Gates wants geeks to build a better condomTuesday, 26 March 2013 |
International News
CNN - Bill Gates is putting out a call to inventors, but he's not looking for software, or the latest high-tech gadget. This time he's in search of a better condom. On its Grand Challenges website, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is offering a $100,000 startup grant to the person who designs "the next generation condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure" and promotes "regular use." It... |
The 11th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and PacificMonday, 25 March 2013 |
International News
The International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) is the largest forum on HIV/AIDS held in the region. For over 20 years, ICAAP has played a key role in raising public awareness, building political commitment, strengthening advocacy networks and disseminating knowledge on HIV/AIDS issues among key affected populations and other stakeholders in the region. Each ICAAP is organized by a Local Organizing Committee (LOC) to enhance... |
Call for Participants: The 4th University Scholars Leadership SymposiumFriday, 15 March 2013 |
International News
The Manila Symposium 2013 will
bring 1,000 of the world’s dynamic student activists in the field of
sustainable development together in August 2013. It offers a unique
opportunity to network with young leaders from all over the world—those
who share the same passion for alleviating the plight of the poor.
Humanitarian Affairs United Kingdom recognises the importance to enhance delegates’... |
HIV high on the agenda at the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on Narcotic DrugsWednesday, 13 March 2013 |
International News
In wide-ranging opening remarks to the current session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov placed HIV and drug use at the heart of the global agenda. “HIV transmission through injecting drug use continues to be one of the main unresolved challenges of the international community. Widespread stigma, discrimination and lack of access... |
Case report of a 'functional' HIV cure in a childWednesday, 06 March 2013 |
International News
Researchers in the United States say that they have identified a case of a 'functional' HIV cure in a child infected with HIV who began antiretroviral treatment within days of birth. The child has now been off treatment for a year, and although HIV DNA has been detected at very low levels in the child’s cells, the virus is not reproducing. Further follow-up will be required to determine whether this state persists,... |
