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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Celebrated on March 10th
March 10th marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a nationwide observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health. More than 200 events will take place across the country to encourage discussion and educate women and girls about the importance of getting tested.
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Researchers: AIDS Virus Can Hide in Bone Marrow
HIV can avoid the effects of antiretroviral therapy by hiding in long-living bone marrow cells, reawakening later to continue the cycle of infection, scientists reported on Sunday. The virus is dormant in bone marrow cells, forming a reservoir of infection resistant to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and the immune response, wrote Dr. Kathleen Collins, of the University of Michigan, and colleagues.
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A video of the Public Meeting: National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) is now available
The meeting provided an update on the framework for the NHAS and provided an opportunity for participants to meet the Federal HIV/AIDS Interagency Working Group. This group is made up of representatives from agencies working on HIV/AIDS across the Federal government, including White House offices, and is responsible for developing the NHAS.
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Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, March 10, 2010
As we commemorate the fifth annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we are reminded that in the United States, women and teenage girls accounted for more than a quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2007 and more than 93,900 cumulative deaths from AIDS. Black women in this country suffer disproportionately from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as they acquire new HIV infections at nearly 15 times the rate of white women. Worldwide, half of the estimated 33.4 million people living with HIV in 2008 were female, and HIV was the leading cause of disease and death for women of childbearing age.
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2010 National STD Prevention Conference
Atlanta, Georgia, March 8-11. STDs pose a threat to the health and well-being of millions of Americans every year.
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National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention's (NCHHSTP's) Strategic Plan for 2010-2015
This plan articulates a vision and overarching goals and strategies to guide and enhance NCHHSTP's programs to prevent HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) infections. The strategic plan recognizes the dynamic interplay of factors that continue to drive epidemics of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB at home and abroad.
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