The viewpoint, published in PLoS Medicine, argues that children younger than age five in malaria-endemic areas should not automatically receive malaria drugs for the treatment of fever. The latest edition of the journal also includes an opposing viewpoint arguing in favor of presumptive malaria treatment for children younger than age five.
The report, released by UNAIDS and the United Nations Environment Program, examines the interactions between climate change and HIV/AIDS and discusses possibilities for a united response to both issues.
The study, published in BMC Public Health, examines a drug resistance survey designed to evaluate the performance of TB programs in Tanzania. The latest edition of the journal also includes a study on condom use and HIV awareness among Ethiopian populations.
GlobalHealthFacts.org has added 12 new health-related indicators and updated more than 50 others across a range of areas and topics. New country-level data include Global Fund disbursements by type of grant, malaria cases and deaths, prevalence of obesity, polio cases and immunization coverage.
KaiserEDU.org recently posted a new tutorial on HIV/AIDS surveillance data in the U.S., as well as an updated tutorial on the current state of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and a global HIV/AIDS reference library.
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