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AUSTRALIA: Aborigines Have Higher STD Rates
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 – http://www.ap.org/
The rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea diagnoses among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population last year were substantially higher than among Australia’s non-indigenous population, according to a Kirby Institute surveillance report released today. The chlamydia infection rate for Aborigines was more than three times that of other Australians, the institute said. Among Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders living outside Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, the gonorrhea rate, 804 diagnoses per 100,000 people in 2010, was almost 27 times higher than the rate of 30 per 100,000 for the non-indigenous population. The rate of infectious syphilis was five times higher among Aborigines than among other Australians. Aborigines, who account for 2.3 percent of Australia’s population, suffer numerous health disparities linked to poverty. The population is also far younger than the average age in Australia, said James Ward, an Aborigine who heads the institute’s indigenous health program. STD rates were worst among Aborigines ages 16-19 and in remote Outback communities. Many Aborigines also lack STD awareness, he said, as health workers might focus on other concerns seen as more urgent. The HIV diagnosis rate among Aborigines, 4.2 per 100,000 population in 2006-10, was only slightly higher than the non-indigenous rate of 4.1 per 100,000.
GLOBAL: A Way to Check that Drugs Are Not Counterfeit
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 – http://www.nytimes.com/
A group of start-up companies, including US-based Sproxil, is offering a new approach to tackling a global problem: counterfeit medications. Counterfeiting drugs is a $200 billion industry. So prevalent is the problem that in some nations, up to half of all pharmaceuticals are fake or low-quality. More than a half-million patients die annually while taking bad drugs for malaria and TB. The new anti-counterfeiting system uses two technologies that are widespread in the developing world: text messaging and scratch-off labels. The scratch-off label reveals a unique code; the consumer texts the code to a toll-free number; and a response, received in seconds, tells whether the drug is genuine. Sproxil has produced millions of the labels for drugmakers in India and Africa. The company reports that sales of the verified drugs typically increase, even though only 10 percent of customers text the codes. Inspectors in Nigeria say they have found fewer fake drugs in pharmacies since the system was introduced.
GEORGIA: Duluth Clinic Offers Free HIV Testing Today
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 – http://www.ajc.com
To mark today’s designation as National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the AID Gwinnett/Ric Crawford Clinic is offering free HIV testing until 7 p.m. The clinic is located at 3075 Breckinridge Blvd., Ste. 415, in Duluth. For information, telephone 678-990-6430 or visit http://www.aidgwinnett.org.