A security guard in Vietnam's southern Long An province was stabbed with a syringe by an HIV-infected drug user during a drug bust on Thursday. After getting a tip-off about an opium den, Pham Van Lang, chief of the region's security guard - a quasi-police force - and police officers caught a group of drug users in the act and surrounded them. In desperation, Nguyen Vu An, who has been infected with HIV for years, stabbed Lang repeatedly with a syringe. An was arrested while Lang was taken to hospital for blood tests. Three days ago a security guard in Ho Chi Minh City was similarly attacked during a raid. Attacks with syringes by drug users are common in Vietnam. A HCMC police lieutenant died of HIV earlier this month after being infected in a syringe attack several years ago. Reported by TMH - Translated by Thanh Tuan … [Read more...] about Security guard attacked with syringe by HIV-infected drug user
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No new HIV infections among children by 2015
VGP - The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on May 8 launched a new action campaign, "Believe it. Do it." The campaign aims at bringing attention and action to the global goal of ending new HIV infections among children by 2015 and ensuring mothers living with HIV remain healthy. Each year, about 390 000 children become newly infected with HIV and as many as 42 000 women living with HIV die from complications relating to HIV and pregnancy. In 2011, world leaders at the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS committed to ending new HIV infections among children by 2015 and saving mothers' lives. A bold new global plan was adopted and action is underway. Through public service announcements, the campaign, approved in 2011, asks the public to take three simple actions: get the facts about ending new HIV infections among children; send a message about the issue and the actions people can all take; and support a mother through one of the great organizations working … [Read more...] about No new HIV infections among children by 2015
More people dying from TB are HIV-infected than previously recognized
PANO - The total number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases remained stable in 2007, and the percentage of the world's population becoming ill with TB has continued the slow decline that was first observed in 2004, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 24 th. However, the 2009 Global TB Control Report also reveals that one out of four TB deaths is HIV related, twice as many as previously recognized. In 2007, there were an estimated 1.37 million new cases of tuberculosis among HIV-infected people and 456,000 deaths. This figure reflects an improvement in the quality of the country data, which are now more representative and available from more countries than in previous years.*. "These findings point to an urgent need to find, prevent and treat tuberculosis in people living with HIV and to test for HIV in all patients with TB in order to provide prevention, treatment and care. Countries can only do that through stronger collaborative programmes … [Read more...] about More people dying from TB are HIV-infected than previously recognized
Ben Tre Province investigates HIV infection in 12 residents
Health authorities in the southern province of Ben Tre are trying to establish the source of HIV infection in 12 residents of Phu Dang Hamlet in Ngai Dang Commune of Mo Cay Nam District. The People’s Committee of Ben Tre Province released this information at a press conference on May 31. Nguyen Van Nghia, deputy chairman of the People’s Committee has ordered the provincial health sector to take assistance from the HCMC Pasteur Institute and the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control to identify the cause of HIV infection in 12 residents in the province who are between the ages of 30-60. The police will also help in identifying the source of the infection in a bid to calm the local people and contain all kinds of rumours from spreading. Medical workers are also working to educate people on how to use preventive measures to remain free from the disease. Nghia said that such a situation has never occurred before in the province, hence it is causing greater concern … [Read more...] about Ben Tre Province investigates HIV infection in 12 residents
The way to schools blocked to many HIV infected students
Something took place right in Hanoi--some parents blocked the way to prevent HIV infected children from entering schools and forced them to come back to their center. Going to school just to attend the flag saluting ceremony The “Rainbow shines” camp organized for the students infected with or affected by HIV late last week in Ba Vi district. Pham Dinh Duc, 13, was a fifth grader of the Yen Bai B Primary School in Ba Vi district in Hanoi in the 2010-2011 academic year. However, though Duc was listed as a student of the school, he and the other 33 students could only go to the school on Monday morning every week to attend the flag saluting ceremony. After the ceremony, the children had to return to the Center for Labor and Social Affairs No 2, to attend the classes there. These were the special classes, because students of different grades were gathered in the same classes. Since 2001, the center has become the place nurturing the HIV infected children. … [Read more...] about The way to schools blocked to many HIV infected students