AIDS Courier (25/09)

Bill Gates helps fund mass circumcision programme || A new weapon in the war against HIV-AIDS: Combined antiviral and targeted chemotherapy

Bill Gates helps fund mass circumcision programme

The Microsoft founder last week injected $50,000 into a programme to circumcise up to 650,000 African men – a scheme that should save thousands of lives. Traditional methods of circumcision sometimes harm and even kill boys and young men. The network of 250 teams of providers will be managed by Population Services International, a global health organisation based in Washington, DC. Male circumcision is a preventive measure against HIV infection spread.

A new weapon in the war against HIV-AIDS: Combined antiviral and targeted chemotherapy

A discovery by a team of Canadian and American researchers could provide new ways to fight HIV-AIDS. According to a new study published in Nature Medicine, HIV-AIDS could be treated through a combination of targeted chemotherapy and current Highly Active Retroviral (HAART) treatments. This radical new therapy would make it possible to destroy both the viruses circulating in the body as well as those playing hide-and-seek in immune system cells.