Doctor Presses Bank on HIV Tests
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A doctor retained by the World Bank to examine a program to combat the spread of HIV in India has been warning officials for months that defective testing kits could be putting people at risk.
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If the South African National Blood Service were to stop using race as one of its criteria for screening potential donors for HIV, the number of people receiving HIV-contaminated blood could rise from two or three a year to as many as 100, the service&#39;s
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Singapore may require couples planning to get married to be tested for the virus that causes AIDS, the Straits Times reported Sunday.
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Countries with HIV epidemics should test everyone attending health centres unless they 'opt out', say experts.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - French President Jacques  Chirac called for a tax to fund the global fight against AIDS  on Wednesday, as new figures showed a modest rise in the number  of patients receiving life-saving drugs in poor nations.
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A new class of HIV drugs will help doctors treat patients who have become resistant to treatment.
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Â· Iraq and Afghanistan casualties to get HIV tests  Â· Poor record keeping at US field hospitals blamed
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Health experts say combining TB and HIV testing and treatment could save the lives of 500,000 HIV positive Africans a year.
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Malawi calls on all of its sexually active population to take an Aids test to help it fight the pandemic.
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Sen. Barack Obama and his wife took HIV tests before a crowd of thousands Saturday at a clinic in Kenya in an effort to battle the fear and social stigmas that have slowed progress in fighting the spread of AIDS.
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Group of Eight leaders called Sunday for more AIDS funding to improve monitoring and to give more people access to treatment.
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Health professionals should routinely offer to test people for HIV instead of waiting for patients to request it, according to new advice from the United Nations Wednesday.
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Rapid HIV tests lead to more  people getting tested and receiving their results, according to  a study by the US Department of Veterans Affairs presented at  the 16th International AIDS Conference.
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The organization advised health workers in countries hard hit by AIDS to urge every patient to be tested for H.I.V. rather than to simply offer tests in limited circumstances.
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Federal health officials Thursday recommended regular, routine testing for the AIDS virus for all Americans ages 13 to 64, saying an HIV test should be as common as a cholesterol check.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - French President Jacques  Chirac called for a tax to fund the global fight against AIDS  Wednesday, as new figures showed a modest rise in the number of  patients receiving life-saving drugs in poor nations.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more efforts and measures to protect people from blood contamination and shortage in response to the spread of HIV/AIDS and other blood-born diseases.