Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c54750) has announced the addition of "Oxford Handbook of Genitourinary Medicine, HIV and AIDS, First Edition" to their offering.
- Provides a wealth of practical information on sexually transmitted diseases and the principles of providing services
- Includes evidence-based, practical information on the specialty, covering medico-legal, ethical, and procedural issues
- Includes a disease-orientated description of conditions both directly related and opportunistic, and their management, and data on special situations such as pregnancy
- Includes an extensive colour plate section
Genitourinary medicine (GUM) is an expanding specialty which is primarily related to the treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). A number of GUM departments also offer other sexual health services such as contraception, sexual dysfunction and health promotion. Services are provided by multidisciplinary teams which include doctors, nurses, health advisers (who carry out partner notification and counselling), receptionists, laboratory staff and secretarial support.
The Handbook of Genitourinary Medicine HIV and AIDS provides practical, evidence-based information on the specialty, covering medico-legal, ethical, and procedural issues. The first section deals with routine management, special situations and clinical and laboratory processes. The second section covers genitourinary conditions in a disease-orientated style, including sexually transmitted diseases and other genitourinary problems. The third section on HIV provides a contemporary epidemiological overview of this infection, basic viral biology and pathogenesis, a disease-orientated description of conditions both directly related and opportunistic, and their management, and data on special situations such as pregnancy.
Readership: Aimed primarily at specialist doctors, trainees and nurses in genitourinary medicine and infectious diseases, this book will also appeal to gynaecologists, general practitioners, specialist nurses, and interested medical students.
Authors, editors, and contributors
- Edited by Richard Pattman, Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK,
- Michael Snow, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK,
- Pauline Handy, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Genitourinary Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK,
- K Nathan Sankar, Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and
- Babiker Elawad, Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Contributors: Jane Hussey, Specialist Registrar in Genitourinary Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Kathryn Kain, Senior Health Advisor, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Jane Richards, Staff Grade in Genitourinary Medicine and former General Practitioner, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Mathias Schmid, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Source: Business Wire
April 20, 2007
Oxford Handbook Of Genitourinary Medicine, HIV And AIDS Out Now!
Society Should Be Involved in HIV/Aids Combat
Angolan Minister of Youths and Sports, José Marcos Barrica considered Thursday that the combat to HIV/Aids should involve the whole society and stop being isolated as it has been until this moment.
The official was speaking at the opening of the Colloquy on HIV, in the light of the preparations of Afrobasket/2007, adding that remaining indifferent towards the Aids outbreak is totally legitimating the silent death of thousands of citizens, accepting the perpetuation of the dependence and underdevelopment of the country, in particular, and of the continent, in general.
"For the common cause of everyone, you are called to fight as a single army against the enemy (Aids)'s sudden advance", he stressed.
According to Marcos Barrica, social events that assemble large numbers of people, such as the "Afrobasket (African Nations Basketball Tournament)" should be considered as important moment of training, informing and sensitising citizens and the community on the dangers of the spread of Aids involving sportsmen in special.
In the Youth and Sports Minister's view, with the colloquy, which reveals the social side of sports, Angolan youths and sportsmen will feel more committed to the cause, becoming true soldiers of the fight against HIV/Aids.
Speaking about the topic "Epidemiological Situation" of HIV in the World, in Africa and in Angola, the Deputy Minister of Sports, José Van-Dúnem revealed that from 2006 until the current date, health authorities control 24,000 registered cases with a prevalence of two percent.
"Thus, we should combat the disease, and peoples' idols such as basketball players are great agents in the fight against Aids, that is why they should be informed.
On the other hand, the official informed that although the country has a prevalence of two percent there are regions in the country with 10 percent like Cunene province, the reason he considered the divulging of information to the all population as an essential measure. The tournament, to be held next August, will have "The fight against HIV/Aids" as the main motto.
Pharmaceutical Companies Should Partner With Gates Foundation On Development Of HIV/AIDS Vaccine, Report Says
Pharmaceutical companies "need to develop an explicit strategy" to collaborate with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on global health problems, such as the research and development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine, according to a report released on Tuesday by the pharmaceutical information group IMS Health, Reuters UK reports (Hirschler, Reuters UK, 4/17). The Gates Foundation in July 2006 announced 16 grants totaling $287 million to fund the development of an HIV vaccine. The grants will be distributed during a five-year period to 16 scientific teams in 19 countries. The grants aim to create an international network to find a vaccine by pooling resources and fostering collaboration on efforts worldwide. Under the grant agreements, the 165 researchers receiving funding will be required to collaborate and share the results of their research. In addition, the researchers may patent their findings as long as they make their vaccines available at low costs to people in developing countries. The funding brings the foundation's donations to HIV vaccine efforts to $528 million (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 7/20/06).
