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**HIV/AIDS Information Now Available in French, Spanish, Russian, Hindi and
Simplified Chinese** GlobalHealthReporting.org, Kaiser's website for up-to-date
global health statistics, overviews, country-specific information and the latest
news, now provides HIV/AIDS information in six languages.
http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/diseaseinfo.asp
May News Headlines and Links
AIDS Orphan Advocates Call for Increased Community-Based Programs, Passage of
PEPFAR Bill
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=52013
Biotech Firm GeoVax Labs To Launch Phase II Trials of HIV Vaccine Candidate
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=52014
Rapid HIV Tests Highly Effective in Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
in India, Study Finds
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=52015
New HIV Cases Increasing in Germany, Institute Says
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=52016
Namibia To Launch Pilot HIV Testing, Counseling Project
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=52017
U.N. Launches Workplace HIV Program
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51984
British Prime Minister Brown Holds Conference on Role of Businesses in Efforts
To Meet MDGs
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51985
Russia Should Increase HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted at IDUs, UNAIDS
Executive Director Piot Says
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51958
Group Launches Program To Expand Role of People Living With HIV/AIDS in
Uganda
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51959
'60 Minutes' Profiles Partners in Health Co-Founder
Paul Farmer
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51960
Canadian Government Committed 'Breach' of Scientific Standards by
Interfering in Vancouver's Supervised Drug-Injection Site, Researchers Say
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51890
Global Fund Might Consider Loans for Countries That
Become Too Wealthy To Qualify for Grants, Executive Director Says
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51930
More Women Than Men Sought Services at Uganda's AIDS Support Organization
in 2007, Report Says
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51931
Rate of Voluntary HIV Testing Unchanged in Singapore Despite Expanded
Access to Rapid HIV Tests
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51932
Rapid Population Growth in Uganda Affecting Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51892
Shanghai, China, To Establish Four New Methadone Clinics To Curb Spread
of HIV, Health Officials Say
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51893
Two PEPFAR-Funded Methadone Clinics Open in Vietnamese Port City
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51854
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