UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives
20 september 2024 - 06:05:03New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending [...] Full text...
UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei
05 september 2024 - 20:28:45New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
23 july 2024 - 06:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS marks 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day
02 march 2024 - 05:56:17New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease
01 december 2023 - 06:58:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the [...] Full text...
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Support communities that ‘light the way to the end of AIDS’ - UNAIDS
28 november 2023 - 20:07:38New York, US (PANA) - AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030 but only if governments [...] Full text...
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Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV (Feature by UN News)
06 august 2023 - 07:22:20New York, US (PANA) - To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their [...] Full text...
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Ending AIDS by 2030 a ‘political and financial choice’
13 july 2023 - 16:35:05New York, US (PANA) - There is a clear path to ending AIDS by 2030 and it requires strong political [...] Full text...
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‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS
13 april 2023 - 09:03:09New York, US (PANA) - Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains [...] Full text...
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'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'
01 march 2023 - 05:42:53New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end [...] Full text...
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African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
02 february 2023 - 05:17:42Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in [...] Full text...
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Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS
16 december 2022 - 04:28:35New York, US (PANA) - Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other [...] Full text...
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Burundi says it has shown the way in fight against HIV/AIDS
01 december 2022 - 13:55:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health ministry said on Thursday the country is showing the way in West and Central [...] Full text...
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Proven solutions must be put in place to end AIDS by 2030: Guterres
01 december 2022 - 05:04:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end [...] Full text...
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Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
30 november 2022 - 05:28:53New York, US (PANA) - Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist [...] Full text...
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Libya holds workshop on 2023-28 National AIDS Strategy
12 november 2022 - 16:22:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A workshop on the National AIDS Strategy (2023-2028) has been held in Tripoli, aimed at defining [...] Full text...
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New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
02 august 2022 - 05:29:36New York, US (PANA) - While more than three-quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters
28 july 2022 - 05:14:54New York, US (PANA) - New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which [...] Full text...
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World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
11 june 2022 - 06:14:12New York, US (PANA) - To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries, warns WHO chief
09 june 2022 - 05:17:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said on Wednesday that monkeypox infections in non-endemic countries have passed [...] Full text...
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Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil
18 march 2022 - 16:19:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline
08 february 2022 - 05:42:43Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PANA) - Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and [...] Full text...
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Low access to anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Guinea
04 december 2021 - 19:21:06Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Out of the 110,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Guinea, only 48,000 have access to anti-retroviral [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day 2021 - Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
02 december 2021 - 08:00:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO), on World AIDS Day marked here Wednesday, highlighted the [...] Full text...
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16 per cent of PLHIV in Senegal do not know their HIV status, CNLS
01 december 2021 - 14:45:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sixteen per cent of people living with HIV/AIDS in Senegal do not know their HIV status, [...] Full text...
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Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity
01 december 2021 - 05:45:10New York, UA (PANA) - The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” [...] Full text...
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World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns
30 november 2021 - 05:04:17New York, US (PANA) - Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: G20’s bitter divide on global vaccine inequality could condemn world to an 'endless pandemic', charities warn
31 october 2021 - 10:32:23London, UK (PANA) - Failure to tackle global vaccine inequality at this weekend’s G20 summit could prolong the pandemic, civil [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Empty promises will not save the world from pandemic, campaigners warn
21 september 2021 - 18:43:38New York, US (PANA) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden’s global COVID-19 summit on the side-lines of [...] Full text...
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Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns
21 july 2021 - 22:24:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that [...] Full text...
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Messages pour in as world mourns Zambian first President KK
18 june 2021 - 14:46:48Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Messages of tribute are been sent in as world leaders mourn Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Campaigners slam 'self-interest' of G7 countries in vaccine challenges
10 june 2021 - 11:00:40London, UK (PANA) - The self-interest of G7 countries is the biggest obstacle to ending the Covid-19 pandemic, a group [...] Full text...
