<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Diaz, Clara</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:diazc@unaids.org">diazc@unaids.org</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:43 PM<br>
Subject: Today&#39;s News (2012.11.27ex)<br>To: <br><br><br>




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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Please
find attached the following AIDS-related articles compiled by UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
MENA Financial Network - </span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Saudi
  Arabia</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> calls for Arab
anti-AIDS strategy   <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">AFRICA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> AND MIDDLE EAST               <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
The Guardian, <u></u>Nigeria<u></u> - </span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Nigeria</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> may introduce AIDS
tax, improves HIV funding</span></font></span><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
Daily <u></u><u></u>Nation<u></u>, <u></u>Kenya<u></u><u></u> - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">HIV/Aids trend worrying
(Editorial) <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">3.
IRIN PlusNews - </span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">UGANDA</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">: Fishing communities
missing out on HIV treatment <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">4. Gabonews
- </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Nouvelle
croisade anti-Sida à Libreville <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">ASIA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> AND PACIFIC<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
Indian Express - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">‘Corporate has greater role in tackling AIDS’ <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
Global Times, <u></u>China<u></u> - </span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Guangdong</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> boosts HIV/AIDS aid <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">EUROPE<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">1. AFP
- </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Hollande:
la France se donnera tous les moyens d&#39;en finir avec le sida  <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
The Guardian -</span></font></span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> <span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">Improving
health management through the HealthSource <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">3.
<u></u><u></u>El Mundo<u></u>, <u></u>Spain<u></u><u></u> - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35">Malestar por los
recortes contra el sida <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">LATIN AMERICA AND <u></u>CARIBBEAN<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
Fox News (Latino) - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">80 Pct of Cuban AIDS patients diagnosed since 1986 still
alive <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">2. TN,
Argentina - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">HIV: Se registran 5500 nuevos casos por año en el país <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">3. Diario
Correo, Peru - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Jóvenes de 21 a 28, víctimas de VIH-SIDA <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">4.
G1 Globo, <u></u><u></u>Brazil<u></u><u></u>
- </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35">Campanha
fará teste gratuito de Aids em SP <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">NORTH AMERICA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
Inter Press News Agency - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Older, Wiser and Living with HIV/AIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
New York Times - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">A Fresh Start at Family, After Addiction, Prison and
Disease<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">3.
<u></u><u></u>Los Angeles<u></u><u></u>
Times - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">HIV tests should be routine for most, Canada AIDS experts
say<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">4.
Globe and Mail, CN - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Foreign aid should reflect <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>’s priorities:
equality, democracy, health <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">===========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">===========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Saudi
  Arabia</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> calls for Arab
anti-AIDS strategy   <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">MENA Financial Network<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">27/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">(MENAFN
- Arab News) An increase in the incidence of AIDS in some Arab countries is a
cause for concern, because of its high mortality rate, Health Minister Dr.
Abdullah Al- Rabeeah said. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Ziad
Al-Memish, undersecretary to the Ministry of Health for Public Health read out
Al-Rabeeah&#39;s message at the inauguration of the &quot;Arab AIDS
Initiative&quot;, held at the Four Seasons Hotel in <u></u><u></u>Riyadh<u></u><u></u> on Sunday.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Al-Memish
said that a vulnerable group is being affected due to unhealthy social
behavior. Under these circumstances, the minister stressed the importance of an
Arab strategy to fight this disease, which could otherwise, take a serious toll
on our communities.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">On
behalf of the health minister, Al-Memish opened a new website: <a href="http://www.nap.sa.com" target="_blank">www.nap.sa.com</a>
and launched a national strategy to fight AIDS in the Kingdom. He also urged
the delegates to form a national strategy in their respective countries to
fight the disease. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Health in
cooperation with the Arab League and the joint United Nations Program on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Al-Memish
said the meeting, an initiative of the Saudi government, was organized to draft
a clear road map to prevent AIDS and raise greater awareness in a culturally
sensitive manner. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The
undersecretary said that the incidence of AIDS in the Kingdom for the past two
years has been kept at a steady rate due to the organized efforts of the
Ministry of Health. &quot;Through a mobile network campaign, we have been able
to reach millions of subscribers, notifying them about the hazards of this
disease,&quot; he said. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The
mission of the National AIDS Program (NAP) is to prevent new HIV infections
from occurring and working toward getting &#39;zero new infections, zero deaths and
zero stigma and discrimination&#39; in the Kingdom. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Under
the program, NAP envisions every person living with HIV and AIDS in the Kingdom
will have access to quality care and will be treated with dignity. It seeks the
involvement of multisectorial partners in health and non-health sectors, civil
society, people affected with HIV/AIDS and faith-based organizations to halt
the further spread of HIV and to maintain low prevalence rates of HIV among vulnerable
groups and the general population.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Speaking
to Arab News, Sanaa M Filemban, director of the national AIDS Program in the
MoH, pointed out that this is only a meeting to chalk out a plan to fight AIDS
at regional and national levels. She said that the MoH is planning a national
program from 2013 to 2017 to combat the disease in the Kingdom. She also said
that the new website and the national program would go together in the fight
against this dreadful disease.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The
<u></u>Middle East<u></u> and North Africa (MENA) has one of
the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. The estimated number of adults
and children living with HIV in the region increased from 320,000 in 2001 to
470,000 in 2010. The estimated number of adults and children newly infected
with HIV grew from 43,000 in 2001 to 59,000 in 2010. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The
Saudi Forum on uniting Arab countries to fight AIDS held in Riyadh in 2011
called on all Arab countries to review their national strategic plans and
combat AIDS, while focusing on the human rights issues of people living with
HIV. The forum also urged participating nations to expand and improve their
AIDS support services, treatment centers and prevention campaigns.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Jan
Beagle, deputy executive director of UNAIDS, and Laila Negm, delegate minister
and head of the health and humanitarian department at the Arab League, also
addressed the gathering. Both government and nongovernmental representatives
attended the meeting from 22 Arab countries.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">===========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">AFRICA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> AND MIDDLE EAST<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">===========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Nigeria</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> may introduce AIDS
tax, improves HIV funding . <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">The Guardian, <u></u><u></u>Nigeria<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">From
Chukwuma Muanya (Lagos) and Emeka Anuforo, (Abuja)<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">TO
improve domestic funding for Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and prevent new infections especially from
mother to child transmission, the Federal Government may soon introduce AIDS
tax.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Also,
the country has improved its domestic funding for HIV by 10 per cent.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Meanwhile,
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have stepped up calls on the National
Assembly to represent the anti-stigmatisation bill and give it accelerated
hearing.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">In
the same vein, the government through the National Agency for the Control of
AIDS (NACA) has received additional $25 million (N4 billion) from the Global
Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, and another $17 million (N2.72 billion) from
UNITAID for the Prevention/Elimination of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV
(PMTCT).<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">NACA
also plans to include HIV/AIDS testing, care and treatment as some of the
services offered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Before now
HIV/AIDS is one of the few diseases not covered by the NHIS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">UNITAID
is an international drug purchase facility, established to provide long-term,
sustainable and predictable funding to increase access and reduce prices of
quality drugs and diagnostics for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis in developing countries.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Director
General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof. John
Idoko, in an interview with The Guardian said: “One of the things we have
always proposed, which we are taking forward, which we hope we will take
forward even with the National Assembly and the Executive is the issue of some
minimal tax from not only the cellphone but the airline. In fact that is how we
get money to treat children with HIV using UNITAIDS and it is happening in many
countries in East and <u></u>Southern Africa<u></u> now.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">“UNITAID
gave this country $17million last year to treat HIV. How was that money sourced?
