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News for today: 2 Jul 2009

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Below is today's news from around the world, specifically related to orphans and vulnerable children. The news is edited and shared daily. If you like, you can subscribe to the shared RSS news feed.

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New study findings: A call to accelerate action on TB in children

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Tuberculosis (TB) in children came on the spotlight this week following recent findings showing that HIV-infected infants who receive the global standard TB vaccine are at heightened risk of contracting the infectious disease.

The new findings based on a study carried out in South Africa confirmed results of earlier studies showing that HIV-positive infants have an increased chance of contracting TB as a result of live cultures in the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine.

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New bookmarks this week: 2 Jul 2009

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Below are newly bookmarked sites in the OVCsupport group on Diigo, a popular bookmark manager. You can help us find interesting links by registering with Diigo and joining the OVCsupport group there.
All tags in the list below link to tagged bookmarks on Diigo.

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  • Sarah Middleton-LeeThe statistics on PMTCT remain so desperately low - a depressing reality for what is one of the much more socially and 'technically' feasible interventions relating to HIV.
    Sarah Middleton-Lee 16 Jun 2009
  • Felicia WongIt is great to hear that the Implementer's Meeting has a focus on children and how they are affected by HIV. I have to ask the question of whether children in southern Africa are actually represented at the meeting itself. Are people who are making p...
    Felicia Wong 12 Jun 2009
  • Felicia WongThis is a good example of how activists with a focus on children and HIV can integrate advocacy during special event days, which may not seem to immediately related to children and HIV. I think that our voices will be more powerful if we are able to ...
    Felicia Wong 12 Jun 2009
  • Godsway ShumbaThanks for the link. It's good to hear that organisations in India dealing with issues of children living with HIV and nutrition have have just met to agree on a coordinated advocacy approach. In your report, you indicated that there are no India spe...
    Godsway Shumba 29 May 2009
  • Godsway ShumbaBabak, I don't know how they come up with such a prediction. But this is not a typo error. It's exactly what is written in the report. Please check out the report via the link provided in the article.
    Godsway Shumba 29 May 2009
  • Felicia WongClean water and overall improved sanitation can contribute to better health for all and not just those who are living with HIV, TB and malaria. It is a basic need and I feel that it is a right of all people to have access to clean water and sanitatio...
    Felicia Wong 29 May 2009
  • Felicia WongThis is a particularly sad story coming from Thailand, which has done such a good job in the 90's in addressing HIV. Living in Thailand, I have seen how well children are cared for and loved by families and the greater community. It is such a shame t...
    Felicia Wong 29 May 2009

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