Health

HIV / AIDS

UN and Kenya team up to end AIDS epidemic by 2030

New York, Sept 18 (JEN): The United Nations programme that works to combat HIV/AIDS is working with the Government of Kenya in a bid to end the AIDS epidemic in the country by 2030, through the creation of a new data-collecting tool to track progress in current HIV programming. more

UN announces deal to sharply lower price of HIV early infant diagnosis

New York, Jul 21 (JEN): A dramatic 35 percent reduction in the price for HIV early infant diagnostic technologies on Monday has been announced by the United Nations-backed Diagnostics Access ...

Blood donation in Kolkata red-light districts triggers row

Kolkata, July 18 (JEN): In what is seen as a major threat to public health and violation of rules, two clubs in Kolkata hosted blood donation camps in two high-HIV transmission risk zone red ...

Addis: UN announces world has delivered on halting AIDS epidemic

New York, Jul 15 (JEN): The world has exceeded the targets contained in the Millennium Development Goals to halt and reverse the spread of HIV and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 203 ...

AIDS is a 'human rights issue,' Ban declares, launching major new UN report in Barbados

New York, July 4 (JEN): Ending the AIDS epidemic – in all places and all communities – is essential to realizing the vision of a life of dignity for all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon de ...

Cuba becomes first country to halt mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis – UN health agency

New York, July 1 (JEN) Cuba has become the world’s first country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, “a major victory in our long fight against HIV and sexuall ...

New UN study calls for major surge in AIDS treatment to avoid 'catastrophic' resurgence of HIV

New York, June 26 (JEN) The world risks a deadly AIDS rebound unless the countries most affected by the virus expand access to antiretroviral treatments and boost their focus on stopping new ...

National Aids Control Organization observe 'World Blood Donors Day'

New Delhi, June 14 (JEN): The National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare observed the 'World Blood Donor Day' under the aegis of National Blood Transfus ...

World AIDS Day: UN, urban leaders endorse ‘fast track’ to ending epidemic by 2030

New York, Dec 2 (JEN) Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 requires a comprehensive approach that includes social justice, the democratization of science, gender equity, and a people-centred ap ...

Ahead of World AIDS Day, UN children's agency urges more investment, access to treatment

New York, Nov 29 (JEN) An estimated 1.1 million HIV infections among children under 15 have been averted, but disparity in access to treatment is hampering progress towards reaching a global ...