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Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Taiwan: Activists slam HIV markings proposal

Putting special markings on the health insurance cards of HIV positive patients would be in violation of their right to privacy, rights activists say

Published
31 August 2011
From
Taipei Times
Human rights
Chinese AIDS Activist Tian Xi Released

Chinese AIDS activist Tian Xi is free after a year in prison for destruction of property at the hospital where he was infected with HIV.

Published
31 August 2011
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Housing Works
Employment
UK government gets key directives on HIV dentists

The government is considering recommendations on the status of HIV-positive dentists which would see them back in practice.

Published
30 August 2011
From
Dentistry.co.uk
Organ transplants
Taiwan: HIV Donor's Organs Transplanted Into Patients

A hospital in Taiwan has apologised after organs from an HIV positive donor were transplanted into five patients in a case described as "appalling negligence".

Published
29 August 2011
From
Yahoo News
HIV and criminal law
Bulgaria Reboots Probe into Libyan Torturers of Its 'HIV Trial' Medics

Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office has renewed the probe against the torturers of the six Bulgarian medics who were held in captivity for eight years in Libya during Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Published
23 August 2011
From
Sofia News Agency
Experiences of stigma
Brazilian Doctor is Warned About HIV Needles Used to Protect Home - San Diego 6

Public Safety and Health officials in Brazil sent a strong warning to a local medic Monday who is said have used HIV tainted needles to scare away thieves and protect her home.

Published
23 August 2011
From
Sandiego6.com
Experiences of stigma
Doctor Deters Burglars With HIV-Infected Needles

A Brazilian doctor who was fed up with intruders breaking into her home decided to surround her property with needles infected with HIV as way of defending herself.

Published
23 August 2011
From
Huffington Post
Hepatitis C transmission and prevention
Teva Not Responsible for Hepatitis Outbreak, Lawyer Says

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA), the world’s biggest generic-drug maker, isn’t responsible for a 2008 hepatitis outbreak in Nevada blamed on the misuse of vials of the anesthetic propofol, a lawyer for the company said.

Published
22 August 2011
From
Bloomberg
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
UK's HIV dentists to practise again?

The Department of Health is considering whether dentists with HIV should now be allowed to practise again, in the light of recent medical advances.

Published
10 August 2011
From
Dentistry.co.uk
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
India: HIV-infected, recycled syringes sting Kolkata

It is wobbly with a crooked needle and a depressed piston. The tip looks blunt, the cap is loose and the tube has a pale exterior. 'For single use only', says the instruction printed on the syringe but it looks far from a fresh one, safe enough for use.

Published
02 August 2011
From
Times of India
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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