In China, Too, a Health-care System in Disarray http://htxt.it/T6UD In the Washington Post, Steven Mufson reports on government efforts to reform a health care system that has left many uninsured or with poor quality care: China’s health-care system is in disarray, a side effect of the market reforms that have spurred private enterprise and rapid [...]
Washington Post White House announces end to HIV travel ban Updated 12:30 p.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta President Obama called the 22-year ban on travel and immigration by HIV-positive individuals a decision "rooted in fear rather than fact" and [...]
ACT NOW! Sign-On Petition to Free Russian Activist & Change Russian Law Enforcement & Drug Treatment Policies http://htxt.it/3CZk
Talks Marc Koska: 1.3m reasons to re-invent the syringe. Some issues about in China. http://htxt.it/zqMt
Statement to UNAIDS China again by Chinese HIV activisit Tian’xi on the 1th China AIDS and Rights Salon which was convened two weeks ago. http://htxt.it/EUdp
2009 UN World Drug report The 2009 United Nations World Drug report, released earlier this year, notes that 2009 marks “the end of the first century of drug control (it all started in Shanghai in 1909)”, and that the illicit drug market worldwide has now become a $320 billion-per-year industry. As drug-related violence in Mexico [...]
Asian drug users unite to form regional organization Over twenty-five drug users from nine different countries met in Bangkok on 16th and 17th October 2009 to finalize the Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD) Constitution and elect a Steering Committee for the first regional network of people who use drugs. Based on the [...]
the U.S. Embassy in Beijing is currently seeking proposals for the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2010 competition The program was established by the U.S. Congress in 2001. Funded projects include technical support for the restoration of historic buildings; assessment and conservation of museum collections; archaeological site preservation; documentation to save threatened traditional [...]
Global Health Essay Contest The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words by midnight, November 20th 2009: “What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?” We are looking for fresh, innovative approaches to [...]
Ideas from Wan Yanhai in China AIDS and Rights Salon http://htxt.it/YbWv
Suggestions from Mr. Wan Yanhai on China AIDS and Rights Salon runed by UNAIDS China. http://htxt.it/r3KQ
Own report of UNAIDS China refused Tian’xi, an Activist who living with HIV to join “China AIDS and Rights Salon ” http://htxt.it/SIEz
Chian AIDS and Human Rights Activist Chang Kun had hunger strike for 24 hours on Oct 18,2009 to recall Xinjiang Snow lotus HIV/AIDS Institute which was closed down by Xinjian Authorities three years ago. And the fonder Chang Kun was kicked out of his university soon. http://htxt.it/O8sv
Wan Yanhai had a talk in UCLA on China NGOs working on HIV/AIDS on Oct 16 at UCLA.
Wan Yanhai,the best-known AIDS activist in China is being in the U.S. over two weeks. http://htxt.it/HLV9
Beijing needs protest action for HIV/AIDS,SW, etc on Oct 18-20 The 5th Asia and Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights. http://htxt.it/1pBk http://htxt.it/8RwC
Thinkg about the topic of 2009 the 3rd “Hunger Strike for AIDS” for 24 hours. http://htxt.it/IG2Z
Lots of Chinese death bodies are being exhibited as Body World in San diego Natural Museum! So shamed!
GFATM suspends grants to the Philippines the Global Fund website http://htxt.it/0BXY including the statement that all necessary measures will be taken by the GF to ensure that live-saving treatment and prevention activities financed by the GF will not be disrupted.
APACHA Press release: The result of Thai HIV vaccine trial. Asian People’s Alliance for Combating HIV and AIDS (APACHA) welcome the result of the Thai HIV vaccine trial with cautious optimism. APACHA congratulates Dr. Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, M.D., of the Thai Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Disease Control, the principal investigator of the study which [...]
