The Stakes Could Not Be Higher
Today, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released its 2015 World AIDS Day report, in advance of December 1. The report finds that 15.8 million people were accessing antiretroviral...
View ArticleEbola will always return unless we develop the tools to end it
Sierra Leone has just been declared free of the virus, but to prevent another epidemic, we must urgently focus resources on finding vaccines and therapies...
View ArticleDoubling numbers on HIV drugs could 'break' epidemic: UN
The UN on Tuesday urged countries to "break the AIDS epidemic" by doubling the number of people receiving HIV treatment within the next five years. In a new report, UNAIDS hailed "extraordinary"...
View ArticleMore than 15m people on life-saving HIV drugs, report says
UNAids says additional 2 million people began antiretrovirals in the last year, but campaigners say figure must reach 3 million a year to meet 2020 targets...
View ArticleSwaziland makes progress in quest to eliminate malaria
An international health expert says Swaziland could eliminate malaria by the end of 2016 or in early 2017, likely making it...
View ArticleAdolescent deaths from AIDS have tripled since 2000, warns new UNICEF study
Print 27 November 2015 The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years with 26 new infections occurring every hour, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced today and...
View ArticleDoubling numbers on HIV drugs could 'break' epidemic: UN
Geneva: The UN urged countries to "break the AIDS epidemic" by doubling the number of people receiving HIV treatment within the next five years. In a new report, UNAIDS hailed "extraordinary" progress...
View ArticleAdolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000 – UNICEF (UNICEF - United...
(Source: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund) Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000 - UNICEF New data also says most babies are untested JOHANNESBURG/NEW YORK, 27 November 2015 - The...
View ArticleUN hails 'extraordinary' progress as tide turns in AIDS fight
View photo. Health UN hails ‘extraordinary’ progress as tide turns in AIDS fight In a new report, United Nations AIDS hailed “extraordinary” progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS over the past 15...
View ArticleAdolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: UNICEF
The number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of them having acquired the disease when they were infants, according to figures released Friday by UNICEF. AIDS is...
View ArticleSwaziland makes progress in quest to eliminate malaria
An international health expert says Swaziland could eliminate malaria by the end of 2016 or in early 2017, likely making it...
View ArticleDouble number of people on HIV meds to 'break' epidemic: UN says
The UN on Tuesday urged countries to "break the AIDS epidemic" by doubling the number of people receiving HIV treatment within the next five years. In a new report, UNAIDS hailed "extraordinary"...
View ArticleCharlie Sheen and the Science of HIV Transmission
Charlie Sheen did not contract HIV because he had sex with reportedly 5000 women, but rather because he had sex with one person. HIV does not result from the number of partners but rather from exposure...
View ArticleAdolescent deaths from AIDS have tripled since 2000: UNICEF
Nov 29, NY: The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years with 26 new infections occurring every hour, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced. It also warned that...
View ArticleAdolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: UNICEF
Johannesburg: The number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of them having acquired the disease when they were infants, according to figures released by UNICEF....
View ArticleUber + (RED) Team Up to Fight AIDS (Uber Technologies Inc)
(Source: Uber Technologies Inc) November 30, 2015 Posted by Julia Back in June Uber joined the EAT (RED) DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES campaign to fight AIDS with (RED). This World AIDS Day, we're partnering...
View ArticleIn rural South Africa, AIDS treatment gains ground - but so do infections
By Laurie Goering QUDENI, South Africa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When HIV-positive patients first came to seek treatment at the rural Uthungulu district health clinic in South Africa's eastern...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day 2015: Joint Statement by HR/VP Mogherini and Commissioners...
(Source: European Commission) On the eve of World AIDS Day, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini,...
View ArticleIs the end of AIDS in sight? 10 facts about HIV/AIDS ahead of World AIDS Day
Despite major advances, HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges, particularly in low and middle income countries, with new diagnoses every year and young women in...
View Article10 facts about HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day
Despite major advances, HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges, particularly in low and middle income countries, with new diagnoses every year and young women in...
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