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Nigeria: 'Sex Workers Arrest Hampers Anti-HIV Work in FCT'
Abuja :: Nigeria | 1 month ago
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Emenalo admonished at a meeting with civil society groups convened at the behest of the charity group Gede Foundation in Abuja. Dr Oluwole Daini, director of medical services at Gede, said policy had to find middle ground between criminalising and
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More HIV Prevention Funding Should Be Shifted to Gay Men, Fenway Says
Far :: Iran | 5 months ago
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January 03, 2013 New HIV infections held steady at about 50,000 in 2010, the CDC reported last month, but new infections among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are up 12% from 2008 to 2010. MSM represented 64% of new
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Tajikistan: Concerns at HIV Rise Among Women
Dushanbe :: Tajikistan | 5 months ago
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Dec 12 Tajikistan's government acknowledges that the rise of HIV infection among women is of particular concern. What is unclear is how the trend can be addressed effectively in the context of current prevention policy...However, statistics suggest
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Madi, Gauss, Flame: Year's most sophisticated malware
Moscow :: Russia | 7 months ago
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T he successful use of exploits is reliant on the presence of vulnerabilities in the code of popular applications installed on user machines. Java vulnerabilities were exploited in more than 50 per cent of all attacks. According to Oracle, different
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Limits to Progesterone in Reducing Risk of Preterm Birth
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
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October 22, 2012 The hormone progesterone , administered by injection or vaginally to pregnant women, has been helpful in reducing the chances that a woman who has had one preterm birth will have another. Two previous trials have also found
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We want right to give blood
Saint George :: Bermuda | 9 months ago
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A group of Westgate prisoners has launched a campaign to allow serving inmates to donate blood. Hospital policy currently prevents them from doing so, but a support group called Lifeline, run by men serving life sentences, hopes to overturn the ban...
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Advice for winter cold and flu blues
Wellington :: New Zealand | 11 months ago
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It has been the busiest year for hospital admissions, including to intensive care, for complications from flu infections for the last three years...Every year we chase the virus as it continues to mutate and we try to adapt, reviewing what is in the
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China permits lesbians to donate blood
Xian :: China | 11 months ago
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The Whole Blood and Component Donor Selection Requirements, released by the Ministry of Health last year, amended the provision which had forbidden homosexuals from giving blood. The new rule now does not mention homosexual identity, only stating
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Muscat ranks high on low risk city survey
Muscat :: Oman | 11 months ago
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Muscat is among the lowest risk cities in the region, with a rating that puts it ahead of international business hubs such as Barcelona, Milan, Lisbon, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing, according to the findings from the 2012 People Risk Index, created by
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Five more test positive for A (H1N1) in Tamil Nadu
Chennai :: India | 1 year ago
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Transmission of virus still sporadic, no need to panic, say health officials A 32-year-old resident of Ashok Nagar who tested positive for A (H1N1) influenza was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. He is one of five people in
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