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UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end AIDS by 2030, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030, released on Monday Full text...
French-speaking healthcare professionals on HIV/AIDS to meet in Cameroon on Tuesday
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Alliance francophone des acteurs de santé contre le VIH et les infections virales chroniques ou émergentes (French-speaking alliance of healthcare professionals working to combat HIV and chronic or emerging viral infections - (AFRAVIH) is holding its 12th conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 16 to 19 April, the organisers announced on Monday Full text...
US to launch Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African countries
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African contries to sustain gains and accelerate progress toward ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 Full text...
UNAIDS marks 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day
New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, is in peril, the UN agency dedicated to ending AIDS by 2030 said on Friday, marking Zero Discrimination Day Full text...
Libyan Centre for Disease Control assists AIDS patients
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider El-Saieh, has praised the role played by the Centre in supplying medicines and facilitating administrative procedures for people infected with HIV/AIDS Full text...
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate below 1% in Burundi
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0 Full text...
Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic: UNICEF
New York, US (PANA) – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week Full text...
World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday, the eve of World AIDS Day, observed annually on 1 December Full text...
Support communities that ‘light the way to the end of AIDS’ - UNAIDS
New York, US (PANA) - AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030 but only if governments and donors fully support grasstoots communities on the frontlines of the disease Full text...
Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV (Feature by UN News)
New York, US (PANA) - To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their mothers Full text...
Ending AIDS by 2030 a ‘political and financial choice’
New York, US (PANA) - There is a clear path to ending AIDS by 2030 and it requires strong political leadership, following the science, tackling inequalities and ensuring sustainable funding Full text...
‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS
New York, US (PANA) - Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains for the continent, a new report backed by the UN agency devoted to ending AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed Full text...
'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'
New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, the chief of UNAIDS has said, marking Zero Discrimination Day on Wednesday Full text...
African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030,
This was announced on Wednesday at the first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in Children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Full text...
US provides $100 billion to save more than 25 million lives in AIDS relief programme
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the US marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the U Full text...
Mauritius opens first Community Sexual Health Centre
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Friday opened its first community sexual health clinic in a bid to provide a panoply of services to further support individuals suffering from Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Full text...
Burundi says it has shown the way in fight against HIV/AIDS
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health ministry said on Thursday the country is showing the way in West and Central Africa in the fight against HIV/AIDS Full text...
Libya marks World AIDS Day
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Activities marking World AIDS Day, commemorated on 1 December each year, were organised on Thursday at the Equestrian Square in Abu Setta, on the Tripoli Corniche, aimed at raising public awareness about this disease, its symptoms and transmission processes Full text...
Proven solutions must be put in place to end AIDS by 2030: Guterres
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end the inequalities which are blocking progress towards stopping the pandemic, and eradicating the virus Full text...
Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
New York, US (PANA) - Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist route map” can get countries back on track, the UN agency leading the fight against the disease said in a report published on Tuesday Full text...
Mauritius to broaden scope of HIV testing nationwide
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will introduce shortly the HIV and AIDS (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly to broaden the scope of HIV testing nationwide and allow for a greater number of persons to know their HIV status, the Government Information Service (GIS) said here Friday Full text...
Libya holds workshop on 2023-28 National AIDS Strategy
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A workshop on the National AIDS Strategy (2023-2028) has been held in Tripoli, aimed at defining the objectives to be achieved in the implementation of the plan Full text...
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
New York, US (PANA) - While more than three-quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of treatment, the number of children doing so, stands at only 52 per cent Full text...
UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters
New York, US (PANA) - New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which can lead to full-blown AIDS has slowed Full text...
World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
New York, US (PANA) - To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs to ensure global access to lifesaving health technologies, the UN Chef de Cabinet, Courtenay Rattray, has told a meeting of the General Assembly to review progress Full text...
Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PANA) - Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said on Monday Full text...
Low access to anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Guinea
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Out of the 110,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Guinea, only 48,000 have access to anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), Kadiatou Bodié Baldé, vice-president of the Guinean Network of Associations of Infected and Affected Persons (REGAP+), told the Guinean Press Agency (AGP) here Saturday Full text...
