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UNAIDS Swaziland launches a new national framework to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé joined Swaziland’s Minster of Health, Benedict Xaba to... 24 March
Mozambique AIDS Mozambique leads from the front in battle against AIDS The Polana Caniço health facility, which treats more than 200,000 patients each year, is in a... 22 March
Study offers new way to discover HIV vaccine targets Decades of research and three large-scale clinical trials have so far failed to yield an effective... 22 March
HIV home tests: an interview with Dr Nitika Pant Pai, McGill University Please can you give a brief introduction to HIV home tests? 30 years into the HIV epidemic, there... 22 March
South Africa: breast cancer in HIV-positive women "Shame about her cancer stopped my sister from asking for help sooner," a Khayalitsha woman, Monica... 22 March
montaner HIV centre director says we urgently need a national treatment plan When a U.S. doctor at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre announced she appeared to have... 21 March
Harlan Pruden HIV/AIDS in the two-spirit community: a hidden crisis March 20th is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness of the terrible toll... 21 March
UNAIDS UNAIDS and other health organizations support new TB and HIV initiative in Africa UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé joined health leaders from Africa and other international... 21 March
HIV Honduras refugee who worked as a prostitute without telling his clients he had HIV can stay in Canada: judge A refugee from Honduras with a lengthy criminal record and history of crack cocaine addiction... 21 March
condoms AIDS foundation accuses adult filmmaker of violating condom law Saying an adult film company shirked new rules requiring performers to use condoms, the AIDS... 21 March
Kansas Kansas ban on AIDS quarantines may be repealed in public health reform A Kansas bill would repeal the state's 1988 ban on quarantining individuals with HIV and AIDS as... 21 March
HIV test South African army dispute AIDS figures The South African army Tuesday said 8.5 per cent of the country’s 79,200 soldiers have HIV/Aids,... 21 March
Illinois could repeal AIDS notification requirement for schools SPRINGFIELD, IL (IRN) - If a school-age child has AIDS, who needs to know? A bill that has passed... 20 March
Taipei HIV cases grow at 10% a year: officials TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taipei is now seeing a 10-percent annual growth rate in the number of HIV... 20 March
HIV test Studying drug-resistant HIV in Los Angeles County Widespread use of anti-HIV drugs in Los Angeles County could reduce new AIDS cases by almost 40%,... 20 March
HIV testing on the rise in northern Saskatchewan Saskatchewan has one of the highest rates of HIV in Canada and regions in the North are no... 20 March
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day honors those impacted by disease National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD) will be observed in Minnesota and across the nation... 20 March
child HIV Innocence lost: ‘Living with HIV is humiliating above everything else’ PESHAWAR, Pakistan Earlier this month, a two-and-a-half year old girl from USA was reported to be ‘... 20 March
Taking stock of Pacific HIV response This month Ministry of Health representatives and stakeholders from across the region will come... 20 March
HIV morocco Battling stigma of AIDS in Morocco’s religious heartlands SALE, Morocco — “I don’t have anything,” said Asmaa with a sigh as she stepped out of the mobile... 20 March
i want you to test HIV Even with low risk, test for HIV more often NORTHWESTERN (US) — Current screening guidelines for HIV are too conservative, according to a new... 17 March
nurse HIV Fast HIV treatment a step towards 'functional cure' A small, select group of people infected with HIV showed extraordinary immune responses that were... 17 March
Swiss police arrest fugitive acupuncturist accused of intentionally infecting people with HIV GENEVA - Swiss police have arrested a self-styled acupuncturist who holed up in his home after... 17 March
Hugs Pontiff's record offers new hope for HIV/AIDS ministry in S.A. Sister Mary Muldowney works the residence hall of the San Antonio AIDS Foundation like a mother hen... 15 March
HIV Early treatment could 'cure' ten percent of HIV-positive adults Hot on the heels of a report a few weeks ago about a baby being "functionally cured" of HIV, a new... 15 March