HIV Animations – AIDS Medical Animations

ESTEVE And IRSICAIXA Sign Partnership Agreement For The Development Of A Vaccine Aimed To Eradicate AIDS In The Next 10 Years
Spain leads the most important and ambitious EU research fight AIDS project Chemical/pharmaceutical ESTEVE group signs partnership agreement with IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, allowing ESTEVE to join research project. Partnership has been driven by Obra Social "La Caixa" and the Generalitat de Catalunya health department.

Researchers Successfully Used The 454 Sequencing System For Sensitive Detection Of HIV Tropism
454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, announced today that a team of researchers from the BC Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDS and the University of British Columbia, Canada have used the Genome Sequencer FLX system to monitor low frequency HIV variants from human samples in a recent study. The preliminarily results of the study were presented by Dr.

Sierra Leone AIDS Director Praises AHF For "One Million Tests/World AIDS Day 2008" Campaign
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is proud to announce that it has received a "Letter of Appreciation" from the government of Sierra Leone expressing gratitude for AHF's partnership in the recent "One Million Tests/World AIDS Day 2008" campaign.

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology
Killer Peptide May Offer New Therapy Against Influenza A Virus In a new study researchers identified what appears to be the first antibody-derived peptide that inhibits the activities of harmful microbes such as influenza A virus and HIV-1. They report their findings in the December 2008 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

ImQuest Presentations At International HIV Meeting Highlight Significant Progress In Their Therapeutic And Microbicide Development Programs
ImQuest Life Sciences presented important new results on the continued development of their small molecule pyrimidinedione inhibitors of HIV-1 at the bi-annual HIV-DART meeting held this week in Puerto Rico.

UNAIDS: Peter Piot Waves Goodbye - What Will The Future Hold?
Head of UNAIDS Peter Piot steps down at the end of 2008 after 11 years in the job. In a Special Report in this week's edition of The Lancet, executive editor Pam Das and senior editor Udani Samarasekera look at the legacy left by Piot, and the direction that new leader of UNAIDS - Michael Sidibé- should take.

Court Orders Schwarzenegger Administration To Enforce HIV/AIDS Law, Says AHF
The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles has entered a judgment and will issue a writ ordering California's Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement a landmark 2002 law intended to extend Medi-Cal (Medicaid) coverage to HIV-positive Californians. In addition to detailing specific steps that must be taken in order to be considered in compliance, the Court has issued a writ commanding the Department to "..

Needle/Syringe Programmes And Opioid Substitution Therapy Should Be Widely Available In Prisons To Help Prevent HIV Transmission
Prisons should have needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution therapy (OST) and other preventive measures in place to prevent HIV transmission between inmates. These are the conclusions of a Review published in the January edition of Lancet Infectious Diseases, written by Dr Ralf Jürgens, a consultant for HIV/AIDS based in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues on behalf of WHO.

Malaysian Government Will Encourage HIV Tests For Non-Muslim Couples Before Marriage, Deputy Prime Minister Says
Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Saturday announced that non-Muslim couples will be urged to take voluntary HIV tests before marriage, AFP/Google.com reports. The statement follows a recent

Business Involvement In Global HIV/AIDS Efforts Increasing, Economist Reports
As medical advances against HIV/AIDS have "somewhat stalled" since the development of antiretroviral drugs, "there are at least signs of growing awareness" from the "unexpected quarter" of the business world, the Economist reports.

HIV/AIDS In Dallas County, Tex. Spur Officials To Lobby Against Condom Distribution Ban
The number of HIV-positive residents in Dallas County, Tex., has increased during the past five years, leading some county officials to express concern about the effects of a condom distribution ban enacted 13 years ago, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Maryland County Council Considers Commission To Target HIV/AIDS
Anne Arundel, Md., Council member Daryl Jones has introduced legislation that would create a county HIV/AIDS commission to focus on outreach and look for ways to prevent the spread of the disease, the Baltimore Examiner reports. The council will vote on the legislation on Jan. 5, 2009.The county's black community has been particularly affected by HIV/AIDS.

New Orleans Officials Should Ensure That 'Glitch' In Ryan White Process Will Not Create 'Problem' With 2009 Grants, Editorial Says
"The grant process for agencies working with" HIV-positive people is "maddening," a New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial says.

Zimbabwe's MDC Thanks AHF For "One Million Tests/World AIDS Day 2008" Leadership
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is proud to have received a letter of acknowledgement from Austin Menzies Moyo Snr., Chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - South Africa Province, a prominent Zimbabwean political party, expressing gratitude for AHF's partnership in the recent "One Million Tests/World AIDS Day 2008" http://www.onemilliontests.org/ campaign.

GAO Report Examines Effect Of Part D Expense Cap On Ryan White Grantees
"Ryan White Care Act: First-Year Experiences Under the Part D Administrative Expense Cap" (.pdf), Government Accountability Office: The report was conducted to examine the effect of the