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|  6/4/2014 | | National News | International News  | India Inks USD 100 mn Agreement with World Bank for Treatment of TB INDIA :: TB
Economic Times (05.30.2014) | | | The Economic Times reported that India has signed an agreement with the World Bank for a loan of US $100 million to help fund TB treatment. In a joint statement, the Indian government and the World Bank announced the agreement on the loan, which will help the Indian government provide universal TB treatment and diagnosis for its people. The funds will provide treatment for approximately 31 lakh (310,000) TB patients; increase the number of patients being treated for multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB to 40,000 per year; and finance treatment of 90,000 pediatric TB patients annually. India has approximately 22 lakh (220,000) new TB cases and 270,000 TB deaths annually. TB is the country’s sixth most important cause of death. India reports approximately 64,000 new MDR TB cases each year.
Nilaya Mitash, joint secretary for the Department of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, and Michel Haney, World Bank’s operations advisor in India, signed the loan for the “Accelerating Universal Access to Early and Effective Tuberculosis Care Project.” This is the third in a number of projects supporting the Indian government’s Revised National TB Control Program. As part of the National Strategic Plan for TB Control, the program will accelerate free MDR TB services, use new and innovative strategies to reach many patients who use the private sector, and will help the government improve timelines and quality of care. The 25-year loan, which is financed by International Development Association, the lending arm of the World Bank, is interest-free with a five-year grace period. |  Read Full Article | Share this Article     | | Back to Top  |  | | Medical News  | Study Recommends Simultaneous Testing for HIV, STIs AFRICA :: HIV/AIDS,STDs
HCPLive (06.02.2014) :: By Jacquelyn Gray | | | HCPLive reported on a study that concluded that healthcare professionals should test patients for both HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) simultaneously. Mark Laurie and Brown University colleagues reviewed clinical records of 1,465 South African HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART). The researchers analyzed the patients’ clinical visits and compared STI treatment rates before and after the patients began ART.
Of 1,465 studied patient records, researchers found that 131 individuals had sought treatment on 232 occasions, and 203 of these requests for treatment were before the patients had begun ART. Patients had a rate of STI treatment-seeking seven times higher before beginning ART than after ART.
Results showed that HIV-positive men and HIV patients younger than 25 were more likely to seek treatment for STIs, while patients with more advanced HIV were less likely to seek treatment. Since STIs were less common after patients were on ART, the period before ART is very important. The researchers recommend that healthcare providers perform HIV and STI tests simultaneously. According to researchers, the high STI rate among HIV-positive individuals before ART provides an opportunity to prevent transmission of both HIV and STIs to partners.
The full report, “High Burden of STIs Among HIV-Infected Adults Prior to Initiation of ART in South Africa: A Retrospective Cohort Study,” was published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections (2014; doi:10.1136/sextrans-2013-051446). | | Read Full Article | Share this Article | | Back to Top | | | Local and Community News  | Nashville Ranks 22nd for Highest Number of HIV, AIDS Cases TENNESSEE :: HIV/AIDS
WKRN-TV Nashville (05.30.2014) :: By Najahe Sherman | | | WKRN-TV Nashville reported that Nashville has the 22nd highest HIV/AIDS incidence rates among American cities. While the southern section of the country represents only 37 percent of the US population, it has the highest HIV prevalence rates of all other regions. Health experts say that HIV is linked to poverty, drug use, education, and limited access to rural healthcare. “The South is driving the epidemic in the [United States.] We have more cases than we ought to if you look at the portion of the US population that lives in the south,” said Joseph Interrante, chief executive officer of Nashville Cares, a nonprofit HIV services and advocacy group.
Interrante said that although Nashville has seen a 30-percent decrease in new HIV cases throughout the past five years, the city still reports 200 new diagnoses each year. HIV is no longer a death sentence and if detected and treated early, infected people can live long, normal lives. Tennessee is home to approximately 21,000 residents infected with HIV or AIDS. | | Read Full Article | Share this Article | | Back to Top | | | | News Briefs | | | | |
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