1. Encouraging news on intermittent preventive therapy in infancy (IPTi) for malaria
(Journal Club/Malaria)

... clinically significant effectiveness of IPTi. The study I'm dying to see is the effect of IPT in HIV-infected infants and children. Is it something that should be added to their routine care? ...

2. Better first line treatment needed for children with severe pneumonia
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...l study from South Africa. The authors investigated 358 children aged 1–59 months, regardless of HIV status, who presented with WHO-defined severe or very severe pneumonia. Sixty-eight percent o...

3. Baby Hannah
(Stories/Patients)

...ad no children of their own, and so much wanted this baby. We had tested the natural mother Talatu for HIV and found that she was infected, so we explained to the prospective parents that Talatu might...

4. Should critically ill patients be routinely transfused to a normal haemoglobin level? (SCQ)
(Journal Club/Structured questions)

...wer, no. Should critically ill patients be routinely transfused to a normal haemoglobin level? Archives of Disease in Childhood 2007;92:1038-1039; doi:10.1136/adc.2007.124412...

5. Examining once daily gentamicin in the treatment of UTI in infants and children
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...a once daily dose of gentamicin safe and effective in the treatment of uti in infants and children? Archives of Disease in Childhood 2007;92:823-824; doi:10.1136/adc.2007.121079. Full text via H...

6. Practical guide to managing warts and molluscum
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...ommon skin problems. Warts, molluscum and things that go bump on the skin: a practical guide. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice 2007;92:ep119-ep124; doi:10.1136/adc.2007....

7. Early antiretroviral treatment saves lives in TB/HIV coinfection--Thailand
(Journal Club/HIV)

When should antiretroviral treatment be started in patients with both tuberculosis and HIV infections? There are many considerations including the pill burden, possible drug reactions, drug interactio

8. Success of ART in Cambodian children: results at 12 months
(Journal Club/HIV)

...th 81% having no detectable viral load. Effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Positive Children: Evaluation at 12 Months in a Routine Program in Cambodia. Pediatrics (doi:...

9. The realities of antiretroviral therapy rollout: a broad look
(Journal Club/HIV)

...ess in a Rural Community in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Challenges to Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment in South Africa Antiretroviral Therapy–Associated Toxi...

10. BBC Headline: "HIV treatment 'failing' in Africa." Do you agree?
(Journal Club/HIV)

A BBC news headline reported yesterday, "HIV treatment 'failing' in Africa". The article goes on to say, "More than a third of patients on HIV medication in sub-Saharan Africa die or di

11. Global Summit On AIDS & The Church--Nov 28-30
(News/HIV/AIDS News)

The Global Summit On AIDS & The Church will be held this year on November 28-30 at Saddleback Church, Lake Forest in Southern California. See the online information and registration at the confer

12. The dangers of attacking disease programmes for developing countries.
(Journal Club/Public Health)

...help Africa," instead that they cause "big problems for recipients," and that money for HIV/AIDS is "the worst." He claims that off-budget money leads to distortions; that the...

13. Pediatric Tuberculosis and HIV/TB Coinfection: Two online, multimedia presentation (free CME :-)
(News/News for Doctors)

...ulosis. This is, of course, a vital topic for doctors in most developing countries and certainly where HIV is prevalent. The description includes, "This slide presentation with streaming audio...

14. Spring of Life Club Video
(Departments/HIV/AIDS Care)

... our clients, building a sense of community, caring, and teamwork, and helping eliminate the stigma of HIV. The pictures and footage here were shot in 2005. Nearly all the kids were living with HIV at...

15. Making it known: – The AIDS Cube: rapid unforgettable learning
(AIDSLink/Resources)

"The HIV/AIDS cube is rapidly taking its place amongst leading educational tools. When an educator picks up the cube, their face lights up. They can’t help smiling as they flip over the sid

16. Training Adherence Support Workers
(AIDSLink/Resources)

...ors. ASWs learn to interact with patients in clinical, community, and home settings where they provide HIV education, treatment support, and ART adherence counselling. They are also taught to particip...

17. Kids Club
(News/HIV/AIDS News)

...hese are our precious kids who came for Kids Club some time ago. The first Thursday of every month our HIV positive kids gather for games, snacks and a Bible story or craft. We really want to show the...

18. Safety and efficacy of once-daily HAART for children
(Journal Club/HIV)

"HIV-1–infected children naive to efavirenz were treated with a combination of efavirenz, abacavir, didanosine, and lamivudine in an observational, prospective, single-center study. "

19. The Fidelity Fallacy?
(Blog/Blog)

...resting articles, and someone recently sent me a copy of “The Fidelity Fallacy: The Link between HIV Infection and Marriage” by Serra Sippel. To oversimplify a bit, the author argues that ...

20. Cutaneous M. Avium Complex Infection As A Manifestation Of IRIS in an HIV-infected Child
(Journal Club/HIV)

"Abstract: We report a 13-year-old boy with human immunodeficiency virus infection who developed cutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex infection 2 months after commencing highly active antiretrov