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HIV/AIDS and Ramadan - Protecting your Health and Maintaining your Faith |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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RAMADAN KAREEM ! Ramadan 2008 is from September 1 to September 30 approximately. During Ramadan the Koran requires healthy adult Muslims to fast (which includes oral medication as well as food and water) from just before sunrise to just after sunset. The Koran expressly allows for those Muslims who are ill to be exempt from fasting, "God intends every facility for you, he does not want to put you into difficulties" (Koran, 2:185).
A study in Morocco recently found that over half of Muslims who are taking medication and eligible for exemption from fasting alter their treatment regimen or stop taking medication altogether. According to Fatwa 77 (ruling by Islamic Jurists), there are persons that should refrain from fasting due to their medical conditions. Although fasting can prevent many ailments and/or medical conditions, it can also be harmful to Muslims that are HIV positive.
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Swiss PLHIV support Swiss declaration |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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The Swiss network of people living with HIV, LHIVE, has published a
manifesto, supporting the Swiss declaration on the
non-infectiousness of people living with HIV. In January 2008 the Swiss Federal HIV/AIDS
Committee (EKAF) published research in the journal “Schweizerische Ärztezeitung” , stating that “An
HIV-infected individual without additional STD and on an
anti-retroviral therapy (ART) with completely suppressed viremia (in
the following: “effective ART”) is sexually non-infectious."
Accoridng to the Swiss researchers, a person living with HIV does not pass on HIV through sexual contact as long as:
- The HIV-positive individual complies
with the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and the effects of this
treatment are evaluated regularly by the treating physician;
- The viral load (VL) has been non-detectable since at least six months (i.e. viremia is suppressed);
- There are no additional sexually transmitted infections (STI) present.
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New report: Youth involvement in 2008 UN High Level Meeting |
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
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Young people now comprise the largest population in the world. Almost three billion people – nearly half the world’s population – are under 25 years old. It is both the responsibility and the right of young people to advocate and campaign for all countries to achieve universal access for prevention, care, treatment, and support of HIV and AIDS. The 2008 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS was one in a series of opportunities for young people to interact with global government and civil society to ensure that United Nations (UN) member states are held accountable for progress made toward the goal of universal access by 2010.
A
Progressive Youth Caucus strategising meeting was organised on June 8
by the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights.
The report of this meeting is now available. You will be
able to download it through the following link.
More than a seat at the table: Young people at UNGASS 2008 308.41 Kb
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Now Online! The People Living with HIV Stigma Index |
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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The website of the People Living with HIV Stigma Index is now online ! The People Living with HIV Stigma Index provides a tool that measures and detects changing trends in relation to stigma and discrimination as experienced by people living with HIV.
People living with HIV are at the centre of the process as both interviewers and interviewees and as drivers of how the information is collected, analyzed and used. The Index will increase the understanding of how stigma and discrimination is experienced by people living with HIV and the evidence gained will then shape future programmatic interventions and policy change.
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