Most of it was airline taxes not in <u></u>Nigeria<u></u>
but from countries that are as poor as <u></u><u></u>Niger<u></u><u></u> are contributing to it. Right
now in various eastern and southern African countries this process is on either
approved or going through the legislative process so that they can raise money
to support HIV. You and I know domestic funding needs to go up because we are
seeing a shrinking up of donor funding.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The
NACA chief added: “You will notice from the recent joint United Nation
programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) report that the biggest gain is in eliminating
mother to child transmission.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">One
of the things we have done from last year World AIDS Day (WAD), which had the
theme, Getting to Zero, Mrs. Patience Jonathan launched an accelerated mother
to child prevention/elimination programme. We have been running on that and as
a result of that the PMTCT programme has expanded.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_AfricaMiddleEast2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">HIV/Aids trend worrying (Editorial) <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Daily <u></u><u></u>Nation<u></u>,
 <u></u>Kenya<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Statistics
on HIV/Aids have, in recent years, demonstrated a decline in the rate of new
infections, giving hope that the war against the pandemic was slowly being won.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">However,
new information indicates that the trend may have changed but the problem
persists. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Research
evidence from the National Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections Control
Programme (Nascop) shows that many new infections are being registered among
new-born babies. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">According
to Nascop, 11,000 babies born every year are HIV-positive, meaning that
mother-to-child infection is rising. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Part
of the reason is that many women fall victim to sexual violence, sometimes
perpetrated by HIV-positive men, infecting them and in case of pregnancy, their
unborn babies too.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Added
to this are certain cultural practices such as wife inheritance, which in some
cases force women into sexual relationships with HIV-positive men. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Given
the circumstances, new campaigns targeting pregnant mothers, especially in
rural areas and in urban slums, should be mounted to reduce mother-to-child
infections, which are becoming the new frontier for HIV-challenge.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><b><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc;font-weight:bold" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_AfricaMiddleEast3"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">3<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_AfricaMiddleEast4"></a><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">UGANDA</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">: Fishing communities
missing out on HIV treatment <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">IRIN PlusNews<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">KAMPALA,
26 November 2012 (PlusNews) - Fishing communities in Uganda do not have
adequate access to life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), posing a
possible setback to the country’s fight against HIV, new statistics
reveal. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">As
of June 2012, just 15 percent of 6,225 fisher folk - considered one of the
country’s most at-risk populations - in need of ARVs were receiving it,
according to the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) in its annual review of the
Uganda National AIDS Strategic Plan. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Officials
blamed low literacy among this segment of the population as well as the
remoteness and inaccessibility of the islands where many of them are found. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">“Our
HIV intervention among the fishing community in Uganda remains low and a big
challenge. Most of these people stay in islands, which are hard-to-reach areas.
