[Viva] Fwd: FW: ICAD Weekly News Digest / Bulletin hebdomadaire de nouvelles

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Date: Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Subject: FW: ICAD Weekly News Digest / Bulletin hebdomadaire de nouvelles
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*From:* Kate Alexander [mailto:kalexander at icad-cisd.com] *On Behalf Of *
ICAD-CISD
*Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2011 6:55 AM
*To:* ICAD-CISD
*Subject:* ICAD Weekly News Digest / Bulletin hebdomadaire de nouvelles****

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Although ICAD is committed to providing information in both official
languages, many of the news stories or announcements included in the weekly
news digest are sent to us in English only. Stories and announcements in
French or in both languages will be circulated whenever possible.****

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La CISD est engagée à fournir de l’information dans les deux langues
officielles, mais plusieurs des articles et annonces inclus dans nos
nouvelles hebdomadaires nous sont transmis uniquement en anglais. Chaque
fois que cela sera possible, nous inclurons des textes en français ou dans
les deux langues.****

 *In the News… / Des nouvelles...*****

Should Breastfeeding be an Option for HIV Positive Women in Developed
Countries?<http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hiv-populations/pregnancy-hiv-mtct/3195-should-breastfeeding-be-an-option-for-hiv-positive-women-in-developed-countries>
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August 25, 2011****

Public health experts recommend that HIV positive women in resource-limited
countries should breastfeed their babies. Women in industrialized countries
who are on effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) and have undetectable
viral load should also be advised that breastfeeding may be an acceptable
option, according to an opinion piece by Pamela Morrison, an international
board-certified lactation consultant, and colleagues in the August 5, 2011,
advance online edition of AIDS.****

Canadian study finds criminalisation confusion "chills" open and honest
discussion of HIV risk-taking <http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2052837/>****

August 23, 2011****

The lack of clarity over when a person with HIV has a legal obligation to
disclose their HIV-positive status to a sexual partner is resulting in
"anxiety, confusion and contradictory HIV counselling advice," according to
a new study on the impact of HIV criminalisation in Canada. ****

Global Fund lifts China grant
freeze<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htRR1U4wpZ0Cg-X4QGgcj9sswKyw?docId=655b550527774056b051be884e77fe76>
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August 23, 2011****

A high-profile global health fund that has come under pressure to clean up
corruption has ended its dispute with China and will resume hundreds of
millions of dollars in funding for programs to fight AIDS and other
diseases, thereby removing a source of embarrassment for Beijing.****

New Research Carves Window Looking into the Lives of AIDS
Orphans<http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/News/News/orphan-charity-news/Pages/Research-AIDS-Orphans-Africa-090.aspx>
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August 23, 2011****

An ongoing study by a team of researchers led by an Oxford University
academic is breaking new ground in studying the lives of children affected
by AIDS. With an original study on children orphaned by
AIDS<http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/What-we-do/Pages/default.aspx>
underway,
Oxford University researcher, Dr. Lucie Cluver, is discovering the toll that
the disease takes on children who have spent time caring for their ailing
parents.****

Human Rights Protections for Sexual Minorities in Insular Southeast Asia:
Issues and Implications for Effective HIV
Prevention<http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/no-cache/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2022>
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August 23, 2011****

UNESCO Bangkok is releasing this week at the International Congress on AIDS
in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) in Korea the publication: Human Rights
Protections for Sexual Minorities in Insular Southeast Asia: Issues and
Implication for Effective HIV Prevention. This publication aims to provide
an overview of the situation regarding protection of the rights of sexual
minorities in six countries in insular Southeast Asia (Brunei Darussalam,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Timor-Leste).****

Pathogens May Change, But Fear Is the
Same<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/health/16epidemics.html>
August 15, 2011****

In “House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate
Smallpox<http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/smallpox/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier>,”
Dr. William H. Foege, one of the conquerors of the virus, describes a
grotesque moment in the war: The last victim in Benin, in West Africa, is
visited by several “fetisheurs” — witch doctors — seeking to harvest his
scabs. For a fee, fetisheurs performed inoculations, a medical practice
common in Africa for centuries. Into a small cut in the arm of a healthy
person, they would rub in a victim’s powdered scabs. (The inoculee had about
a 2 percent risk of dying, but a typical African epidemic was about 25
percent lethal.)****

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*Letter to the Editor in response to the above article:*

Mobilized Against AIDS <http://nyti.ms/pmnhEC> by Dr. Agnes Binagwaho,
Rwanda's Minister of Health****

August 22, 2011****

Your article painted a false picture of all Africans as fatalistic victims
of the virus, instead of activists who are building the global movement to
demand access to the fruits of modern medicine. Rwandans are in no way
resigned.****

You can find the un-edited full version <http://bit.ly/mQoqkp> on her blog.*
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International AIDS Society to endorse the Code of Good Practice for NGOs
Responding to HIV/AIDS<http://www.iasociety.org/Web/WebContent/File/Code_of_Good_Practice_announcement_Aug2011.pdf>
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August 19, 2011****

The International AIDS Society (IAS) has “officially embraced the Code of
Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV” - issuing a press release to that
effect on the 19th of August. “The Code is another milestone in striving
towards a global consistency and efficiency for tackling this epidemic –
said Bertrand Audoin, IAS Executive Director – the IAS, with a membership of
16,000, is committed to promote and circulate its principles and
guidelines.”****

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)—A Quantitative Ethics
Appraisal<http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0022497>
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August 5, 2011****

There is now strong evidence that preventive oral antiretroviral therapy can
moderately reduce likelihood of HIV infection. This concept is called HIV
pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Premature closures of some previous PrEP
clinical trials, secondary to ethical concerns, did not stop research. We
aimed to appraise the extent of ethics considerations reporting in PrEP
study documents.****

 *Announcements… / Des annonces...*****

*Reminder: Call for Nominations - ICAD Board of Directors*

All eligible members are invited to submit their nomination for ICAD’s
incoming Board of Directors. *N**ominations are due on September 9,
2011. *Visit
our website<http://icad-cisd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=378%3A2011-icad-board-nominations&catid=1%3Alatest-news&lang=en>for
more information.
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*Rappel : Appel de candidatures - conseil d'administration de la CISD*

Nous invitons tous les membres admissibles à présenter leur
candidature<http://icad-cisd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=378:2011-icad-board-nominations&catid=1:latest-news&lang=fr&Itemid=>au
prochain conseil d’administration de la CISD.
 *Les candidatures sont dues le 9 septembre 2011*. ****

*Join FREE Online HIV AIDS Support Group HIVAidsTribe.com*

August 22, 2011****

One of the most popular online HIV Aids Support Groups
HIVAidsTribe.com<http://www.hivaidstribe.com/>now brings relief to
those living with HIV with their FREE support group
membership. The online HIV Forum offers free membership to all those wanting
to join. Anonymous online users can become members of this Aids Forums
simply by filling up a ‘Sign Up Now’ form available on the website. Users
are required to fill in general information like User Name, Password,
E-mail, Gender, Location, State, and Date of Birth in the ‘Sign Up Now’
form.****

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