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News October, 2009

News Sat 24 - Fri 30 October

Experts want African aid funds channelled away from HIV. Guardian

HIV and AIDS: debate or denial? Guardian
 
A public meeting discussed the possibility of a five-year deferral for gay and bisexual men donating blood, rather than a lifetime ban. Pink News
 
Hospital patients feared to have been treated by a doctor with HIV have been kept in the dark for two years. The Sun

News Sat 17 - Fri 23 October

Seventeen human rights groups have called for proposed new laws on homosexuality in Uganda to be scrapped immediately.Pink News

Detailed analysis of the Thai HIV vaccine trial results are announced, showing the vaccine produce a modest response.BBC News

 
The Editor of the Spectator has published a blog entitled: Questioning the AIDS consensus.The Spectator

News Sat 10 - Fri 16 October

Calls are growing for South Africa to legalise prostitution ahead of next year's football World Cup in an effort to limit HIV infection among millions of fans visiting the country for the tournament. Guardian

The number of Europeans contracting HIV is accelerating along with the number of people practising unsafe sex according to a Swedish think tank based in Brussels.

News Sat 03 - Fri 09 October

A critical camouflage mechanism that allows HIV to hide from the body’s defences and foil immunisations has been rebuilt in the laboratory in research that could transform the prospects for an effective AIDS vaccine. The Times

Children as young as four are to become the youngest in Scotland to be given sex education lessons under a new curriculum from Glasgow City Council. BBC News
 
Testing Times– panel event at the Conservative Party Conference about HIV in the UK. The Lesbian & Gay Foundation
 
Sir Elton John's partner to unveil Brighton AIDS memorial. The Argus