Doctors cite alarming rise in hep C, HIV in prisons; call for needle exchange
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TORONTO (CP) - The alarming increase of HIV and hepatitis C in Canadian prisons must be combatted through government-led needle exchange programs, medical and legal groups said Wednesday.
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Prison doctors say the public is at risk from drug addicts and mentally ill offenders being released from jail without treatment.
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Doctors in Botswana, already battling one of the highest levels of HIV per capita in the world, are being overwhelmed by a dramatic rise in cancer cases as a result of the epidemic.
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With the rates of women and girls living with HIV/AIDS climbing sharply worldwide, public-health experts and activists this week urged policymakers to go beyond the ABCs of AIDS prevention
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KAMPALA, Uganda Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried that news reports about an aids drug may prompt some governments to ban the medication.
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An explosive increase in the percentage of women living with HIV/AIDS in South Carolina has health officials across the T&amp;D Region scrambling for ways to enhance education and funding to tackle the problem.
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Chinese state media said Tuesday that reported cases of HIV/AIDS jumped 30 percent in 2006, compared to the year previous, with intravenous drug use the main source of infection.
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A worrisome superbug seen in prisoners and athletes is also showing up in people who get illegal tattoos, federal health officials said Thursday.
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Overcrowding in jails is creating a "disastrous situation" for the health of inmates, a prison doctor says.
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A leading hospital admits it has taken two years to warn patients they could have contracted HIV or hepatitis after shoulder operations.
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Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The service has confirmed it is considering handing out kits to inmates as part of a harm-reduction programme.
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The latest figures on HIV/Aids in China show a 30% jump in reported cases, health officials say.
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Black men in the United States are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than their white counterparts, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Thursday.
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A HOSPITAL has taken two years to tell hundreds of former patients they may be at risk of HIV or hepatitis. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London suspended a test in 2002 for fear it could spread deadly blood viruses.
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More than 550 patients who underwent shoulder investigations over seven years have been offered blood tests to establish whether they were accidentally infected with diseases such as HIV or hepatitis.
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New data from the city's Health Department show an increase in H.I.V. infection rates among young men.
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A record 7,000 people were diagnosed with HIV last year, according to figures released yesterday. The number of new cases of the virus that causes Aids has grown by around