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How schools are getting it wrong on HIV and AIDS
How schools are getting it wrong on HIV and AIDS
Children have been humiliated in school and even excluded because many teachers are still badly informed.
24 november 2015
HIV response achieves
HIV response achieves "extraordinary" progress since 2000: UNAIDS report
Ahead of World AIDS Day 2015 on Dec. 1, the United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) on Tuesday highlighted in a report that "progress in responding to HIV over the past 15 years...
24 november 2015
Reading opens HIV bus as figures show its infection rate is nearly double the UK average
Reading opens HIV bus as figures show its infection rate is nearly double the UK average
An HIV bus in Reading is offering free tests as part of a national awareness week into the disease.
24 november 2015
1 In 4 Gay Men Should Take The Pill That Prevents HIV, CDC Says
1 In 4 Gay Men Should Take The Pill That Prevents HIV, CDC Says
Truvada prevents HIV, but only 21,000 people are taking the once-a-day pill. On Tuesday, federal health experts said that if we really want to stop the AIDS epidemic, that number should be more...
24 november 2015
WHO and UNAIDS launch new standards to improve adolescent care
WHO and UNAIDS launch new standards to improve adolescent care
New Global Standards for quality health-care services for adolescents developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS aim to help countries improve the quality of adolescent...
06 october 2015
UNAIDS: striving for greater collaboration across health and education in new development agenda
UNAIDS: striving for greater collaboration across health and education in new development agenda
Responding to the challenge and opportunity posed by the interconnected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leaders in health and education from across the world came together on the sidelines of...
05 october 2015
Treat all people living with HIV, offer antiretrovirals as additional prevention choice for people at
Treat all people living with HIV, offer antiretrovirals as additional prevention choice for people at "substantial" risk
Anyone infected with HIV should begin antiretroviral treatment as soon after diagnosis as possible, WHO announced Wednesday. With its "treat-all" recommendation, WHO removes all limitations on...
02 october 2015
UNAIDS and PEPFAR launch faith initiative
UNAIDS and PEPFAR launch faith initiative
UNAIDS and the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) have launched a two-year initiative to work with faith-based organizations and strengthen their capacity to...
01 october 2015
UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Victoria Beckham receives Fashion 4 Development Award
UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Victoria Beckham receives Fashion 4 Development Award
UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador Victoria Beckham has been awarded the Fashion 4 Development Award for her work with UNAIDS and her commitment to make change happen by raising awareness on...
30 september 2015
Dating apps fire back at billboards linking STD spread
Dating apps fire back at billboards linking STD spread
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An AIDS health care group is defending an ad campaign in Los Angeles that links popular dating apps with the spread of sexual transmitted diseases.
28 september 2015
HIV/Aids gaining ground as govts drop their guard
HIV/Aids gaining ground as govts drop their guard
UNAIDS and the Lancet Commission recently published a report looking at how tackle the Aids epidemic. Professor Peter Piot, who oversaw the report, lays out below the reasons why it could be a...
09 september 2015
HIV hits more younger males in Hong Kong
HIV hits more younger males in Hong Kong
Young gay men are now becoming the majority of HIV virus carriers, a latest study by Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection has revealed.
25 august 2015