Showing posts with label AIDS2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AIDS2016. Show all posts
CNS at TB 2016 and AIDS 2016: Integrated responses are a must for achieving SDGs by 2030
Tackling the HIV-TB co-infection
Josephine Chinele, CNS Correspondent, Malawi
Last week global health professionals, TB and HIV specialists, researchers, civil society members and communities affected by TB and/or HIV deliberated at TB 2016 (followed by AIDS 2016) in Durban, South Africa. These two conferences were convened by the International AIDS Society (IAS).
Last week global health professionals, TB and HIV specialists, researchers, civil society members and communities affected by TB and/or HIV deliberated at TB 2016 (followed by AIDS 2016) in Durban, South Africa. These two conferences were convened by the International AIDS Society (IAS).
[AIDS 2016] Self-stigma: Let us do more than just 'talk about it'
Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
[Watch SESSION RECORDING here] [CNS images] Senior HIV activists who have not only helped shape HIV responses on the ground over the years, but also have been living with the virus for several years, shared their personal battle against self-stigma at a press conference session hosted by The Work For Change and partners at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) held in Durban, South Africa.
[Watch SESSION RECORDING here] [CNS images] Senior HIV activists who have not only helped shape HIV responses on the ground over the years, but also have been living with the virus for several years, shared their personal battle against self-stigma at a press conference session hosted by The Work For Change and partners at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) held in Durban, South Africa.
Integrated TB-HIV responses are a must to meet Sustainable Development Goals
Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
At the 2015 United Nations General Assembly, governments committed to achieve SDGs by 2030, one of which is to end AIDS and TB by 2030. If people living with HIV continue to die of TB, we will not only fail to achieve SDGs but also lose gains made in the fights against HIV and TB.
At the 2015 United Nations General Assembly, governments committed to achieve SDGs by 2030, one of which is to end AIDS and TB by 2030. If people living with HIV continue to die of TB, we will not only fail to achieve SDGs but also lose gains made in the fights against HIV and TB.
[AIDS 2016] Battling with three diseases and still going strong
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| Dr Samele Madela |
(Based on an exclusive interview with Nqobile Zungu, and her doctor Dr Samele Madela) I met 37 years old Nqobile Zungu, at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) that is being held in Durban. And yes, her looks were deceptive in the sense that one could never guess that her outwardly healthy body and cheerful attitude masked not one but three diseases. Now a mother of two kids, aged 12 and 8 years, Nqobile suffered from asthma from early childhood. In 2002, when she was 23 years old, she was diagnosed with diabetes. She went to a clinic and reported her symptom of itching in her private parts, but did not think it important enough to tell that she was also urinating frequently. The medication she got did not improve her condition.
[AIDS 2016] We cannot eliminate TB if we leave children behind
Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
"Children are central to where we are heading for in TB control. If we aim to end TB in the next 20 years we should know the trends in infection and disease in the paediatric population and amend it," said Dr Jennifer Furin of Harvard Medical School, at a session in International TB Conference (TB 2016) - a two-day conference dedicated exclusively to this infectious disease - that immediately preceded the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) being currently held in port city of Durban. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that nearly 1 million children get infected with TB and more than 30,000 children become sick every year with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
"Children are central to where we are heading for in TB control. If we aim to end TB in the next 20 years we should know the trends in infection and disease in the paediatric population and amend it," said Dr Jennifer Furin of Harvard Medical School, at a session in International TB Conference (TB 2016) - a two-day conference dedicated exclusively to this infectious disease - that immediately preceded the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) being currently held in port city of Durban. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that nearly 1 million children get infected with TB and more than 30,000 children become sick every year with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
[AIDS 2016] Count the people at HIV risk right: Is money being spent or sitting in banks?
A recent UNAIDS report shows that decline in new HIV infections among adults has stalled. In 2014, key populations, including gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers and their clients, transgender people, people who inject drugs and prisoners, accounted for 35% of new HIV infections globally. It is estimated that MSM are 24 times more likely to become infected with HIV and transgender people are 49 times more likely to be living with HIV than adults in the general population.
[AIDS 2016] I am not good enough: Is that true?
[Click here to watch this session's recording] "Some say (internal) stigma, some say (self) stigma – either way let’s do more than talk about it." If you are attending XXI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) do not miss out on attending a session with a difference.
International AIDS Conferences: From Durban to Durban - has anything changed in 16 years?
Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)
AIDS2016, the XXI International AIDS Conference - (with the theme of 'Access Equity Rights Now') which will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 18 to 22 July 2016, marks a dramatic change in the country’s AIDS response in the 16 years since XIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2000), which was also held in Durban.
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[AIDS 2016] We cannot end AIDS by 2030 if we put SRHR on blindspot
A Press Conference session will be organized jointly by AIDS Society of India (ASI), CNS (Citizen News Service), Family Planning Association of India (FPA India), Microbicides Society of India (MSI), Gujarat AIDS Prevention unit
ISRCDE, ANPUD, ARUNA and partners at the XXI International AIDS Conference 2016 (AIDS 2016) in Durban, South Africa. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are integral to development justice.
[AIDS 2016] Can we afford to lose gains made in fight against HIV and TB? Integrated responses must to meet SDGs by 2030!
[Watch the recording of this session at AIDS 2016] A Press Conference session will be organized jointly by AIDS Society of India (ASI), CNS (Citizen News Service), Lilly MDR TB Partnership, Gujarat AIDS Prevention unit ISRCDE, ARUNA and partners around International TB Conference (TB 2016) and XXI International AIDS Conference 2016 (AIDS 2016).
[Call to register] Webinar for media in lead up to TB 2016 and AIDS 2016
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