Briefs
Nov 29, 2009
THE search for an AIDS vaccine has discovered two powerful new antibodies that can cripple the HI virus. Researchers led by the International AIDS Vaccine Institute said the new antibodies will try to exploit the weakness of the virus.
AIDS search finds new antibodies
THE search for an AIDS vaccine has discovered two powerful new antibodies that can cripple the HI virus. Researchers led by the International AIDS Vaccine Institute said the new antibodies will try to exploit the weakness of the virus.
The antibodies, produced by a minority of HIV-infected people, can neutralise a high percentage of the many types of HIV in circulation world wide.
ARV prices vary
A new study has found that some nations are paying up to three times more for antiretroviral (ARV) drugs than others with similar HIV prevalence and income levels.
A working paper released by the AIDS2031 project, which draws on expertise from around the world to consider the most effective long-term responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, is looking at why the prices vary so widely and what can be done to improve affordability.
Global sex education failed
Attempts to help educators around the world develop sex-education programmes has become bogged down in controversy.
The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation and several UN agencies suggested that the education curriculum should cover ages between five and 18, with topics like reproduction.
However, conservative groups in the US have focused on a handful of suggested learning areas that they view as overly explicit and inappropriate for young children.
THE search for an AIDS vaccine has discovered two powerful new antibodies that can cripple the HI virus. Researchers led by the International AIDS Vaccine Institute said the new antibodies will try to exploit the weakness of the virus.
The antibodies, produced by a minority of HIV-infected people, can neutralise a high percentage of the many types of HIV in circulation world wide.
ARV prices vary
A new study has found that some nations are paying up to three times more for antiretroviral (ARV) drugs than others with similar HIV prevalence and income levels.
A working paper released by the AIDS2031 project, which draws on expertise from around the world to consider the most effective long-term responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, is looking at why the prices vary so widely and what can be done to improve affordability.
Global sex education failed
Attempts to help educators around the world develop sex-education programmes has become bogged down in controversy.
The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation and several UN agencies suggested that the education curriculum should cover ages between five and 18, with topics like reproduction.
However, conservative groups in the US have focused on a handful of suggested learning areas that they view as overly explicit and inappropriate for young children.