AIDS Courier (28/09)

Minister wants separate school for HIV+ children || Study Examines ‘Elite’ Group Of HIV-Positive People Who Appear ‘Protected’ From Developing AIDS || Ugandan Medical Male Circumcision Program Launched To Prevent HIV Transmission

Minister wants separate school for HIV+ children

Maharashtra Minister Dileep Deshmukh said the administration is thinking of making a separate provision for children affected with AIDS in Latur.

Study Examines ‘Elite’ Group Of HIV-Positive People Who Appear ‘Protected’ From Developing AIDS

An international contingent of nearly 500 researchers and physicians are taking part in the International HIV Controllers Study, which is examining “the phenomenon,” in which certain people living with HIV seem “somehow protected from AIDS,” the Washington Post reports.

Ugandan Medical Male Circumcision Program Launched To Prevent HIV Transmission

Uganda was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to register a drop in adult national prevalence in HIV. The epidemic, however, remains serious as approximately one million Ugandans are HIV positive. Experts in the field have begun promoting a low cost and powerful weapon against new HIV infections: voluntary medical male circumcision.