Showing posts with label hiv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hiv. Show all posts

Wednesday 2 October 2013

New Medical Device Extremely Effective at Preventing Immunodeficiency Virus



Sep. 27, 2013 — It's often said that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has a woman's face. The proportion of women infected with HIV has been on the rise for a decade; in sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute 60 percent of people living with disease. While preventative drugs exist, they have often proven ineffective, especially in light of financial and cultural barriers in developing nations.
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Monday 15 July 2013

Research in HIV therapies -A review- The global community has made significant strides forward in its mission to eradicate the HIV epidemic


HIV therapies 
Over the last 30 years, the face of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has changed from one largely associated with homosexuality, drug addicts, prejudice, fear and rejection without much hope of a future, to one involving innocent children born of mothers living with HIV for whom it is hoped the disease will be curable and even eradicated. 
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS, 34 million people were living with HIV worldwide in 2011. Sub-Saharan Africa was, and still is, the most severely affected area. Approximately 5 per cent of adults in this region live with HIV, representing almost 70 per cent of the global HIV-infected population. On a positive note, the number of newly infected people has declined by approximately 25 per cent over the past ten years and, importantly, over the past two years, half of the reductions in HIV infections has been in children.
Treatment and prevention
The approach to, and success of, HIV treatment and prevention has.....................cont
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 http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/research_in_hiv_therapies_488697
THE NAMES OF DRUGS USED ARE LISTED HERE, PLEASE READ IT
 
 article by
Wendy McNeely
Adis International (Springer Healthcare), using data derived from Adis R&D Insight and Clinical Trials Insight. For further information on Adis services, please contact Daniela Ranzani on +39 02 423 4562 or email her Daniela.Ranzani@springer.com