Most of the islands lack health facilities,” Peter Kyambade, most-at-risk
populations coordinator at the Ministry of Health, told IRIN/PlusNews. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">“These
people keep moving from one island to another. If we are to access them, we
need motorized boats and fuel, which is so expensive. The fight requires a
comprehensive approach. We can’t put health facilities on every
island.” <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Lack
of information, stigma, side effects, weak linkages between health facilities
and programmes, stock-outs of ARVs, understaffing at health facilities, limited
health centre accreditation to offer ARV therapy [ART], and the migratory
nature of the fishing communities were all cited as possible barriers to
treatment. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Staggering
rates <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">A
2011 study among fishing communities in the Lake Victoria Basin of Uganda found
an HIV prevalence of 22 percent, more than three times the national average of
7.3 percent. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Although
the Ministry of Health reported that over 700 health facilities were providing
ART in government-owned and private health facilities, only 532 facilities were
doing so by March 2012, according to the report. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Civil
society organizations have petitioned the government to scale-up the provision
of ARVs and prevention programmes for the most at-risk populations (MARPs). <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">“There
is an urgent need for the definition of MARPs. UAC should commit on how to
involve MARPs and on accelerating treatment and prevention programming for
MARPs,” the organizations said in a 16 October ten-point plan. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">At
Katosi-Ntenjeru, a health clinic in Mukono that serves people from the
country’s 52 islands, just 400 of some 1,500 HIV-positive people are
currently receiving treatment. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">“We
have over 1,500 clients eligible for ART. However, as you can see in our
shelves, we have over 1,100 dormant files. These people are eligible for
treatment, but we can’t trace them,” Susan Kirabira, a counselor at
the centre, told IRIN/PlusNews. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Lack
of focus on fishing communities could jeopardize efforts to curb Uganda’s
new HIV infections. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">“If
the fishing community continues to be neglected, it will be a source of
infection to the rest of other people. These people come and socialize with the
people on the mainland,” Reuben Kagwa Mubiru, programme manager at the
Kyetume Community-Based Health Care Programme, an organization fighting HIV in
the fishing community in Mukono. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">In
some districts like Kalangala, the US Mission in Uganda, through the US
President&#39;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has launched a combination
of clinic-based interventions, outreach programmes at locations such as boat
landing sites, and home-based care to reach fishing communities. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_AfricaMiddleEast5"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">5<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Nouvelle croisade anti-Sida à Libreville <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Gabonews<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
Direction générale de lutte contre le Sida a procédé ce lundi au lancement
officiel des activités marquant la célébration de la journée mondiale de lutte
contre le VIH/SIDA, commémorée chaque 1er décembre.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">A la
mairie centrale de Libreville, le début de la campagne de sensibilisation a été
marqué par la contribution de plus de 2000 taxis qui vont arborer des
autocollants pour véhiculer des messages sur la pandémie.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Conseillers
municipaux de Libreville et Owendo ont pris d&#39;assaut les stands érigés dans les
jardins de l&#39;hôtel de ville de la capitale gabonaise, où plusieurs parmi eux
ont pu connaitre, grâce au dépistage rapide effectué sur place, leur statut
sérologique. Une action ciblée qui vise un objectif précis: l&#39;implication de
toutes les forces du pays à la lutte contre la pandémie du Sida.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Cette
activité qui s&#39;est déroulée simultanément sur trois sites différents, a été
ponctuée par une vaste campagne de sensibilisation et de dépistage gratuit des
agents municipaux et des populations, suivi de la distribution de préservatifs
féminin et masculin, dans le but d&#39;éradiquer ou du moins, de freiner la
transmission du Sida au Gabon.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Selon
le Dr Biba, représentant la Direction Générale de lutte contre le Sida, une
lutte multisectorielle s&#39;impose.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Avec
une séroprévalence nationale toujours élevée, soit, 5,2%, le Gabon fait
actuellement face à une épidémie généralisée, et compte sur toutes les
populations pour venir à bout de ce fléau qui fait encore des ravages.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Au
niveau national, un accent est mis sur l&#39;apport des médias dans cette lutte, au
regard du rôle joué par la presse, pour inverser la tendance actuelle.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">=======================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">ASIA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> AND PACIFIC<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">=======================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">‘Corporate has greater role in tackling
AIDS’ <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Indian Express<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">27/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">By
Express News Service - <u></u><u></u>BHUBANESWAR<u></u><u></u>
<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
Odisha State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) is preparing an action plan on care, 
support, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS by February 28 next year to work
more closely with corporate players who are already engaged in initiatives in
the field like establishment of corporate ART centres.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"> The
OSACS stressed increased collaboration with the private sector in preventing
and tackling HIV/AIDS in the State at the national conference on
‘HIV/AIDS: Challenges and Opportunities, Partnerships in Prevention,
Care, Support and Treatment’ organised by CII here on Monday.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"> The
conference was held under the aegis of CII-India Business Trust for HIV/AIDS
project ‘Scaling up care, support and treatment services for HIV in <u></u><u></u>India<u></u><u></u>’.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"> The
meet sought to highlight the importance of partnerships between businesses,
government agencies and civil society through shared infrastructure, human
resources and innovative PPP models.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"> Inaugurating
the conference, Health Minister Damodar Rout called for proper strategies to
prevent spread of HIV and AIDS. There is need for collaborative efforts to free
the most vulnerable population of the disease and associated dangers.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"> Apart
from communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB, non-communicable diseases
like hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer are taking a
heavy toll on the population. There should be effective strategies and
implementation of programmes to combat the menace, he said.  Consulting surgeon
of Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital Dr Arun Ranade emphasised on programmes on PPP
mode and shared success stories of such initiatives. He also  cited the
tripartite partnership between CII, NACO and Reliance Industry on HIV/AIDS
programme.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"> Among
others, Senior Programme Manager, Population Fund of India, Md Raza Ahmed,
Project Director, OSACS, Dr Pramod Meherda, DGM, Adani Mining, Smruti
Priyadarshini and former chairman of CII, Odisha, Amarendra Dash spoke<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_AsiaPacific2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Guangdong</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> boosts HIV/AIDS aid <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Global Times, <u></u><u></u>China<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">27/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">By Sun Xiaobo
(Global Times<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Needy
HIV/AIDS patients in <u></u><u></u>Guangdong<u></u>
 <u></u>Province<u></u><u></u> will finally be
