NIH centre aims to match scientists with discarded drugs : Nature News Blog
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/05/nih-centre-aims-to-match-scientists-with-discarded-drugs.html
A cache of at least 24 drugs abandoned during development by three major pharmaceutical companies will become available to scientists seeking novel therapeutic uses for them under a new, competitive awards programme, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and executives from the drug companies announced today.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim: #HIV onslaught ‘decimating’ teenage girls in #South_Africa | Science Speaks: HIV & TB News
http://sciencespeaksblog.org/2011/03/09/karim-hiv-onslaught-‘decimating’-teenage-girls-in-south-africa
in #KwaZulu-Natal, what we are seeing is high, high incidence rates, driven by the age-sex difference with many women acquiring HIV almost around sexual debut, at 14 or 15 years. By the age of 20, one in three women is already infected with HIV. By the time they are 25, it’s one in two. You cannot sustain this kind of onslaught on our communities.
#femmes #sida #santé #épidémiologie