World AIDS Day 2021 - Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO), on World AIDS Day marked here Wednesday, highlighted the urgent need to end the economic, social, cultural and legal inequalities that drive the AIDS pandemic and other pandemics around the world Full text...
New HIV-AIDS infections on the decline throughout Senegal
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The executive secretary of the National AIDS Control Council (CNLS), Dr Full text...
16 per cent of PLHIV in Senegal do not know their HIV status, CNLS
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sixteen per cent of people living with HIV/AIDS in Senegal do not know their HIV status, the executive secretary of the National AIDS Council (CNLS), Dr Full text...
Mauritius commemorates World Aids Day
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius commemorated on Wednesday World Aids Day with testing and counselling through a mobile caravan that would travel around the country to encourage more people to come forward to be tested Full text...
Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity
New York, UA (PANA) - The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” against those infected or at high risk, the President of the UN General Assembly reminded a commemorative meeting on Tuesday marking World AIDS Day – 40 years after the first cases were reported Full text...
World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns
New York, US (PANA) - Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7 Full text...
Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled, a statement received by PANA here Wednesday said Full text...
High-level meeting on AIDS opens
New York, US (PANA) - Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, four decades ago, the UN General Assembly President said on Tuesday that the “tragic reality” is that the most vulnerable remain in jeopardy Full text...
Mauritius launches new HIV/AIDS screening caravan
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Wednesday launched a new health caravan specialised in HIV/AIDS screening in Grand River North West, a suburb of Port-Louis, in a bid to offer better services to the community and also to raise awareness, especially among the youth, on the disease Full text...
$29 billion a year by 2025 needed to get back on track to tackle AIDS, say UNAIDS
New York, US (PANA) - A new report from the UN agency dedicated to ending HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has shown that investing $29 billion a year to HIV response in low and middle income countries by 2025, will put the world back on track to eradicate the virus as a public health threat by 2030 Full text...
AUC, UNAIDS sign MoU on better response to HIV/AIDS
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the aim of establishing a stronger partnership for a better response to HIV/AIDS on the continent Full text...
Women more exposed to HIV/AIDS than men in Congo
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Women show a prevalence rate higher than 3 Full text...
Burkinabe PM urges end to stigmatisation of AIDS patients
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré on Tuesday called on the public to refrain from stigmatisation of people living with AIDS Full text...
UN urges ‘global solidarity, shared responsibility’ against pandemics, marking World AIDS Day
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is commemorating World AIDS Day on Tuesday with a call for “global solidarity and shared responsibility” to overcome not only COVID-19, but also AIDS – another global pandemic that is still with us nearly 40 years after it emerged Full text...
Guinea advocates new strategies to fight AIDS
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's Prime Minister, Dr Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, on Monday hailed the courage and faith of people living with HIV Full text...
Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS
Ne York, US (PANA) - Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV/AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday Full text...
Nigerian soldiers kill six alleged pirates but local communities question motive
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military has said solders have killed six pirates during a raid on their camp at Tukugbene-Ayama Ijaw Local Government Area and the Mbiama East West road of Bayelsa State but the local people say they do not know the cause of the raid in the area Full text...
Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 - WHO
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of running of stock of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new WHO survey conducted ahead of the International AIDS Society’s biannual conference
The UN health agency said in a statement on Monday that twenty-four countries reported having either a critically low stock of ARVs or disruptions in the supply of these life-saving medicines Full text...
Countries urged to act over potential HIV drug shortages, within next two months
New York, US (PANA) - Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because of higher costs linked to lockdowns and COVID-19 border closures, UNAIDS said on Monday Full text...
UN issues ‘wake-up call’: Don’t sideline AIDS response during COVID-19 crisis
New York, US (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus, decades of advances made in the battle against HIV are under threat, noted two UN agencies on Monday Full text...
Congo's First Lady highlights urgency for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's First Lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso has underlined the urgency for prevention of pediatric mother-to-child HIV transmission in the country Full text...
Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS
New York, US (PANA) - Gender discrimination and violence, as well as “huge” gaps in education, are among the factors why women and girls remain vulnerable to HIV, according to the UN agency working to end the AIDS epidemic Full text...