Topic: Unicef
HIV infections among the world's youth dropped by 12 percent over the last decade, but fell short of the 25 percent target set by world leaders, a UNICEF report said on Wednesday."Is it progress? Yes. Is it enough? Absolutely not," said Elhadj ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A generation of babies could be born free of AIDS if the international community stepped up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and social protection, the United Nations said on Tuesday.A report by the U.N. children's ...
LONDON (Reuters) - It's no great medical breakthrough, just a simple Color-coded box packed with HIV drugs and pictures, but its backers UNICEF hope it may help finally end transmission of the often deadly virus to babies.The mother-baby pack, dubbed "innovation for ...
Since 2007 and 2008, the statistics appear promising that the number affected with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) dropped significantly in the United States. Even through the figures are down, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they estimate ...
The article offers news briefs related to the advertising industry in Great Britain. Unicef has introduced a digital HIV awareness campaign which aims to prevent the development of the diseases among newborn babies. Autotorq company was established by Formula One champion Jackie ...
Nowhere in the world is the HIV virus spreading faster than in eastern Europe and Central Asia, where more than 80 percent of those infected are under 30 years old, UNICEF said Monday."Eastern Europe and Central Asia are the only parts of ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - An underground HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is building at an alarming pace, fueled by drug use, risky sex and severe social stigma that stops people asking for help, the United Nations said on Monday.In a ...
Elucidation of the HIV genome structure revealed information about the virus's infectious nature. In August researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reported having decoded the structure of a complete HIV genome. In a more encouraging development, access to ...
An AIDS activist in Uzbekistan has been sentenced to seven years in prison for writing a brochure that authorities said would promote antisocial behaviour, activists said Thursday.Maxim Popov was convicted last September, his colleagues told AFP, but his case only came to ...
"They have been neglected, because donor or partnership mechanisms shifted their emphasis to HIV and AIDS and other issues," said Dr. Tesfaye Shiferaw, a UNICEF official in Africa. Yet UNICEF and the World Health Organization estimate less than 20 percent of those ...
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