The CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update

January 3, 2011

 

National News 

• TEXAS: "Teen Parenting Programs Get Real: Students Listen When Peers Talk About Legal Responsibility, Money, Diapers"

International News 

• EGYPT: "No Sex Education, Please, We're Arab"
• PHILIPPINES: "HIV Infections Rising in Some Areas of Philippines, Warns UN Official" 

Medical News

• CANADA: "Methadone Use in Relation to Hepatitis C Virus Testing in British Columbia" 
• THAILAND: "An Exploration of Factors Influencing Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Thailand" 

Local and Community News

• PENNSYLVANIA: "Philadelphia's Condom Contest"

News Briefs

• NEW YORK: "HIV Deaths Fall Below 1,000"
• CALIFORNIA: "Volunteers Sought to Lead HIV Support Groups"

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