given a minimum living allowance by the end of 2015, according to a plan
released Sunday by the provincial government on HIV/AIDS prevention and
treatment.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The plan said
local civil affairs officials and Red Cross agencies would make more efforts to
help HIV/AIDS patients by providing support, as well as palliative care for
those who become terminally ill. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Guangdong</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> said residents who can meet some certain requirements will
be eligible to receive financial support.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Children
orphaned by HIV/AIDS will also become wards of the province&#39;s orphan support
system. The government will also give children living with HIV/AIDS a basic
living allowance and provide psychological counseling services.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The province
said sexual transmission has become the major cause of the disease. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The
Guangzhou-based New Express reported Sunday that 90.4 percent of new cases and
new patients reported during the first nine months this year were sexually
transmitted. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">A rising
number of patients and deaths have been reported, while a large number of
people who are infected with the virus remain unwilling to report their disease
or are unaware they have it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The
provincial health department reported 1,469 new HIV infection cases in 2011, up
17.32 percent annually, 622 deaths from AIDS were reported, an increase of
15.88 percent. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">EUROPE<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Hollande: la France se donnera tous les moyens
d&#39;en finir avec le sida  <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">AFP<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">PARIS
- Le président François Hollande a assuré lundi que la France se donnera tous
les moyens d&#39;en finir avec le sida et aura pour priorité de contribuer à un
accès universel aux traitements, dans un message à des élus locaux rendu public
par l&#39;Elysée.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
France veut la fin du sida et elle s&#39;en donnera tous les moyens, a déclaré le
président Hollande dans ce message vidéo destiné aux états-généraux d&#39;Elus
locaux contre le sida, une association présidée par Jean-Luc Romero, conseiller
régional d&#39;Ile-de-France apparenté PS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">L&#39;Etat,
j&#39;en prends l&#39;engagement, apportera à cette cause tout son soutien, a insisté
François Hollande, estimant qu&#39;il fallait persévérer car la recherche accomplit
chaque année des progrès remarquables.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Parmi
les priorités que j&#39;assigne à la politique de la France, a poursuivi le chef de
l&#39;Etat, figure sa contribution à un accès universel aux traitements.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Je
vous l&#39;assure, la France restera comme vous, mobilisée jusqu&#39;à la victoire
ultime, c&#39;est-à-dire jusqu&#39;à la fin du sida, c&#39;est votre volonté, c&#39;est mon
engagement, a-t-il encore souligné.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Le
chef de l&#39;Etat a fait valoir un devoir d&#39;humanité à l&#39;égard de malades du sida
(qui) sont, aujourd&#39;hui encore, victimes de discriminations insupportables et
de solidarité, car à l&#39;échelle mondiale, ce sont les plus pauvres qui sont les
plus vulnérables.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_Europe3"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">3<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Improving health management through the HealthSource
<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">The Guardian, <u></u><u></u>UK<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">By
Anglo American<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">&quot;What
you can&#39;t measure, you can&#39;t manage&quot; is a saying that anyone working in
medicine understands. To deliver effective healthcare, it&#39;s essential to have
robust health records.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">But
at Anglo American&#39;s Thermal Coal business in <u></u><u></u>South Africa<u></u><u></u>, where the workforce
is highly mobile and formal methods of identification are hard to come by,
keeping track of employees&#39; medical history has always been a big challenge.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Regional
medical manager Dr Jan Pienaar was well aware that the old system of paper
records wasn&#39;t up to the task. So together with IT specialists Thia Grobler and
Julia Denton he created theHealthSource, a ground-breaking electronic health
management and information system that has transformed healthcare at Thermal
Coal – and looks set to have an impact in developing countries around the
world.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">With
theHealthSource, each client is identified using biometrics. This
identification is linked to an electronic health record sent to a central
database, accessible via the web. The records can never be lost or duplicated.
And because biometric identification is required to access them, they are
completely secure and confidential.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Thanks
to theHealthSource, it&#39;s now possible to monitor the health of mine workers
throughout their careers, and track the progression of illnesses with more
accuracy than ever before. This is especially important in the fight against
HIV/AIDS, where the ability to measure the rate of new infections is key to
controlling the disease.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
impact of theHealthSource is already beginning to be felt well beyond Thermal
Coal. Trials in other South African community settings are under way, and the
Eastern Cape Department of Health has shown interest in using the system. It
was also the focus of a recent World Bank paper for the<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Southern
African Development Community, which used theHealthSource data to demonstrate
the cost benefits for businesses that provide HIV/AIDS treatment to employees.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">&quot;theHealthSource
has put Thermal Coal in a position where it can measure the rate of new HIV
infections for the first time ever. And as a result, we&#39;ve been able to
progressively bring the rate of infection down,&quot; explains Dr Brian Brink,
Anglo American&#39;s chief medical officer.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">&quot;We
set out to make something that would improve our mining business. We ended up
with something that could improve health around the world.&quot;<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic" lang="EN">Content on this page is provided by Anglo American, sponsor
of the social impact hub<u></u><u></u></span></font></i></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">El Mundo</span></font></span><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">, <u></u>Spain<u></u></span></font></span><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Europa
Press, Madrid<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
Coordinadora Estatal de VIH/Sida (CESIDA) ha mostrado su &quot;disconformidad y
malestar&quot; con la propuesta de resolución de subvenciones del Plan Nacional
Sobre el Sida, publicada el pasado 20 de noviembre, y ha advertido de que
implicará la &quot;desatención y desprotección&quot; de un número &quot;muy
importante&quot; de personas vulnerables a tener esta enfermedad.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Asimismo,
desde CESIDA han avisado de que este Plan va a suponer el cierre de entidades
que daban respuesta a diario a las necesidades de los usuarios. Y es que, el
presupuesto destinado a entidades que trabajan en el ámbito del VIH para este
ejercicio 2012 se ha reducido en un 66% con respecto al ejercicio pasado, por
lo que, a su juicio, esta reducción &quot;merma seriamente&quot; la capacidad
de las entidades para dar respuesta a una realidad que la Administración
&quot;no da respuesta&quot;.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">&quot;El
aumento de las nuevas infecciones, anunciado por las principales sociedades
científicas, el aumento de las situaciones de exclusión social en este
colectivo y la precaria situación de las entidades que trabajan en este ámbito,
no puede ser obviado por el Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e
Igualdad&quot;, han argumentado desde CESIDA.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">En
este sentido, el presidente de la asociación, Carlos Varela, ha lamentado que
las decisiones políticas hayan &quot;pesado más&quot; que las técnicas a la
hora de valorar los proyectos presentados por las entidades ya que, ha
apostillado, de otra manera &quot;no se entendería&quot; la decisión de
desestimar proyectos de continuidad &quot;altamente valorados&quot; por
