Topic: Unaids

Philippines struggles with AIDS

The Philippines is struggling to deal with a worsening HIV-AIDS problem, with far too little money being spent on reversing a steady rise in infection rates, health experts warn.The government will have to prioritise its funding to concentrate on helping the most ...
HIV infections fell and treatment soared following an unprecedented response to the AIDS epidemic over the last decade, the UN said on Wednesday, while sounding the alarm over declining funds.New infections dropped by more than a quarter between 2001 and 2009 across ...

New HIV infections plunging in Asia: UN

New HIV infections are falling in Asia, with India, the country with the biggest population of infected people in the region, reporting a 56 percent plunge from the epidemic's peak, the United Nations said Monday."In South and South-east Asia, the estimated 270,000 ...

AIDS-related deaths slashed by treatment: UN

A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nations said Monday."We are on the verge of a significant breakthrough ...

Africa reports improvement in HIV treatment: UN

Access to HIV treatment has improved greatly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region which has long been worst hit by the AIDS epidemic, leading to a steady drop in deaths, the United Nations said Monday."The most dramatic increases in anti-retroviral therapy coverage have ...

HIV numbers hit new high as AIDS drugs save lives

LONDON (Reuters) - More people than ever are living with the AIDS virus but this is largely due to better access to drugs that keep HIV patients alive and well for many years, the United Nations AIDS program (UNAIDS) said on Monday.In ...

Life-saving AIDS drugs push HIV numbers to new high

LONDON (Reuters) - More people than ever are living with the AIDS virus but this is largely due to better access to drugs that keep HIV patients alive and well for many years, the United Nations AIDS programme (UNAIDS) said on Monday.In ...

AIDS: New evidence backs circumcision campaign

A campaign to encourage African men to get circumcised to prevent infection by HIV gained a powerful boost Wednesday by three new studies unveiled at the world AIDS forum in Rome.New cases of HIV among men fell by an astonishing 76 percent ...
A global medical forum on AIDS got down to business on Sunday for four days of debate on powerful new weapons to combat a pandemic that in 30 years has claimed as many lives as a World War.Held every two years, the ...
The biggest medical forum on AIDS kicks off on Sunday to a buzz of excitement about potential strategies for curbing a pandemic that has now claimed 30 million lives in its three-decade history.A four-day conference in Rome will mull dramatic evidence that ...
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