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New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25

©- - 20 september 2024 - 06:05:03 - thread (643 words)


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

©- - 23 july 2024 - 06:39:23 - thread (575 words)


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

©- - 15 april 2024 - 11:19:07 - thread (264 words)


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

©- - 25 march 2024 - 07:52:22 - thread (277 words)


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

©- - 02 march 2024 - 05:56:17 - thread (333 words)


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

©- - 03 december 2023 - 15:23:06 - thread (230 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0

©- - 01 december 2023 - 16:28:41 - thread (275 words)


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

©- - 01 december 2023 - 06:58:02 - thread (570 words)


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

©- - 13 july 2023 - 16:35:05 - thread (570 words)


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

©- - 01 march 2023 - 05:42:53 - thread (516 words)


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

©- - 02 february 2023 - 05:17:42 - thread (653 words)


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)

©- - 03 december 2022 - 06:29:41 - thread (308 words)


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

©- - 01 december 2022 - 12:43:17 - thread (271 words)


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

©- - 30 november 2022 - 05:28:53 - thread (587 words)


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

©- - 26 november 2022 - 07:55:34 - thread (168 words)


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

©- - 12 november 2022 - 16:22:41 - thread (217 words)


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

©- - 11 june 2022 - 06:14:12 - thread (522 words)


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

©- - 08 february 2022 - 05:42:43 - thread (403 words)


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

©- - 04 december 2021 - 19:21:06 - thread (376 words)


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

©- - 01 december 2021 - 13:43:48 - thread (371 words)


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

©- - 01 december 2021 - 05:45:10 - thread (575 words)


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

©- - 21 july 2021 - 22:24:40 - thread (1308 words)


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

©- - 09 june 2021 - 05:42:48 - thread (552 words)


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

©- - 03 june 2021 - 07:24:07 - thread (175 words)


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

©- - 30 march 2021 - 05:36:56 - thread (485 words)


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

©- - 18 march 2021 - 15:27:46 - thread (333 words)


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

©- - 01 december 2020 - 16:35:31 - thread (166 words)


Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's Prime Minister, Dr Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, on Monday hailed the courage and faith of people living with HIV

©- - 01 december 2020 - 11:34:12 - thread (316 words)


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

©- - 06 august 2020 - 08:02:04 - thread (347 words)


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

©- - 07 july 2020 - 17:46:28 - thread (956 words)