| GLOBAL: New two-hour TB test |
 JOHANNESBURG, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands of lives in developing countries, where current tests are often unreliable, take weeks to process, or are simply unavailable.
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| GLOBAL: Straight Talk with Dr Zeda Rosenberg, CEO of the International Partnership for Microbicides |
 JOHANNESBURG, 12 August 2010 (PlusNews) - There were cheers and some tears at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna in July when delegates heard the news that a clinical trial in South Africa, had found a vaginal gel containing the antiretroviral drug, tenofovir, was 39 percent effective at reducing women's risk of contracting HIV during sex.
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| AFRICA: Could HIV be a matter of biology? |
 JOHANNESBURG, 10 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Africa’s HIV epidemic may not be driven by behaviour alone according to a new study suggesting that Kenyan women are more biologically susceptible to the virus.
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| AFRICA/ASIA: Worrying rates of second-line HIV treatment failure |
 JOHANNESBURG, 4 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Patients with HIV on second-line antiretroviral (ARV) treatment are significantly more likely to experience treatment failure than those on first-line treatment, according to new research by health NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
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| Analysis: HIV generics under threat from tighter patenting rules |
 VIENNA, 2 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Most of the estimated 5.2 million people worldwide on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment are taking generic versions manufactured primarily in India, but tighter global intellectual property rights and trade rules could shut down "the pharmacy of the developing world".
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| AFRICA: Addressing the role of religion in HIV response |
 NAIROBI, 30 July 2010 (PlusNews) - At a church compound in Nairobi's Mathare slum, women and their children line up for food rations. Among them is Zipporah Mueni, an HIV-positive mother of five.
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| AFRICA: Mapping health budgets and child deaths |
 JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (PlusNews) - As many African countries battle to bring down staggering rates of maternal and child mortality, maternal and child health made for a fitting theme at the African Union (AU) Summit this week in Kampala, Uganda.
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| GLOBAL: "Seek, test, treat and retain" to stem HIV among drug users |
 VIENNA, 28 July 2010 (PlusNews) - Activists and scientists at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna called on governments to stop criminalizing drug users and instead to provide them with addiction and HIV treatment.
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| GLOBAL: Survey reveals gaps in doctor-patient dialogue |
 JOHANNESBURG, 26 July 2010 (PlusNews) - A new, global survey has revealed the conversations healthcare providers aren’t having with their HIV-positive patients with potentially negative consequences for their treatment and health.
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| GLOBAL: Straight Talk with Eric Goosby, head of PEPFAR |
 VIENNA, 26 July 2010 (PlusNews) - The US president's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has committed about US$32 billion to the global fight against HIV since its launch in 2003, making it the largest donor for HIV/AIDS globally. Following annual increases in contributions, however, PEPFAR has effectively flat-lined funding from 2009.
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