profesionales y usuarios.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">&quot;Cabe
destacar especialmente los proyectos desestimados presentados por entidades
catalanas, ya que estos proyectos y las entidades que los gestionan son
referentes, tanto en el estado, como en el ámbito internacional&quot;, ha
recalcado el presidente de CESIDA, para insistir en que si a los recortes a los
presupuestos de estas asociaciones se les suman &quot;la eliminación de las
partidas finalistas que eran destinadas a las comunidades autónomas para dar
respuestas locales a la infección por VIH y al sida, nos enfrentamos a un
escenario preocupante que se puede traducir en el aumento de nuevas infecciones
por VIH y en la desprotección de las personas más vulnerables&quot;.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Aumentar
los diagnósticos<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
colaboración de las ONG especializadas en la prevención y tratamiento del
VIH/sida es fundamental. Así lo constata un estudio, realizado en Madrid, que
será presentado en Toledo en el IV Congreso Nacional de GESIDA que se celebra
desde este martes y hasta el viernes, y que demuestra que la colaboración entre
el sistema sanitario y las ONG podría contribuir a reducir el diagnóstico
tardío de la infección por el VIH.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Según
ha informado la organización en un comunicado, el estudio, en el que han
participado profesionales del Centro Sanitario Sandoval de Madrid y distintas
organizaciones de voluntariado, compara las tasas de enfermedad avanzada de la
Comunidad de Madrid, que se sitúan en el 29%; de España, en el 28%, y del
centro, que no llega al 6%&quot;.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Además,
concluye que las clínicas especializadas en infecciones de transmisión sexual,
en colaboración con las ONG, &quot;son dispositivos que facilitan el
diagnóstico precoz del VIH, especialmente en poblaciones más vulnerables&quot;.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">LATIN AMERICA AND <u></u>CARIBBEAN<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">80 Pct of Cuban AIDS patients diagnosed since
1986 still alive <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Fox News (Latino)<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
number of people diagnosed with AIDS in <u></u><u></u>Cuba<u></u><u></u> from 1986 to Oct. 23, 2012
totals some 17,224, of whom 80 percent are still alive, official media said
Monday.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">In a
statement to the official weekly Trabajadores, the head of AIDS prevention and
control at the Public Health Ministry, Maria Isela Lantero, said that the
projection for the end of 2012 is for a number similar or smaller than in 2011,
making this the second straight year to show a decline.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">In
the period from January to October 2011, about 1,400 new cases were detected in
<u></u><u></u>Cuba<u></u><u></u>
of the HIV virus infection that causes AIDS, according to official figures.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Lantero
said that today more than 8,000 people in the country are in treatment.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">She
also said that <u></u>Havana<u></u> contributes more than half
the cases reported in <u></u><u></u>Cuba<u></u><u></u>,
and that 80 percent are men.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Lantero
said that the transmission of the virus from mother to child is no longer a
problem and with regard to the decline in mortality in recent years, she
believes that &quot;stability and favorable results&quot; have been achieved.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Cuban
experts say their country is one of the least affected by AIDS in the region,
but a significant group of carriers of the virus exists due to the low perception
of risk among the population. </span></font></span><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">EFE<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_LatinAmericaCaribbean2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">HIV: Se registran 5500 nuevos casos por año en
el país <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">TN, Argentina<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">25/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">El
promedio de notificaciones de nuevos casos de HIV-sida se mantuvo estable en el
último lustro, con 5500 diagnósticos por año, informó el Ministerio de Salud. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Indicó
que de ese total, el 90% corresponde a personas que se infectaron a través de
relaciones sexuales sin protección, y unos 100 casos nuevos por año son de
niños que se contagian de sus madres. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">La
cartera sanitaria dio el informe para adelantar su adhesión al Día Mundial de
Lucha contra el HIV-sida, que se celebra el 1 de diciembre, y destacó que
&quot;ante esa situación, el Gobierno Nacional promueve el testeo y garantiza
el tratamiento gratuito en los centros de salud de todo el país&quot;. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">El
estudio indica que en la Argentina viven alrededor de 110.000 personas con VIH,
cuatro de cada mil personas están infectadas con el virus y el 40 por ciento de
ellos desconoce su condición. Cada año hay 1400 muertes por esta enfermedad. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">En
cuanto a los modos de transmisión, la prevalencia entre los hombres que tienen
sexo con otros hombres es del 12%; entre los usuarios de drogas, del 7%; entre
las mujeres que realizan trabajo sexual, del 2%; y entre las personas trans,
del 34%. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Estos
datos figuran en el Boletín Epidemiológico 2012 de la Dirección de Sida y
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual de la cartera sanitaria nacional. El informe
completo será oficialmente presentado el próximo viernes en la sede
ministerial. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Se
destaca en particular que el 27% entre los varones y el 15% entre las mujeres
que acceden al diagnóstico, lo hacen en estados avanzados de la infección.
&quot;Estos diagnósticos tardíos comprometen la evolución de la infección y
contribuyen en parte a sostener la mortalidad de las personas con sida&quot;,
advirtió el comunicado de Salud.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_LatinAmericaCaribbean3"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">3<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Jóvenes de 21 a 28, víctimas de VIH-SIDA <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Diario Correo, Peru<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Verenisse
Peña<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">26
noviembre 2012 | - La estrategia de prevención de infecciones de transmisión
sexual (ITS) y VIH - SIDA del Hospital Regional de Ayacucho (HRA), informó que
las últimas muertes a causa de dicha infección se dieron en jóvenes de entre 21
y 28 años.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
responsable de la estrategia, Hortensia Quispe, señaló que esto demuestra que
dichos pacientes adquirieron la infección en la etapa adolescente. Esto
demostraría la falta de información y prevención por parte de los adolescentes
que ya se iniciaron sexualmente.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Los
ocho pacientes fallecidos, tres en tratamiento de antirretrovirales de gran
actividad (Targa) y cinco pacientes más que no entraron al programa, tenían 21,
26 y 28 años, y murieron por que llegaron en estado de Síndrome de Inmuno
Deficiencia Adquirida (Sida), cuando ya es imposible brindarles el tratamiento,
pues ello se da en fase terminal.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
responsable señaló que los ciudadanos aún no toman consciencia de la infección,
pues existen malos estereotipos que señalan que el VIH sólo les afecta a las
trabajadoras sexuales, a homosexuales, a los más pobres o los promiscuos; sin
embargo, de los 48 casos registrados, 13 son entre travestis y trabajadoras
sexuales y los 35 restantes son heterosexuales.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Lo
lamentable de la situación es que tres son gestantes, y fueron contagiados por
sus propias parejas. Actualmente ellas vienen llevando tratamiento y controles
estrictos para evitar la transmisión del virus al momento del parto y durante
la lactancia materna.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_LatinAmericaCaribbean4"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="PT-BR">4</span></font></b></a><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white" lang="PT-BR"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="PT-BR">Campanha fará teste gratuito de Aids em SP <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="PT-BR">G1 Globo, Brazil<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">A
campanha &quot;Fique Sabendo&quot;, da Secretaria da Saúde do estado de São Paulo,
vai oferecer testes rápidos gratuitos a partir desta segunda-feira (26) até 1º
