GRIM PICTURE OF DAR HIV CARE

New survey paints grim picture of Dar HIV care By ERICK ODINYA Although HIV counselling services are available throughout Tanzania — about one in every four healthcare facilities has a HIV counselling and testing system. Antiretroviral treatment is far less available nationwide. The Service Provision Assessment Survey (TSPA), which was conducted by the Tanzanian and US governments, collected data from nationally representative samples of 611 health facilities in Tanzania. According to the report, which was released in Dar es Salaam last week, one in eight healthcare facilities provides prevention of mother-to-child transmission services while only four per cent of all health facilities prescribe antiretroviral therapy. Infrastructure problems and infection control are still major setbacks to Tanzania’s health services, consequently endangering both staff and patients. “For instance, only 33 per cent of healthcare facilities in the country, including half of all the hospitals, have running water, while others lack infection control equipment,” said the report. It further said that one third of facilities lack soap, only half have latex gloves and less than one-third have adequate systems for disposing of needles and infectious waste. The stock outages of medicines and poor storage systems obstruct the effectiveness of some vaccines, making them useless for disease prevention. More than 90 per cent of health facilities alleged to offer immunisation system, but only 74 per cent had vaccines at the time of the survey. The report revealed that less than half of the health facilities have the necessary equipment for correct temperature monitoring, and about a third do not maintain proper temperature control. In some services, the survey shows, insufficient counselling was the major problem. Most facilities providing antenatal care had the antimalarial medicine for intermittent prevention treatment (IPT) for pregnant women. However, less than one third of pregnant women were given the first IPT dose in the facility under the supervision of the provider, and less than 10 per cent were advised to get the second dose. Some critical issues were also neglected in the antenatal care services, during more than 1,000 observed counselling sessions in antenatal clinics. The health providers described the risk symptoms of pregnancy in only one-fourth of sessions and discussed nutrition in less than 20 per cent. MORE IN NEWS Hostility, mistrust await new UN force Otti under house arrest for 'plotting with Uganda army' Aid groups call for support for talks Can the African Union deliver real peace? UN supports efforts to end Palestinians’ woes Hostility, mistrust await new UN force Despite big finds, country remains mostly unexplored Tanzania faces $27m IPTL lawsuit in the US UN says Burundi rebels are arming child soldiers Oil industry ‘must support’ peace in Southern Sudan We are committed to private sector growth, says IFC Why we need to be in the Commonwealth Let’s bury the hatchet, Kagame tells Museveni Climate change to hit Kenya, Uganda Kenya now leads in global war on Aids, says UN Uganda students go to court over colleges’ status Mwencha to leave Comesa after 25 years Somalia’s Ugandan-trained troops defecting to militias New survey paints grim picture of Dar HIV care EA needs $6b a year for housing Comesa grants Kenya safeguards on wheat and sugar imports

BEST ANSWER TOQ=WHATS YOUR JOB & DO U LIKE IT?

I am on disability pension but do HIV-AIDS Education & Awareness & Living with HIV Talks at local places of education & i do out-reach work at night.I am always happy to do the talks,afterwords is cool as 9/10 all the students will come up & continue to ask Q ,saying how it takes guts to stand in front of a class & tell your life story & to keep up the great work on staying clean off of coke heroin & speed.(3 yrs) & so where i once was part of the problem i am now part of the solution.My faith in GOD & Jesus was not misplaced,& so i take 1 day at a time.i forgot to mention that i did have hep-c but found out recntly that i am no longer hep-c +!!!i Thank GOD EVERYDAY!! * 1 week ago Source(s): me,myself & i,gratefull recovering coke,heroin&speed addict with 3 yrs clean.HIV+ 2001,ohya cured of hep-c in 07! * 0 Rating: Good Answer * 0 Rating: Bad Answer * Report It Asker's Rating: 5 out of 5 Asker's Comment: thanks for all the reply's .......they all sound interesting .......but i have 2 choose this answer .......cause i couldnt do this job knowing i had hiv ............you are braver than i would be tc xxx

SELENIUM CHEAP SUPPLEMENT THAT WORKS SLOWING DOWN HIV VIRUS-STUDY FINDS!

