U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) launched its Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP) in 2004 to nurture the creation of innovative, science-business communities across Eurasia. In 2006 STEP is introduced in Armenia to promote more active collaboration between
Stopping highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) containing two non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) for 9 or 14 days in HIV-1-infected children with viral suppression did not increase the risk of drug resistance, according to the results of a prospective multicentre
Advancing Innovation in ECA 2007" Regional Conference of ECAbit was organized by ECAbit Network of Business Incubators and Technology Parks of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the infoDev Program of the World Bank jointly with Enterprise Incubator Foundation, Armenia. The
Top vaccine experts and child advocates meeting in Barcelona in April hailed dramatic new evidence of the role of immunisation in reducing deaths among children in the world's poorest nations. "Each day, more and more children are being given life-saving
A South African cohort study has shown that it is possible to increase rates of exclusive breast feeding among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women and their newborns in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The results of the study are reported in the April
Acknowledging that "the influence that female partners exert regarding condom use is not well known," the researchers set out to study "the relative roles of personal sexual agency and relational factors in determining whether young African-American women engaged in unprotected
is a leading international development organization charged with the mission of accelerating social and economic change in India. By mobilizing people and resources across the United States, AIF has raised over $30 million since its inception in 2001. AIF awards
A significant decline in risky injecting practices and a decline in HIV prevalence in new drug injectors was seen in a Russian city severely affected by HIV between 2001 and 2004, despite the lack of needle and syringe exchange, researchers