dezembro. De cada quatro brasileiros que têm o vírus da Aids, um não sabe que é
portador da doença, segundo o Ministério da Saúde.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Cerca
de 150 mil exames gratuitos para detecção do vírus HIV, além de sífilis e
hepatites B e C, devem ser feitos em mais de 2 mil unidades de saúde em 526
municípios. Cerca de 40 mil profissionais de saúde de diferentes áreas foram
mobilizados para a ação.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">O
teste rápido do HIV, feito com pequena amostra de sangue, demora cerca de 40
minutos e sua eficácia é igual ao tradicional. Os testes de sífilis e hepatites
B e C utilizam a mesma tecnologia do exame para HIV.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Os
testes para sífilis e hepatite B são tão importantes quanto o de HIV. Em caso
de soropositividade, possibilita tratamento precoce, interrupção da transmissão
de mãe para filho, assim como para parceiros.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Para
conhecer as unidades de saúde que participam da campanha, visite o site da
Secretaria da Saúde.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">By
Matthew Charles Cardinale<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">ATLANTA</span></font></span><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">, <u></u>Georgia<u></u>,
Nov 26 2012 (IPS) - When HIV/AIDS first emerged in the 1980s, the stereotypical
image of a person living with the disease in the <u></u><u></u>United States<u></u><u></u> was a young or
middle-aged white homosexual male.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">For decades,
that stigma has persisted, although today it includes people of colour<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">In reality,
though, a near-majority of those in the U.S. with the disease are much older,
including those who have had HIV or AIDS for as long as 20 or 30 years; those
who contracted the disease later in life; and those who may have had HIV for a
long time but simply were not aware of it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">New studies
show that more than half of <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u>
residents with HIV or AIDS will be 50 years of age or older by 2015.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“So
many traditional HIV prevention efforts are targeted at younger adults and
adolescents,” Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality, told
IPS. “They (older people) may not see themselves as at risk even though
they’re being sexually active.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">A number of
factors contributed to this demographic shift: improvements in AIDS medications
that are allowing people with the disease to live longer; improvements in
education efforts geared towards younger people in the <u></u>U.S.<u></u> about the disease and how to prevent it,
for example, through safer sex; and the aging of the <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u> population in general.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“In
certain parts in <u></u><u></u>Florida<u></u><u></u>,
they have seen an increase in people testing HIV-positive for the first time
who are retirees, who don’t think of themselves as at risk for any sort
of sexually transmitted disease or HIV,” Graham said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">A 2006 study
of 1,000 people over the age of 50 living with HIV in <u></u>New
 York City<u></u> helped to inspire an art project called the Graying of
AIDS, which examines, through photography and interviews, first-person accounts
of being an older person in the <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u>
with HIV or AIDS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Graying
of AIDS began as an essay by Katja Heinemann in Time magazine, and evolved into
a website and exhibit that was featured at the last global HIV/AIDS conference
in <u></u><u></u>Washington<u></u><u></u>.
Today, Naomi Schegloff serves as co-director.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">One reason
older people tend not to see themselves at risk for HIV and AIDS is because a
lot of public health campaigns are targeted at younger people, both in the <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u>
and globally, Schegloff told IPS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“Cross-culturally,
people don’t want to admit older people are having sex,” she said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The bias
towards, and invisibility of, older people with HIV is even reflected in the
way data is collected about people with HIV throughout the world.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“It’s
very uneven how the age ranges are collected. In many places the statistics
only go up to 49,” Schegloff said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“It’s
true at the beginning of the epidemic people would never had dreamed that
people would live so long, that we could think of people living 30 years, aging
with HIV,” she said. “People are living much longer –
it’s a wonderful thing. Some of the people we’ve talked to have had
HIV since almost the beginning.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">One of the
unique challenges facing older adults with HIV or AIDS is that they may also be
on medications for other diseases, which are often associated with age.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“A lot
of studies on medications are based on (the premise that) that’s the only
medicine they’re on,” Schegloff said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“Certainly
one of the challenges that older people living with HIV are going to have is
they’re more likely to have a variety of other medical conditions –
diabetes, heart disease, diseases of the lung, other conditions and diseases
that tend to strike the elderly. That means more medications to take, needing
to be aware of side effects, how different medications interact, because there
haven’t been a lot of studies done,” Graham said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“And
primary medical providers who have experience treating older patients (may)
have no experience treating HIV,” he said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“You’ve
got the added stigma, if you are living in a retirement community of some sort,
and feeling additionally isolated and stigmatised because of your HIV status.
There may not be the same types of support networks available for older folks
as there are for middle aged folks and young adults,” Graham said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Doctors who
serve older patients may not even think to test for HIV, even if the patients
have symptoms that in a younger person might prompt a doctor to do so.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">For example,
if an older woman complains of fatigue and hot flashes, the doctor may assume
it is probably due to menopause.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">There is also
a category of older adults who are not practicing safer sex. If they are no
longer at risk of pregnancy, they may not be using condoms, Schegloff said. In
fact, older women of colour are one of the groups with the most rapidly
increasing rate of HIV in the <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Another
factor contributing to the graying of AIDS is “condom fatigue among older
gay men who’ve been practicing safe sex for many years and are finally
over it with the condom,” Schegloff said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">One theme
that came out of the art projects is the fear older people have of dying alone
and how that can be exacerbated by HIV and AIDS, if people’s partners or
friends have died from the disease.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Many older
people in the <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u>
also lack the financial resources to cope well with the disease, living on
Social Security with little or no savings.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Asked what
should be done to address the graying of AIDS, Schegloff replied, “One
obvious recommendation to get rid of the age cap on who should receive
education and testing services.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“I
would love to see more education among health care and social services
providers around ageism and HIV-related stigma, as people constantly send
messages that can be hurtful to older adults,” she said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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Prison and Disease<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">By
JOHN OTIS<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">When
Miguel Adams christened his newborn son, he saw an opportunity to choose a name
that reflected how far he had come in his life and the faith that helped him
get there. The name he chose was Miguel Emanuel Adams.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">“I
named my son Emanuel in honor of Jesus Christ,” he said. “I said
this was a second chance.” <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Mr.
