.com - Dokter Bagian Penyakit Dalam RSUP Dr Kariadi Semarang sekaligus dosen Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Diponegoro (Undip) dr Muchlis Achsan Udji Sofro SpPD, berhasil memperoleh gelar doktor dari Fakultas Kedokteran UGM, usai mengikuti ujian terbuka promosi doktor.

Dalam kesempatan tersebut, pria kelahiran Pemalang, Jawa Tengah, 51 tahun lalu itu, berhasil mempertahankan penelitian disertasinya mengenai ''Kajian Imunologis, Klinis dan Virologist Terhadap Respon Regulatory T Cell (Treg) Pada Pasien HIV dan TB-HIV Dalam Terapi Antiretroviral''.

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AIDSMAP, 7 August 2014

Integrating intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention strategies into HIV prevention programming led to a significant reduction in HIV incidence and in women's experience of physical and sexual violence from intimate partners in Rakai, Uganda, delegates heard last month at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne.

Significant reductions in risk behaviours including spousal rape (adjusted prevalence risk ratio [aPRR]: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.66-0.97) and increased HIV disclosure were reported in this cluster randomised trial comprising over 11,000 men and women aged between 15 and 49 years, Fred Nalugoda, presenting on behalf of the Rakai Health Services Programme, told delegates.

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the Body, 6 August 2014

CHICAGO -- HIV/AIDS activists have found a unique way to pressure the U.S. to prioritize and address rising rates of HIV among communities of color. In a report submitted to the United Nations, a national coalition of HIV/AIDS advocacy organizations details the disparate impact of HIV/AIDS on communities of color, and identifies the lack of U.S. action on social drivers of the epidemic in those communities as a human rights violation.

Led by the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), a project of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC), the report calls on the U.S. to make good on its ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in January 2013. In the Convention, the U.S. pledged to "address disparities in HIV prevention and care involving racial and ethnic minorities and other marginalized populations."

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Punch, 6 August 2014

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Professor John Idoko, has stressed the need for concerted efforts in order to sustain the project especially in the face of the various successes recorded since the emergence of the virus in 1986.

The NACA boss stated this during the national dialogue on effective implementation and post 2015 development agenda in Abuja.

He said Nigeria as a country has seen remarkable reduction in new infections, significant reduction in the elimination of mother to child transmission, and use of treatment as prevention.

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Digital Journal, 6 August 2014

Statement from the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Regarding the Launch of the Accelerating Children's HIV/AIDS Treatment Initiative

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) welcomes today's launch of the Accelerating Children's HIV/AIDS Treatment (ACT) initiative, which was announced during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The new partnership between the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is a critical step toward ending AIDS in children.

ACT is an ambitious $200 million initiative to double the number of children receiving lifesaving antiretroviral therapy (ART) across 10 priority African countries over the next two years. This new initiative will enable 300,000 more children to receive ART.

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