{"title":"Controversial report warns of recycled glove use in Kenyan hospital.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84120,"journal":{"name":"AIDS weekly plus","volume":" ","pages":"19-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22018394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increasing HIV / AIDS incidence takes toll in many ways. International (Namibia).","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84120,"journal":{"name":"AIDS weekly plus","volume":" ","pages":"22-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22018309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cuba shows jump in HIV positives.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cuba experienced a substantial increase in the number of HIV cases in 1996 due primarily to a growth of foreign tourism and an increase in prostitution, health officials said. The Juventud Rebelde newspaper said that since HIV/AIDS testing began in 1985, government-run hospitals and clinics have detected 1609 HIV-positive cases. In 1995 the total was reported at 1196, meaning that 413 new cases were detected in 1996. This compared with only 97 new cases reported during 1995. HIV infection among the island's 11 million inhabitants has remained relatively low due to a massive testing program and a public health infrastructure that provides universal and free medical treatment. Cuba was a pioneer in the use of interferon on those testing HIV-positive. Cuba produces its own interferon, which prolongs the life expectancy of patients, and also reagents for AIDS testing. There are special sanitariums for AIDS patients in most of Cuba's 12 provinces. Cuban adults who test HIV-positive are required to enter the sanitarium in a policy reminiscent of the way tuberculosis patients were tested in the US earlier in this century. Officials said the isolation of patients in sanitariums has been somewhat relaxed over past years by introducing greater flexibility in allowing persons who are considered reliable to live at home or make prolonged visits.</p>","PeriodicalId":84120,"journal":{"name":"AIDS weekly plus","volume":" ","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22019259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in Thai sexual behavior lower HIV spread.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84120,"journal":{"name":"AIDS weekly plus","volume":" ","pages":"24-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22040709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China reports increase in AIDS cases.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The number of people in China testing positive for HIV grew by 369 in the first 3 months of 1997, reaching 6359, according to figures from the Ministry of Health. The ministry previously had reported that as of the end of October 1996, 5157 people in China were known to be infected with HIV. The government estimates, however, that the actual number of people infected with HIV is about 100,000. AIDS has spread rapidly in parts of China, and China is concerned about a threat from neighboring countries where the rate of infection is much higher, the China Daily quoted Vice Minister of Health Yin Dakui as saying at the opening of a conference on AIDS. China plans to set up a National Center for AIDS Control to provide guidance for AIDS research, Yin said.</p>","PeriodicalId":84120,"journal":{"name":"AIDS weekly plus","volume":" ","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22040711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}