Adams, 49, had fathered three other children with a woman he divorced in 1996,
but she moved away and took the children with her. He said he was determined
not to let history repeat itself. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">In
order to truly start afresh, Mr. Adams said, he had to kick a serious drug
habit, and he also served time in prison for possession of cocaine and drug
paraphernalia. He had been a marijuana smoker since age 14, eventually moving
to intravenous drugs. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">He
entered a recovery program in 2006, soon after Miguel’s mother told him
she was pregnant, and he said he has been clean ever since. But there were
serious, lifelong consequences. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">In
1991, Mr. Adams learned that he was H.I.V. positive. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">“I
became H.I.V. positive from sharing needles with my cousins,” he said.
“Four of them got it as well. I’m the only one still alive.” <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
birth of his daughter Aleena in 2008 reaffirmed the wisdom of his decision to
get sober; he marvels at the young lives that he created. Both are extremely
social and share their father’s passion for creating art. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">“I’m
a Christian, and I believe that they are my miracles, having fathered two
healthy children while being H.I.V. positive,” he said. Medication and a
positive mind-set, he said, have helped him survive for more than 20 years. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">But
one of the greatest tests of his faith came more than 15 years after his
diagnosis. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">In
late 2008, the mother of Miguel Emanuel and Aleena, who are now 5 and 4, moved
to <u></u><u></u>Illinois<u></u><u></u>
with them. In 2009, Mr. Adams learned the children had been removed and placed
into foster care. They remained there for more than two years, shifting among
four foster homes. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
courts had given the children’s mother 15 months to comply with a drug
program, which she failed to do. Mr. Adams then began a hard-fought battle for
their custody. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">“I
went to the Whiteside County, Ill., family courthouse eight to nine times in
the period that my children spent in foster care,” Mr. Adams said. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
court questioned his fitness as a father, citing his prison record and prior
drug use, as well as his H.I.V.-positive status. After Mr. Adams completed the
judge’s requirements, which included parenting and anger-management
classes, to prove his capability, the children were released to him in July
2011. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Custody
came with the stipulation that he be monitored by the Administration for
Children’s Services in <u></u><u></u>New York<u></u><u></u>.
The administration referred the family to the East New York Family Center of
Brooklyn Community Services for parenting support and counseling. In May, Mr.
Adams was granted guardianship of his children. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">“It’s
sometimes very taxing,” he said. “Sometimes I had my doubts. But at
the end of the day, they are my kids, and I love them. I want the best for
them, to see them sleeping at night, healthy and safe, and knowing that we
accomplished a new day.” <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
family lives in an apartment in <u></u>Brooklyn<u></u>,
where $1,300 of his $1,500 rent is paid by the H.I.V./AIDS Services
Administration, a city program for people living with the disease. Mr. Adams
receives $721 monthly in Social Security disability, gets $526 in food stamps
and visits food pantries occasionally. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">To
help with extra purchases, he turned again to Brooklyn Community Services, one
of the organizations supported by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund. The
agency drew $200 from the fund to buy winter clothing for the children. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Miguel
Emanuel and Aleena have been adjusting to life outside of foster care. The
children and their father can often be found drawing on a large sheet of art
paper that Mr. Adams spreads on his apartment floor. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">“It’s
amazing that at 4 and 5, a child can say, ‘Daddy, thank you for taking us
out of foster care, we love you,’ ” Mr. Adams said. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic" lang="EN">A version of this article appeared in print on November 27,
2012, on page A24 of the <u></u><u></u>New York<u></u><u></u>
edition with the headline: A Fresh Start at Family, After Addiction, Prison and
Disease..<u></u><u></u></span></font></i></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_NorthAmerica3"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">3<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">HIV tests should be routine for most, Canada
AIDS experts say<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Los
  Angeles</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> Times<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">By
Rosie Mestel<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The push for
routine screening for HIV infections is gathering heft.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Last week,
the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- which advises the <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u> government and doctors on
preventive medicine -- proposed that everyone ages 15 to 64 be offered an HIV
test by doctors.  The advice, which isn’t finalized, would replace older
recommendations by the task force that HIV tests be offered just to those who
are at high risk for catching the virus based on their sexual behavior, as well
as all pregnant women.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Now two
Canadian doctors are calling for similar routine screening in their country.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Their
reasoning is much like that put forward by the <u></u><u></u>U.S.<u></u><u></u> task force:<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">-- A lot of
infections are missed if doctors try to screen only high-risk patients (people
aren’t always forthcoming about the details of their intimate private life). 
Infections are missed even in cases where patients have had a lot of exposure
to the medical system through visits to physicians or hospitals for other
medical matters.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">-- Early
identification means that patients will start treatment early, making it far
more likely they’ll avoid HIV-related illnesses and live longer lives.
