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Larkhana: There has been a surge in the number of HIV positive cases in  a Pakistani village in recent times ever since a doctor allegedly infected them by using a contaminated syringe.  more
Cuba tests drug preventing HIV

Havana (Xinhua/UNI) Cuba has launched clinical trials of a drug it hopes will be effective in preventing people from becoming infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), local media ...

World response to AIDS epidemic at a ‘critical juncture’

New York,Thirty years after the first World AIDS Day, the HIV response stands at a crossroads,  UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, marking this year’s comme ...

‘Stigma and discrimination still persists’ against people living with HIV – UN labour agency

New York: Although progress in treating people living with HIV has enabled them to work, they continue to face career discrimination, says a new study launched on Thursday by the United N ...

‘Prevention crisis’ is hampering global HIV response, warns head of UNAIDS

New York: Complacency over HIV and AIDS has created a “prevention crisis” that risks destabilizing efforts to reach the key 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 new HIV infection ...

Prevention is key to ‘breaking the cycle of HIV transmission’, UN chief tells General Assembly

New York: This year’s United Nations annual debate over how best to battle HIV and AIDS heard that while progress had been made, it remains “uneven and fragile” with man ...

HIV/AIDS still impacting work and costing billions in lost earnings – new UN agency report

New York: Outlining the economic and social toll HIV and AIDS continues to take on workers around the world, the International Labour Organization (ILO) called on Thursday for an “u ...

‘Bold action’ needed to end tuberculosis, AIDS – UN

New York: Claiming more than 4,500 lives daily, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the top infectious killer worldwide as well as the leading cause of death among people living with HIV, t ...

HIV-related stigma, discrimination prevent people from accessing health services – UN

New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): People living with HIV who experience high levels of stigma are more than twice as likely to delay enrolment into care than people who do not perceive such ...

Study identifies cost-effective ways to combat HIV risk among intravenous drug users

Washington, May 26 (Just Earth News): With the abuse of opioids on the rise in the United States, Stanford University researchers are concerned that increased HIV transmission from shared ne ...