Selenium supplementation slows HIV progression November 1, 2007 This study looked specifically at selenium supplementation and how it affects progression of HIV. (As usual, the scientific evidence builds up over time: earlier research had already produced some findings about the role of selenium in immune system function, and its potential benefit for people with HIV.) The 2007 finding: a daily supplement of selenium can “suppress the progression of HIV-1 viral burden and provide indirect improvement of CD4 count.” And the study results “support the use of selenium as a simple, inexpensive, and safe adjunct therapy in HIV spectrum disease.” Interestingly, the study found that selenium supplementation was beneficial regardless of factors such as past drug use, time since HIV diagnosis, adherence to antiretroviral medication, and infection with hepatitis C. So–a very general usefulness for this supplement for slowing progression of HIV. “Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load With Selenium Supplementation.” Barry E. Hurwitz; Johanna R. Klaus; Maria M. Llabre; Alex Gonzalez; Peter J. Lawrence; Kevin J. Maher; Jeffrey M. Greeson; Marianna K. Baum; Gail Shor- Posner; Jay S. Skyler; Neil Schneiderman. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:148-154.

How can spam fight HIV-AIDS?by josh clark,reposted by james gough

How can spam e-mail help fight HIV? by Josh Clark Inside This Article 1. How can spam e-mail help fight HIV? 2. "World of Warcraft" and Epidemiology 3. Lots More Information 4. See all Diseases and Conditions articles In 2006, as many as 3.5 million people died from acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), bringing the total of deaths from this disease since 1981 to more than 25 million [source: Avert.org]. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, attacks healthy immune cells and uses them to duplicate itself. AIDS, the final stage of HIV infection, can weaken a person's immune system so much, he could die from a cold. Teh Eng Koon/AFP/Getty Images In 2006, HIV infections killed as many as 3.5 million people. But there's hope for wiping out this disease, and it may be sitting in your e-mail inbox right now. Efforts to wipe out unwanted spam e-mails could provide the key to ending the AIDS epidemic. Researchers at computer software giant Microsoft are in clinical trials testing the same technology used to create spam-blocking programs against HIV. Spammers -- people and companies who create junk e-mails -- have found that traditional spam-blocking software works off a list of flagged words. When spam blockers identify these words, they reroute affected e-mail from your inbox to your spam folder. To get around this, spammers can simply spell words in a way that humans can recognize, but which computers don't. For example, if a spammer uses the word "pharmaceuticals," the e-mail will be blocked. But the spammer can spell "pharmaceutical" as "ph@rm@ceut1cal" to circumvent the spam filter. Score one for the spammers. Antispam developers realized that to combat this they would have to calculate all of the possible ways that every single word could be spelled using combinations of letters, symbols and numbers. With all of the different possible combinations for each, this adds up to a lot of work. But Microsoft researchers came up with a breakthrough. The team developed an algorithm -- a mathematical formula -- that reduces the time it takes to come up with every possible combination for a set of words from one year down to a day. With this algorithm, the researchers are not only able to develop a top-notch spamware product, they have now set their sights on using that same algorithm to ridding the world of HIV. David Heckerman, one of the Microsoft team's leaders, is not only a computer scientist, he's also a physician. He realized that the same theory used to block spam could also be used to kill HIV. After all, spam and HIV work in similar ways. When HIV attacks an immune cell, it creates thousands of replicas of itself. These aren't exact replicas, though. Each one is a slight variation on the original, and each of these goes on to attack more and more cells, each time replicating into mutated versions of the virus. This makes it difficult to design a vaccine to kill HIV. To create a vaccine, scientists include antibodies that look for specific strains of HIV. Subtle mutations of the virus not targeted by the vaccine may survive, much as the spam blocker allows junk e-mail to pass through when it doesn't see any flagged words. The Microsoft researchers hope to apply their antispam algorithm to HIV to calculate each possible HIV mutation. If they succeed, they can then provide HIV vaccine researchers with this data, and vaccines can include antibodies designed to kill all -- not just some -- of the mutated viruses. Video Gallery: A New Approach to HIV Education Health education is one of the greatest tools in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In Malaysia, UNICEF works with soccer squads to teach players about the the deadly virus and how it works. This video from UNICEF has more information. Spam may prove to be the springboard for of the development of a vaccine for HIV, and strange as that may seem, this is not the first time computers working on something unrelated to medicine have helped medical researchers study the effects of disease. Read the next page to find out other ways in which the virtual world is helping epidemiologists

