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Care News Archives
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other news sources as well as the HIV/STD/TB Prevention
News Update (below).
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Request for Proposal for Ryan White Treatment
Modernization in The Detroit Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA)
(12/17/07)
The City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion (DHWP) –
HIV/AIDS Programs is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act Part A requirements for the purpose of
enhancing access to a comprehensive continuum of high quality, community-based
care for low-income individuals and families with HIV. Funding for FY 2008 will
be an open bid, competitive process to address service delivery from March 1,
2008 through February 28, 2009.
The proposal can be down-loaded at
www.drugfreedetroit.org or picked-up at the Department of Health and
Wellness Promotion, 1151 Taylor, Room 449C between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. through December 21, 2007 and after January 7, 2008 (due to the
holidays, DHWP will be closed December 22, 2007 through January 6, 2008).
Proposals are due at the DHWP, Room 420B by 3:00 pm on Friday, January
18, 2008. RFP’s received after the submission deadline will not be
considered. For further information, contact Carletta Smiley, CARE Service
Coordinator, at (313) 876-4954 or
SmileyC@health.ci.detroit.mi.us.
The City of Detroit does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed,
national origin, age, handicap, sex or sexual orientation.
Global
"WHO Launches Campaign to Produce ‘Child-Size’
Medicines"
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, (12.06.2007)
On Thursday, the World Health Organization kicked off a campaign to provide more
pediatric drug formulations and reduce deaths among children worldwide.
"We have looked at all medicines for adults and looked at whether they are
suitable for children and many of them are not or don't even exist," said Dr.
Hans Hogerzeil, director of Medicines Policy at WHO. "Missing essential
medicines" include those for tuberculosis, combination therapies for TB and
HIV/AIDS and malaria, bacterial and parasitic infections, asthma and pain
relief.
According to WHO, the lives of some 10.5 million children a year could be saved
if they simply had access to necessary drugs in appropriate formulations. More
than half of children in industrialized countries are prescribed medicines dosed
for adults. In developing countries, that problem is compounded by a lack of
access to treatment.
"The gap between the availability and the need for child-appropriate medicines
touches wealthy as well as poor countries," said WHO Director-General Dr.
Margaret Chan.
Children metabolize medicines differently than adults, while weight, age, and
physical conditions all must be taken into consideration.
"More medicines must be made child-size," said WHO Assistant Director-General
Dr. Howard Zucker. In addition, drug makers must account for the needs of
children in dosage forms and preparations so tablets are not too large or serums
too bitter, he said.
National News
Senate Approves Medicare Bill That Would Delay
Physician Fee Cut, Extend SCHIP Through March
2009 AP/Houston Chronicle
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/fe.cfm?id=7782
Health Insurance Industry To Propose Steps To
Make It Easier for Individuals To Obtain
Coverage, Including Those With Pre-Existing
Medical Conditions New York Times (Requires
free, one-time registration)
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/fe.cfm?id=7783
New Data on Cancer Rates Among HIV-Positive
People 'Underline' Need for Antiretrovirals That
Restore Immune Function, Opinion Piece Says
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=49190
HIV/AIDS Information Available on Second
Life
At-A-Glance Volume 3 Issue 50 - World AIDS
Day Edition
As a contribution to World AIDS Day 2007, the
Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division
of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has
created an HIV/AIDS exhibit in the virtual world
of
Second Life.
Second Life (SL) is a 3-D virtual world entirely
created by its Residents. Since opening to the
public in 2003, it has grown explosively and
today is inhabited by millions of Residents from
around the globe. (You have to be at least 18
years of age to join SL.)
The exhibit, located in the "SL Health
Information Outreach Lab" parcel on Health
Information Island, includes a display of NLM's,
NIH's, and other government resources
on HIV/AIDS. The exhibit allows SL users to
access government Web sites with authoritative
information about HIV/AIDS for patients,
families, and the general public.
Featured Web sites include
AIDSinfo,
AIDSinfo en español (infoSIDA, NLM's
AIDS Portal,
MedlinePlus,
AIDS.gov,
HIVTest.org, and others. A number of
national and international medical libraries
collaborating on Health Information Island will
hold special activities on December 1 in
commemoration of World AIDS Day 2007.
Around the
Nation
MAINE:
"State CDC Launches
AIDS Web Site"
Bangor Daily News, (11.30.2007) Eric
Russell
Maine is home to some 1,200 HIV/AIDS patients,
and many "are always indicating that they would
like to be more connected," said Jamie Cotnoir,
HIV prevention and care educator for the Maine
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (MCDC).
"The ruralness of the state can be a little
hindering sometimes," she said. In response, the
agency has introduced a new Web site.
"The goal of
www.positiveme.org is to create a
comfortable environment and reconnect people who
live with HIV/AIDS with the community that
supports them," said Dr. Dora Anne Mills,
director of MCDC.
A small grant of federal Ryan White funds helped
MCDC start the site; the launch coincided with
World AIDS Day. "I think our timing was pretty
good," said Cotnoir, who manages its content.
The site had been in development for about six
months.
Cotnoir hopes the site's calendar and events
sections will be helpful to patients. Regimen
compliance is another goal: "One of the things
this site can do is help people keep up on
medical adherence; that is, making sure they are
attending appointments and taking medications,"
she said.
"A lot of the content is, and will be, generated
by consumers," Cotnoir said. "We've already held
several focus group meetings throughout the
state to generate feedback."
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