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Executive Director of the UNAIDS Michel Sidibé World must address disparities in access to HIV/AIDS treatment – UN official 28 February 2013 – The disparities in access to HIV/AIDS treatment across the world shed light on... 1 March
Good news for children living with HIV Without treatment, there is about a 35% chance that an HIV positive mother will pass HIV to her... 1 March
Uganda: Nation in need of HIV testing kits Uganda is in serious need of HIV testing kits, Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) boss, Dr. Kihumuro... 1 March
The HIV movement needs to progress There have been a number of films and documentaries in the last year or so that recount the early... 1 March
BCCDC logo Don’t forget to test for syphilis! Please note that there are images accompanying this article, but due to their graphic nature, they... 1 March
Breakfast at the Elbow Room - Dining Out For Life The guys from SUITS would like to invite you to join us in supporting Friends for Life & A... 28 February
Glaxo’s, Pfizer’s ViiV licenses HIV drug for kids to patent pool   ViiV Healthcare Ltd., a joint venture of GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) and two other... 28 February
Oaktree HIV no longer a death sentence, but stigma remains   Medical advances may mean having HIV is no longer a death sentence, but no drug has been... 28 February
Smart phones become weapon against HIV   Newswise — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 26, 2013 – An innovative plan developed at the ... 28 February
People with HIV struggle to recognize fear   People infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, have a harder time than healthy... 28 February
Could Better Syringes Reduce HIV Transmission? The designers of a low-dead-space syringe hope that their innovation could hamper the disease's... 28 February
Risky sex begets new HIV subtypes, scientists say THERE are risks of developing new subtypes of HIV virus among gay men with multiple sex partners... 26 February
C. Everett Koop Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, AIDS awareness champion, dies at 96 Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died in New Hampshire Monday at the age of 96. Dr. Koop... 26 February
Uganda: Kadaga commends doctor on HIV The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has commended Prof. Peter Mugyenyi, a Ugandan doctor and... 26 February
Riau records 1,821 HIV/AIDS cases The Riau chapter of National AIDS Commission (KPA) reported on Monday 1,821 HIV/AIDS cases in the... 26 February
Anti-HIV drug effort boosts life expectancy in South Africa An intensive campaign to combat HIV/Aids with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has... 26 February
Talk HIV/AIDS at home THE President of Fiji Ratu Epeli Nailatikau encouraged students to learn more about HIV/AIDS this... 26 February
HIV: Female injection drug users at higher risk, says study FEMALE injection drug users (IDUs) in Nigeria have higher risk of contracting the dreaded Human... 26 February
Spencer Cox Surviving AIDS, but not the life that followed In early December, the veteran AIDS activists Spencer Cox, Garance Franke-Ruta and Peter Staley had... 26 February
Syphilis + HIV in Toronto The resurgence of syphilis What do you do when someone you’ve hooked up with calls to tell you he’s got syphilis? Do you a)... 22 February
Sage4Health Attacking HIV/AIDS with economic change Poverty and disease are a deadly combination. But a team led by UWM scientists is proving that in... 21 February
Dining out helps people living with HIV Every year, there's a few mandatory dinner-out night that come along - those typically include... 21 February
How to Survive a Plague 'How to Survive a Plague' revisits the early days of AIDS epidemic NEW YORK — In the 30 years that David France, director of the Oscar-nominated AIDS activism... 21 February
HIV carriers still suffer job discrimination despite historic legal win All Xiao Qi (a pseudonym) ever wanted to do was become a teacher. But that dream was suddenly... 21 February
ARV Jakarta Resource boom fuels HIV/AIDS surge Samarinda, East Kalimantan. The number of people affected with HIV/AIDS in East Kalimantan has... 20 February