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Queen honours Victoria Beckham for her HIV AIDS work
The Queen’s New Year’s Honours list is to recognise Victoria Beckham. The fashion designer is to be appointed an OBE for her entrepreneurial work and charity work on the issues of HIV...
02 january 2017
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Research
Single Shot at Doctor's Office May Be Future of HIV Prevention
Truvada, the other "little blue pill," is taken daily to prevent HIV and has been touted as a miracle drug responsible for lowering HIV rates across the United States. But soon, the daily...
29 december 2016
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London health clinic reports 40% drop in HIV diagnoses in the last year
A leading health clinic in London has reported a 40% drop in HIV diagnoses in the last year. 56 Dean Street reported that 373 people have been diagnosed so far in 2016, compared to 626...
27 december 2016
Research
South Africa’s New HIV Vaccine Trial Hopes to Be the ‘Final Nail in the Coffin’
This will be South Africa's largest and most advanced HIV vaccine clinical trial.
28 november 2016
Research
A Promising Study Reveals New Hope For An HIV Cure
A combination vaccine and immune system stimulant appears to suppress virus levels in tests on monkeys.
14 november 2016
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Testing on HIV/AIDS
China
University sells HIV testing kits in vending machine
Students at a Chinese university now have the option to test themselves for HIV at their convenience, as they can now purchase affordable testing kits in vending machines.
27 october 2016
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Treatment
By adding an antibody to HIV treatment, researchers send virus into 'sustained remission' in monkeys
Scientists may have found a way for patients with HIV to keep the virus in check without having to take powerful drugs every day. But despite an early success in monkeys, they are...
15 october 2016
Statistics
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Africa
$19 billion invested, as AIDS kills 1.1 million people
The The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has disclosed that $19 billion was invested in the fight against AIDS in 2015, but the dreaded disease still killed 1.1 million people...
15 august 2016
Elton John AIDS Foundation
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LGBT
Elton John visits a clinic treating LGBT people with HIV in South Africa
Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Founder Sir Elton John, joined by Chairman David Furnish and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi visited a health clinic in Durban, South Africa which provides...
31 july 2016
Children and HIV
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USAID
Africa
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Launches New USAID-funded Project to Provide Universal HIV Services in Lesotho
The five-year, $62 million dollar project will expand and improve comprehensive and integrated HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in six districts.
30 july 2016
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Living with HIV/AIDS
China
China Investigating Data Leak and Swindling of H.I.V. Patients
Bai Hua, the director of a support network based in Beijing for people with H.I.V./AIDS, said he began receiving the messages about two weeks ago. Hundreds of people with H.I.V....
25 july 2016
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Elton John pledges millions to support LGBT people in Africa
Singer links up with US Aids relief agency to create $10m fund that will issue grants and provide expertise to people living under homophobic regimes.
22 july 2016