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HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment - Disease Control Priorities in ...  In 2005, close to 5 million new HIV infections and 3 million AIDS deaths occurred, ... The latter aims to provide antiretroviral drugs for 2 million HIV-infected ... the selection of optimal prevention programs to pair with treatment programs. ...... Achieving the WHO/UNAIDS Antiretroviral Treatment 3 by 5 Goal: What Will It Cost?
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WHO | The 3 by 5 Initiative  The "3 by 5" initiative, launched by UNAIDS and WHO in 2003, was a global TARGET to provide three million people living with HIV/AIDS in low- and ... countries with life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment (ART) by the end of 2005. It was a...
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Access to treatment in the private-sector workplace - UNAids  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS .... suffering, reducing stigma and mitigating the economic and social impact of ... 1 See The 3 by 5 Initiative. ... by WHO and UNAIDS to mobilize access to antiretroviral treatment for 3 million people in ... three companies in South Africa that are providing antiretroviral therapy to...
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3 by 5 Initiative - Wikipedia  The 3 by 5 Initiative was an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide antiretroviral treatment to patients with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries. The program lasted from December 2003 to December 2005, and the name "3 by 5" refers to the goal of treating 3 million people by 2005.
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Progress on global access to HIV antiretroviral therapy  Progress on global access to HIV antiretroviral therapy: a report on 3 by 5 ..... countries provide treatment to 3 million people living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2005. ... Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in December 2003 and unanimously...
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HIV and AIDS-Related Cancer: Introduction | Cancer.Net  For people with HIV, these three cancers are often called AIDS-defining conditions. ... Most types of cancer begin when healthy cells change and grow out of control ... HIV/AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma causes lesions to arise in more than one...
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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California  Page 22  Nov 2, 2004 ... The new data, however, show that HIV infection is potentially on the threshold ... that they can pass it to their wives and girlfriends, these men return to Mexico, ... about Ho Chi Minh's photo being used in a segment about the 1999 ... sparked a 53-day protest in 1999 by displaying a picture of the late North...
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Health Care for the Poor: Medicaid at 35  Over its 35-year history, Medicaid has grown from a program to provide health ... The future of Medicaid as our Nation's health care safety net will be determined by ... and is the single largest source of public financing for HIV/AIDS-related care ... Serving both the very poor and those with higher incomes who have incurred...
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HIV/AIDS History of Approvals > HIV/AIDS Historical Time Line 1981 ...  Aug 8, 2014 ... AIDS identified as being caused by a human retrovirus, Human ... 1987. On March 19, FDA approved AZT - the first drug approved for the ... protocol for the treatment of zidovudine (AZT) related anemia in HIV positive patients.
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AIDS and HIV Drugs - WebMD  HIV-positive people have many options for AIDS and HIV drug treatment. ... risk as a way to prevent HIV infection. It's to be used in conjunction with safe sex practices. ... It helps combat new resistant strains of the virus that emerge as HIV makes copies of itself. ... Trizivir, abacavir + zidovudine + lamivudine, ABC + AZT + 3TC.
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Converting Cancer Therapies into Cures: Lessons from Infectious ...  Mar 16, 2012 ... During the past decade, cancer drug development has shifted from a ... and bacterial infections, such as HIV and tuberculosis, are instructive for ... The history of targeted cancer therapy is much shorter than that of infectious diseases, but ... patients, could also transform current infectious diseases treatment.
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Types of Cancer: AIDS/HIV related malignancies - Robert H. Lurie ...  For people with HIV, these three cancers are often called "AIDS-defining conditions," ... with HIV has one of these cancers it can signify the development of AIDS. ... Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of skin cancer, which has traditionally occurred in...
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Jailed televangelist Jim Bakker is back in business hawking ...  Sep 15, 2014 ... MailOnline US - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories .... including 13 packs of ponchos, thermal blankets, glow stick and whistles for $500. To move out of the red and fund their new ministry, 90 percent of the new ... 'That's why I am telling you to stock up on food and survival supplies so you can...
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Interviews - David Ho | The Age Of Aids | FRONTLINE | PBS  May 30, 2006 ... In 1994, Dr. David Ho discovered that what was then thought of as a ... and Ho was named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1996 for ... So this was a lethal disease, the cause of which was completely .... And in fact, within a year or two, there were a series of compounds found to be active against HIV,...
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AIDS: the Early Years and CDC's Response  Oct 7, 2011 ... After learning of these first cases, CDC, under the leadership of its .... of AIDS, when the term "gay plague" was commonly used, the disease ... recommended to protect against hepatitis B virus infection (25). In March 1983, CDC, in conjunction with the Food and Drug .... MMWR 1987;36(Suppl):82--94.
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Chapter 2Medical Assessment and Treatment - Substance Abuse ...  Some medications used to treat HIV/AIDS and its complications can affect treatment ... Many HIV/AIDS treatment drugs are processed through the liver, and their .... adherence to zidovudine (Retrovir--abbreviated as AZT), but its applicability may ..... used to treat HIV, each medicine working in a different way to fight the virus.
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The Virus - Immune System | The Age Of Aids | FRONTLINE | PBS  May 30, 2006 ... HIV targets the lymphocyte type of white blood cell. ... The innate immune system, which is designed to attack and destroy any outside ... Leading AIDS researcher Dr. Anthony Fauci on the crucial role of the CD4 cell (2:24).
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Thinking big: scaling-up HIV-1 interventions in sub-Saharan Africa ...  Published: 30 October 1999 ... where they accounted for 18 million deaths in 1998, almost double the number of deaths from malaria and eight times that from...
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Methadone Treatment Marks 40 Years - Addiction Studies Program  introduced, methadone mainte- nance for the treatment of opioid ad- diction remains a standard therapy in the field ... by Vincent P. Dole, MD, and the late. Marie E. ... that a medication could be used to con- .... gan establishing strict controls of.
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December 3rd, 2015 by The Morung Express - issuu  Dec 3, 2015 ... He opined that awareness and disseminating of HIV knowledge at ...... An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind, Gandhi famously said. ..... normalization of assassination via drone warfare, is wisely seeking to...
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HIV/AIDS History of Approvals > HIV/AIDS Historical Time ... - FDA  Aug 8, 2014 ... Highlights of the FDA activities related to HIV/AIDS for years 1981 - 1990. ... by a human retrovirus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). ... 1987. On March 19, FDA approved AZT - the first drug approved for the ... Trimetrexate was used to treat Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients who can...