The new network, called the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery, might need to use patented compounds still under development at pharmaceutical and biotech firms, according to the annual IMS Intelligence.360 report. Such actions might "raise fresh debate" over ethical issues surrounding patents for HIV/AIDS drugs and vaccines, of which there are more than 200 in development, according to Reuters UK. "Whether or not the Gates Foundation effort succeeds, it benefits pharma[ceutical] companies to stay in the game, working synergistically with the [Gates] foundation," IMS said, adding, "The alternative is for pharma to allow itself to be perceived as indifferent to global health concerns -- or to be unseated in the pursuit of advances in world health." According to Reuters UK, pharmaceutical companies "could face mounting pressure" to partner with the Gates Foundation, even if the collaboration "impacts their bottom line" (Reuters UK, 4/17).
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April 18, 2007
Sales From Rainbow Pride Premium Tea’s Green Tea with EGCG and Decaf Infusions Helps to Raise Money for HIV-AIDS Research and Awareness Programs
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 18, 2007 -- Just Different Specialty Tea Company, the undisputed tea industry pioneer in creating and developing fun, healthy and socially conscience tea brands, today announced their Rainbow Pride Premium Tea is now available at www.rainbowpridetea.com and that $1.00 from every package sold through the company website will be donated to HIV-AIDS research and awareness programs.
"I take great pride in guiding and directing my company to create, develop and launch new, exciting and socially conscious tea brands. In 2004, the Rainbow Pride Premium Tea brand was the second brand we launched (TEA for MEN www.teaformen.com was the first) after starting Just Different Specialty Teas but our exposure was limited because Rainbow Pride Tea was only available as loose tea. We listened to what people wanted and as a result, Rainbow Pride Tea is now available in easy to brew tea bags and will soon be available on store shelves across the U.S. in ergo-friendly sports bottles as a ready to drink beverage," said Frank Kenny, founder and CEO of Just Different Specialty Teas.
In keeping with the easily identified and recognizable oval labels used by Just Different Specialty Teas for all their brands, the new look for Rainbow Pride Tea reveals a vibrant oval label with the Rainbow Pride flag waving proudly in the wind. The label copy bellows for support for HIV-AIDS research and awareness programs.
"We have a standing joke around here about 'being from the future' and we seriously pride ourselves with passionately developing new, exciting and forward-looking tea brands to accommodate the requests and desires of the growing tea drinking public while stressing the countless health benefits of tea. Appropriately enough, several recently published research articles cited the potential benefits the EGCG antioxidant found in green tea may provide to help prevent HIV infection," continued Kenny. "We were the first tea company to acknowledge this potential with our Rainbow Pride Tea brand and I hope the continued research on EGCG further confirms the results of the original studies and discovers natural sources that will prevent HIV. That's what I mean by 'being from the future,' seeing it and willing it to happen before it does," Kenny added.
EGCG rich Rainbow Pride Green Tea is available in a variety of wonderful flavored and scented natural green teas as well as a selection of natural, non-caffeinated organic rooibos infusions. The green tea selections include: ginger green tea, lemon green tea, blueberry green tea, cinnamon green tea, chamomile green tea, jasmine green tea, mint green tea, Chinese (dragonwell) green tea and Japanese (sencha) green tea. Along with the all natural, EGCG rich, green teas, Rainbow Pride Teas are also available in naturally flavored, non-caffeinated organic rooibos infusions, including: lemon, vanilla, peach, orange and mango.
"The number of people impacted throughout the world by this terrible and horrible epidemic is alarming and the numbers just continue to grow. When we created and developed Rainbow Pride Teas in 2004 we did it to honor a friend who died of AIDS and to raise money for HIV and AIDS foundations in the United States. At the time we naively thought that HIV-AIDS was a gay disease but with more education we realized that HIV-AIDS effected millions and millions of people worldwide including, sadly enough, millions of children. We realized we had to further open our minds and expand our scope of thought on how wide spread and devastating this disease is and that, even though we're a small company, we could do something to help make a difference," continued Kenny.
More People With HIV/AIDS Getting Treatment
A new WHO/UNAIDS report shows access to HIV anti-retroviral therapy in poor countries grew significantly in 2006. The report says more than 2 million people living with HIV/AIDS are now receiving treatment. This is a 54 percent increase over the previous year. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from WHO and UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva.
The report shows countries in every region of the world are making substantial progress in increasing access to HIV treatment. It says the greatest advances have been made in sub-Saharan Africa, the region most affected by AIDS.
UNAIDS official Peter Ghys says more than 1.3 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were receiving treatment in December 2006.
"We notice that there has been a very dramatic increase in access to treatment," he said. "Where it was only two percent three years ago, the treatment coverage has increased to 28 percent by the end of 2006. And this is the most dramatic increase by region."
At the same time, the report notes the goal of providing universal access to comprehensive prevention programs, treatment, care and support is still a long way off. One of the major concerns is providing medicine to pregnant HIV/AIDS mothers to prevent their newborns from getting infected.
World Health Organization care and treatment expert Charlie Gilks says a very small percentage of HIV-positive pregnant women in poor countries are receiving the drugs they need to prevent mother-to-child transmission.