The two doctors note in their editorial --  which was published in the Canadian
Medical Assn. Journal, or CMAJ --  a 20-year-old diagnosed and then treated
with cocktails of antiretroviral drugs can expect to live to age 73.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">-- People who
know they are infected with HIV will often change their sexual behavior toward
less risky practices.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">--When
HIV-positive people are treated with antiretroviral drugs, the HIV counts in
their bodies fall dramatically and transmission of the virus to uninfected
partners drops by more than 95%.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">All in all,
the doctors write, “HIV meets the widely accepted principles for
screening programs. Its treatment is accepted, accessible and highly cost-effective;
its screening test is sensitive, specific and minimally invasive; and its early
treatment has been well established as beneficial. ... It is therefore
imperative to implement and evaluate routine HIV testing across <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>.&quot;<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The editorial
was written by Dr. Reka Gustafson, medical director of communicable disease
control for Vancouver Coastal Health, and Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. It was coauthored by
Barbara Sibbald, a CMAJ editor.   <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Neither these
doctors nor the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is suggesting anything
radical. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has  recommended
routine HIV tests for ages 13 to 64 since 2006, with tests based on individual
risk for those younger or older. Other groups endorsing routine screens in the <u></u>U.S.<u></u> include the <u></u>American<u></u>
<u></u>Academy<u></u> of Pediatrics, <u></u><u></u>American<u></u> <u></u>College<u></u><u></u> of Physicians and the American
Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">France</span></font></span><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> recommends universal screening and <u></u><u></u>Britain<u></u><u></u>’s National Institute
for Health and Clinical Excellence suggests physicians consider HIV tests for
all new patients they enroll.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Among other
benefits, doctors and public health experts cite the straightforwardness this
approach offers: No longer must a physician try to assess whether a test is
warranted for patient A or B based on that patient’s sexual behavior.
Stigma dissipates too: If everyone gets the test, then it’s no longer a
weird, embarassing or awkward thing to offer or request.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">My own doctor
has clearly been tracking the evolving thought about all this. Not long ago, I
went for a check-up and he calmly suggested the test and I said
“Sure” and I had it and all was well. It didn’t feel awkward.
It was just routine, like a cholesterol test or for that matter a mammogram
– a test for which there’s a lot more debate regarding relative
risks and benefits.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13b41b213394b230_NorthAmerica4"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">4<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Foreign aid should reflect <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>’s priorities:
equality, democracy, health <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Globe and <u></u><u></u>Mail<u></u>, <u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">26/11/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Steven
Hoffman<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">As
we head into the time of year people usually associate with selflessness and
giving, Canadians should stop and think about whether our country is doing
enough for international development.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">On
Friday, International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino outlined a new vision
for <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>’s
foreign-aid policy, one that gives priority to our country’s own economic
interests, corporate contributions and natural-resource-industry development.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">Renewal
in our foreign-aid policy is long overdue, so an update by the minister had much
potential. But instead of looking underground to the mining industry, he should
have looked to the values that Canadians hold most closely and the unique
strengths we bring to global development.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">This
is vital: Foreign-aid policy is the way a country presents itself and its
values to the world. If you ask Canadians, three natural values stand out:
gender equality, democratic governance and health for all. These are
Canadians’ priorities. In a poll released last week by the Trudeau
Foundation, there were few national values on which all Canadians could agree
except the equality of the sexes (92 per cent strongly agree), political
participation (76 per cent), religious freedom (67 per cent), and
publicly-funded health care (66 per cent).<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">These
are not just lofty ideals; these priorities make for good public policy. They
are strengths on which <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>
can more effectively advance its interests and achieve value for our limited
foreign-aid dollars. Girls and women – not metals or minerals –
represent the world’s greatest untapped resource. Weak governance in many
developing countries discourages foreign investment, constrains economic growth
and exacerbates intractable social inequalities.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">The
business case for giving priority to health in our foreign-aid policy is
particularly strong. Global health initiatives contribute to social well-being
while also advancing human rights, trade, economic growth and security.
“Health,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently argued, is
“the best investment we can make.” Even the selfish Ebenezer
Scrooge would agree, for Canadians’ health depends vitally on our
government’s willingness to address cross-border issues like avian
influenza and counterfeit medicines before they reach our soil.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">Health
is also our place to shine. <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>
enjoys a stellar international reputation in the health field and has
ever-growing domestic expertise in health-care delivery, education and
research. The country has a plethora of world-class universities and
civil-society organizations involved in this area, internationally-\ recognized
expertise in communicable disease control, and real-world experience dealing
with unexpected epidemics. <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>
is the birthplace of evidence-based medicine, the world’s leader in
peace-through-health concepts, and the “globalization nation” that
is home to communities of people from every part of the world. Health is the
third-largest sector of the Canadian economy and one of the most promising
opportunities for future economic growth.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">It’s
true that <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>
is certainly no global health Grinch. The Muskoka Initiative rallied billions
for maternal, newborn and child health, and government-funded Grand Challenges
Canada is creatively fostering integrated innovation for some of the most
pressing global health challenges in developing countries.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">Notwithstanding
these great initiatives, <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u>
is certainly not the world leader it once was and should be on health issues.
That role has been abandoned by the current federal government, which has
embarrassed us on numerous occasions. For example, when then-health minister
Tony Clement chastised the World Health Organization for its support of
safe-injection sites at the launch of the UN agency’s evidence-based
HIV/AIDS strategy in 2008; when Prime Minister Stephen Harper excluded the
70,000 women who die annually in unsafe abortions from his maternal health
initiative in 2010; when Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver prevented the
world from adding asbestos as a killer of 100,000 people annually to the
Rotterdam Convention’s list of hazardous materials in 2011; and when Mr.
Fantino took air time at this year’s UN General Assembly to announce a
meagre $1-million for polio eradication immediately after global luminaries
such as Bill Gates, Julia Gillard and Hamid Karzai spoke about the billions of
dollars they have committed.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">This
is a long and ugly list. We can, and should, do better.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">Mr.
Fantino’s updates do nothing but continue this unfortunate recent legacy
and further move us in the wrong direction. <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u> must build on its strengths
and the priorities of its citizens to address development needs, especially
gender equality, democratic governance and global health.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA">This
year, let’s give in a way that reflects our strengths and our core
Canadian values, and helps reverse our decline on the world stage and our loss
of influence over important matters that affect us all.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic" lang="EN-CA">Steven J. Hoffman is an assistant professor at McMaster
University, a fellow at the <u></u>University<u></u>
of <u></u>Toronto<u></u> and an instructor at the <u></u><u></u>Harvard<u></u> <u></u>School<u></u><u></u> of Public Health.<u></u><u></u></span></font></i></span></p>

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