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HIV & Me!

HIV&Me A Poem by James "joey" Gough,Nov.26/06sudbury ont can Here i am ,diagnosed with HIV,all i can think of is why it happen to me?was it soemthing i didnt do,something not right,yes,i forgot to put that condom on,that fatefull night!obviously that wasn't too bright,i now have to wear a condom each and everynight,In one instant of passion,1 instant of desire,can't you see?was all that it took,now i'm in a quagmire,and for eternity,If only i could have the chance back,i'd slide on a dome over my stack,why didnt i think?why didnt i see?that a simple condom would ve protected me,Now it's too late and i am slowly dyeing,on finding a cure,well the world is still trying,It wont happen soon enough and thats for sure,millions will die,waiting for a cure,A simple condom is all it would take,to stop the progression this disease would make,Its in your hands,and the choice is yours,wear a condom and stop them spores,cause HIV,you dont want to get,have you learned your lesson yet?so wear a condom ,dont be shy,and you will live,and will not die,condoms stop hiv,thats NO lie,So come on one and come on all,Together we can stop this deadly ball,HIV,it sure isn't fun,even though thats how it begun,Unsafe sex was my mistake,one passion filled moment was all it would take,So heed this warning one and all,don't get caught while haveing a ball without a condom when having sex,do you get it now?or r u still perplexed? So wear a condom it's the only way,to keep on living at work and at play,for having HIV will ruin all of that,suffering and pain & it wont be an act,it all comes you can get it for free,Its still deadly eventualy that deadly virus called HIV.james gough sudbury ont can HIV+2001

Algal Gel to Prevent HIV Infection Scientists involved in a worldwide research have come up with a microbicidal algal gel to prevent HIV infection. This gel is expected to evolve into a powerful new protection weapon for women against HIV. Preliminary lab tests suggest it would be 95% efficient. Brazilian scientists, who aim to evolve various methods to prevent HIV infection by using microbicides , assure the gel will be on the market in seven years. Women need to find ways to protect themselves from HIV, mainly in underdeveloped nations where AIDS is widespread and men refuse to use condoms. US philanthropist Bill Gates has said: only giving women the power to protect themselves can control AIDS pandemic. Researcher Dr Luiz Castello Branco claims, ‘the gel had produced impressive results during the first phase of testing over the last three years.’ He said: 'We will certainly get to a final product with an efficiency above 50%'. 'Right now we will test the product's safety and the ideal dose.' Roger Pebody, a treatment specialist at the HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust said: 'Millions of women are exposed to HIV and cannot ask their partners or husbands to use condoms.' 'Microbicides will give many more women the power to protect themselves.' 'Many products are already being tested in human trials and could be available in as little as five years.' 'Microbicides look set to be the best new prevention technology for vulnerable women in the hardest hit countries of Central and Southern Africa.' James gough ,HIV Education & Awareness as well as being a PHA(person haveing hiv-aids)he states that these microbicides be GIVEN FREE to All Females Everywhere as it would help save this planet,& we need more action on all fronts by more & more persons.Persons should be useing a harm reduction approach & we also must stop Both of these UNjust wars=Iraq & on ourselves =against drugs.WE Need more treatment facilitys not prisons.WAKE UP FOLKS! This world seems to be crumnbling before our eyes!