Pandemic Watch – June 9

Report on HIV/AIDS Drug Access Shows ‘Encouraging, Painfully Slow Progress,’ Editorial Says

A recent report released by UNAIDS, UNICEF and the World Health Organization on antiretroviral drug access “reported encouraging but painfully slow progress in 2007, the good news tempered by grave challenges,” an Akron Beacon Journal editorial says.

Jamaican Health Ministry Secures 40% of Funding for $200M Plan To Fight HIV/AIDS; Additional Funding From Private Sector Needed

Female Hormone Oestrogen Could Help Prevent HIV Transmission in Men, Study Finds
Czech Republic Launches Automatic Syringe Machines To Curb Spread of HIV, Other Diseases Among IDUs