USAID Director Rajiv Shah "says shelter and rubble removal are immediate priorities in the reconstruction efforts in earthquake-devastated Haiti," VOA News reports. Shah briefed the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Thursday, and also "said between 300,000 and 400,000 units of shelter are needed. He said aid workers are trying to provide about 135,000 transitional structures right now."

Nature Series Examines Role Science Can Play In Securing Food For The Future

As part of a series of stories and editorials on the role science can play in securing food for the future, Nature News examines the challenges associated with feeding the world's hungry.

Sen. Appropriations Committee Approves $54.1B FY2011 Foreign Ops Spending Bill, Including $8.2B For Global Health Programs

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a $54.1 billion FY 2011 spending bill for the State Department and related agencies "that includes potentially controversial abortion language," CQ reports.

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Under the Football for an HIV-Free Generation initiative, the ABMP is committed to developing and broadcasting HIV/AIDS-related programming in association with FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup broadcasts.

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PMTCT Study Shows Few Infants Get Protective Drug

"In parts of Africa, only about half of babies born to mothers with HIV receive the HIV prevention drug nevirapine," according to a study published July 21, 2010 by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report writes that the study, which was part of an HIV/AIDS theme issue in JAMA to coincide with the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, "highlights the need to expand global programs designed to prevent HIV/AIDS in newborns. It also points to the need to incorporate ongoing monitoring and quality improvements into all nevirapine-based care programs, the study authors concluded." Read more here.

To see JAMA study, click here.
For WHO international guidelines for use of antiretroviral drugs, go here
To read WHO press release, click here.

Virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015

UNAIDS has called for the elimination of HIV transmission from mother to child by 2015. UN recommendations on PMTCT are based on a four-pronged approach: (1.) primary prevention of HIV infection among women of childbearing age; (2.) preventing unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV; (3.) preventing HIV transmission from women living with HIV to their infants, and (4.) providing appropriate treatment, care and support to mothers living with HIV and their children and families. The UN General Assembly has set a target for 80% of pregnant women and their children to have access to essential prevention, treatment and care by 2010 to reduce the proportion of infants with HIV by 50%.

Today more than 4 million people living with HIV are receiving antiretroviral treatment and fewer babies are being born with HIV according to a new report released by the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS.
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To access the full report on the PMTCT Strategic Vision (2010–2015), click here.

New Radio Programming Guides for Radio Producers

A new HIV/AIDS programming guide for radio program producers is now available. Designed to provide ideas about longer form programs such as talk shows, documentaries, news and magazine programs that expand the key themes of the YOU campaign, the guide follows the unfolding saga of the mini radio drama series Can Tru Luv Withstand the Test? The series, now in its second year, follows the daily lives of a group of twenty-somethings as they navigate their way through the challenges of early adulthood. The current series focus specifically on themes of gender equity, stigma reduction, HIV-testing, and multiple concurrent partnerships.
To access the Programming Guide, click here
To hear episodes of Can Tru Luv Withstand the Test? click here