"The report notes that about less than 10 percent of women who are pregnant have received an HIV test as part of their routine antenatal care," he added. "This is one of the reasons why prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs are not moving forward as they should. And, a survey in 12 countries has noted that only 12 percent in sub-Saharan Africa, that only about 12 percent of men and unfortunately even fewer women, 10 percent of women know their HIV status."
Gilks says people who do not know their HIV status are likely not to get access to treatment and stop the infection from spreading.
The World Health Organization says the price of anti-retroviral drugs has gone down about 40 percent, making them more affordable in developing countries. The report notes injecting drug use is a major mode of HIV transmission in several regions. It is a particularly big problem in eastern European countries. However, the report warns that HIV among injecting drug users is emerging as a concern in Africa.
Yao Ming to star in HIV/AIDS anti-stigma campaign in China
Chinese basketball star Yao Ming is to take part in a nationwide campaign aimed at helping people living with HIV/AIDS better integrate into society, it was announced Wednesday.
Yao, who plays for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association in the United States, will feature with Chinese movie star Pu Cunxin on 200,000 posters to be distributed throughout China.
The aim of the campaign, a partnership between the United Nations and the Chinese government, is to reduce the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and encourage people to accept those who are infected into their homes, workplaces and communities.
Posters will carry the slogan, "We have the same feelings, the same dreams, the same life. HIV/AIDS will not affect our friendship. We are friends."
"I am hopeful that the images in this campaign will encourage Chinese people to overcome their fear and treat those affected by HIV as friends and equals," said David Ho, director of the U.S.-based Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, which is also involved in the campaign.
"We trust this campaign will help disseminate our common stand for positive action, care and full integration of people living with HIV and AIDS in our global society," added Alessandra Tisot, U.N. Development Program senior deputy resident representative in China.
This is not the first time Yao, who is 2.29 meters tall, has got involved in AIDS awareness campaigns.
In 2004 he took part in a similar campaign with former Los Angeles Lakers basketball start Magic Johnson and a year later listened to the stories of children orphaned because of the illness in Beijing.
At that event he had to console a 14-year-old boy who told Yao other children would not play basketball with him because his parents were infected with the HIV virus, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
April 17, 2007
Get AIDS Walk off on right foot
Every September, thousands of volunteers join the annual Delaware AIDS Walk to raise money and awareness of the HIV/AIDS problem.
As Delaware continues to rank among the states with the highest rate of new infections, organizers at AIDS Delaware say they are getting a head start on recruiting teams for this fall's event.
Recruitment of teams for this year begins April 25 with an AIDS Walk Kick-off Breakfast.
"This is a free breakfast to get individuals engaged in forming teams for the upcoming AIDS Walk," said Frank Hawkins, associate director of AIDS Delaware.
Because of recruiting efforts and widespread community support, AIDS walks held in Delaware are bucking a national trend of diminishing participating and fundraising, according to the nonprofit AIDS Delaware.
Executive Director John D. Baker said there are about 3,450 Delawareans now living with HIV/AIDS and about 3,500 have died of related causes since the epidemic began more than 25 years ago.
"Delaware continues to be in the top five for per-capita HIV/AIDS cases," he said, "and because we are in the middle of this high-incidence region between Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York we must remain ever-vigilant because the HIV virus knows no boundaries and is a risk for us all."
Among the newest trends, Baker said, heterosexual females have become the fastest growing group, with males and females 50 and older continuing to grow at 18 percent of new infections, and youth continuing to comprise half of new infections. Infection trends have prompted the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend that doctors make HIV tests part of patients' regular annual screenings.
The annual AIDS Walk is "one of Delaware's largest collaborative events," Baker said.
"The AIDS Walk Delaware occurs in each county and -- along with AIDS Delaware and the Delaware HIV Consortium -- has over 20 AIDS service organizations and churches with HIV programs raising funds together to provide Delawareans with the best prevention education programming and services possible," Baker said.
With last year marking its 20th event, the walk began as a grass-roots memorial to remember loved ones lost in the AIDS epidemic. Over its two decades, however, the walk has shed its somber tone and grown into a celebration of life, focusing on helping those living with HIV/AIDS and to preventing future infections.
Those lost to AIDS continue to be remembered each year in the walk's tradition of participants dropping flowers from a Brandywine Park bridge into the waters of the Brandywine.
Hawkins encourages workplace organizations, community groups, churches and other faith groups as well as individuals to field teams for the event that generates money for education and prevention, as well as services for affected Delawareans and their families statewide.
The breakfast, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., will be held at the Francis X. Norton Center, 917 N. Madison St., Wilmington.
Anyone interested in attending should call Hawkins or Darcy Brasure at AIDS Delaware at 652-6776.
Community groups and businesses also are sought to become event sponsors at a variety of donation levels, and organizers also seek donors of flowers for the memorial drop, as well as raffle and fundraising prizes.
Sponsors also are sought for water stations along the 5-kilometer walk route and to donate food and beverages for participants.
