AIDS/HIV

The KEROUEDAN LETTER

Monday, 09 March 2009 19:20 Garance Upham

I have several questions addressed to the epidemiologists who are interested in the epidemic of AIDS in Africa....

Dr Dominique Kérouédan, French physician, MD, then working in the Ivory Coast National AIDS Program, was writing in Société d’Afrique et SIDA over ten years ago, an amazingly powerful letter, which in a way, will echo to future generations as the courageous voice of a woman committed to truth:

Unsafe Medical Injections Linked to HIV Infection, New Study Finds

The report's executive Summary follows below.

MEASURE DHS http://www.measuredhs.com Press Release December 22, 2008

Calverton , MD - A new Macro International/MEASURE DHS study of 10 sub-Saharan African c...

OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION

Friday, 06 February 2009 00:00 Garance Upham

Mohalla JogiPura, Jalal Pur Jattan.

Distt. Gujrat, PUNJAB.

Conducted by HASP in collaboration with New Light AIDS

Control Society under auspices of PACP-Punjab.

INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

New Light AIDS Contro...

HIV infection related to number of health care injections received in Africa, studies found.

Thursday, 08 January 2009 14:03 Garance Upham

This week’s issue of SIGNPOST, the Safe Injection Global Network newsletter reports on new studies indicating a relationship between HIV status and number of health care injections received . The re...

The Association between Medical Injections and Prevalent HIV Infection: Evidence from a National Sero-Survey in Uganda

Abstract

Background. The contribution of unsafe medical injections to HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa has been debated. In this study we examine the relationship between the number of medical ...

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