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Now that three studies have shown that circumcising adult heterosexual men is one of the most effective “vaccines” against AIDS— reducing the chances of infection by 60 percent or more — public health experts are struggling to find ways to make the process faster, cheaper and safer.

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A closer look at what was done to cure two patients of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with a novel gene therapy (using a form of the HIV virus) — which may be useful against other cancers.

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Download the latest issue of the UCLA AIDS Institute Insider magazine:

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Hope for Malawi: The UCLA Program in Global Health is helping to bring state-of-the-art HIV testing and treatment to one of Africa’s poorest nations.

14.8 Million and Counting: Legions of African children—many of them barely more than toddlers, moost of them unschooled and unskilled—are struggling too hold their families and their cultures together against overwhelming odds.

Power Up The Pediatric AIDS Coalition at UCLA raises more than $400,000 for research and treatment through Dance Marathon 2011, and makes the AIDS Institute one of its beneficiaries.

A Tickle, Not an Elbow in the Ribs Dr. David Brooks returns to UCLA to develop therapies that alleviate immune suppression while reinforcing positive stimulation of the immune system.

Stem Cells: A New Avenue of AIDS Research The UCLA AIDS Institute convenes the first-ever scientific symposium on the role that stem cells may play in preventing—and treating—HIV infection.

The UCLA AIDS Institute conducts vital HIV prevention and treatment programs, and cutting-edge research, in venues as remote as East Africa and as familiar as Westwood

Conference Proceedings

Substance Use, Mental Health, and HIV:
Integrating Treatment as Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia | August 14, 2011

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California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers

Policy Briefs: January 2012

Question:  How will new cost-sharing fees proposed for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program affect people living with HIV and AIDS in California?

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The H.I.V. Scare:  Three friends got unexpected news about H.I.V. Was I next?

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CHIPTS Policy Core, in collaboration with AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), is one of two Centers for HIV/AIDS Policy Research funded by the California HIV/AIDS Research Program. The purpose is to bring evidence to bear on current HIV/AIDS health policy issues at the local, state and federal levels. CHIPTS and APLA have produced four Policy Briefs.

This is a very interesting article from HealthyCal.org:  http://www.healthycal.org/archives/7074

Beyond being a good summary of the challenges facing California through the 1115 Waiver implementation and Low Income Health Program roll-out, it also references the CHRP rapid response piece “Examining the Impact of the HIV-related State Budget Cuts: Comparing Alameda, Fresno, and Los Angeles Counties”.