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...drug developer, HIV is nothing but a thief. All the virus wants to do is break inside a healthy cell, steal its genetic machinery, and start profiting from the intrusion. To stop a thief, you need to throw a monkey wrench - or several - into his plans...
...That's exactly what anti-HIV drugs, known as antiretrovirals (ARVs), are designed to do: interrupt the virus at various points along its nefarious journey. The FDA has approved four different classes of ARVs, each of which blocks a separate step in HIV's life cycle. The strategy is to build up a security detail of pharmacological agents that together thwart the virus at every turn, making sure that every receptor, protein and enzyme that the virus co-opts to sneak into a cell is covered...
...Emmy- and Tony-winning actor is no stranger to accolades. The Foundation chose Fishburne for his artistic talent and humanitarian efforts. He has been a UNICEF ambassador since 1997 and has worked to educate youth in Africa on HIV prevention...
...This Statement is untrue. Nestlé fully supports the UNAIDS/UNICEF/WHO collaborative policy statement on HIV and Infant Feeding. This Statement, while protecting breastfeeding also recognizes that HIV can be transmitted by breastfeeding. The statement thus recognises that if infants born to HIV-positive women can be ensured uninterrupted access to nutritionally adequate, safely prepared breast-milk substitutes, they are at less risk of illness or death if they are not breast-fed. Accordingly, we sell formula at low prices to governments, for use in official programs for the prevention of transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, only...
...Nestlé South Africa has been asked by the South African health authorities to supply infant formula at reduced cost for their extremely important health program aimed at saving lives by preventing HIV transmission from mothers to babies. The health authorities have chosen NAN Pelargon, a biologically acidified formula that inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria in the prepared feed. The government buys the formula, following an official tendering process, at reduced prices and gives it to HIV-positive mothers who choose not to breastfeed their babies. We are pleased that the government has confidence in Nestl?...