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High-level meeting on AIDS opens
09 june 2021 - 05:42:48New York, US (PANA) - Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, [...] Full text...
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$29 billion a year by 2025 needed to get back on track to tackle AIDS, say UNAIDS
30 march 2021 - 05:36:56New York, US (PANA) - A new report from the UN agency dedicated to ending HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has [...] Full text...
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AUC, UNAIDS sign MoU on better response to HIV/AIDS
18 march 2021 - 15:27:46Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have [...] Full text...
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Women more exposed to HIV/AIDS than men in Congo
01 december 2020 - 21:17:02Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Women show a prevalence rate higher than 3.7 per cent in Congo, the Congolese government declared [...] Full text...
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UN urges ‘global solidarity, shared responsibility’ against pandemics, marking World AIDS Day
01 december 2020 - 11:54:13New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is commemorating World AIDS Day on Tuesday with a call for “global [...] Full text...
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Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS
27 november 2020 - 05:27:24Ne York, US (PANA) - Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV/AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
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A child is infected with HIV every 100 seconds, new UN report reveals
26 november 2020 - 05:23:59New York, US (PANA) - Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age [...] Full text...
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Former Tanzanian President Mkapa to be buried at his home village 29 July
24 july 2020 - 17:13:29Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s former president, Benjamin William Mkapa (81), who died on Thursday night will be [...] Full text...
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New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response
22 july 2020 - 18:50:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Launched on Wednesday, 22 July, 2020, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathered and shared legal documents [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Law Lab to provide vital legal information, support for the global response
22 july 2020 - 14:55:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Launched on Wednesday, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 [...] Full text...
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Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 - WHO
07 july 2020 - 17:46:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of running of stock of antiretroviral (ARV) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African Union calls for unbiased sharing of coronavirus vaccine
25 june 2020 - 21:33:41Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Top scientists, researchers and ministers of health rose from a two-day virtual conference on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Countries urged to act over potential HIV drug shortages, within next two months
22 june 2020 - 13:35:39New York, US (PANA) - Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Presidents, prime ministers lead call for ‘people’s vaccine’, free to all
15 may 2020 - 05:27:28New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for 'appropriate public health measures’ to protect detainees from virus
13 may 2020 - 19:41:19New York, US (PANA) - UN agency chiefs on Wednesday highlighted the heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of detainees, and others [...] Full text...
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UN issues ‘wake-up call’: Don’t sideline AIDS response during COVID-19 crisis
12 may 2020 - 06:09:36New York, US (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus, decades of advances made in the [...] Full text...
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WHO says COVID-19-related service disruptions likely to cause thousands of extra deaths from HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
11 may 2020 - 19:04:30Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS has estimated that if [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali has estimated 42 pct cure rate compared to 33 pct in Africa - Minister of Health
08 may 2020 - 20:43:58Bamako, Mali (PANÀ) - Minister of Health Michel Hamala Sidibé revealed here Thursday that Mali has a cure a higher [...] Full text...
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Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS
06 march 2020 - 05:31:55New York, US (PANA) - Gender discrimination and violence, as well as “huge” gaps in education, are among the factors [...] Full text...
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The World celebrates Zero Discrimination Day 1 March
01 march 2020 - 04:19:15New York, US (PANA) - Today, 1 March, is Zero Discrimination Day when the world celebrates the right of everyone [...] Full text...
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High AIDS prevalence rate in young people rising in Congo
26 february 2020 - 18:14:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Health and Population, Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, announced on Tuesday in Brazzaville that [...] Full text...
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Congo urged to redouble efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS
28 january 2020 - 10:07:02Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government was urged on Monday by UNAIDS Country Representative, Baruani Yuma Kilundu, to redouble efforts [...] Full text...
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Botswana Vice President identifies some problems of the country
18 december 2019 - 11:23:50Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Vice President Slumber Tsogwane has identified issues like weak parent-child relationship, teenage pregnancy, gender based violence, [...] Full text...
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NGO seeks innovative approach for political leadership in HIV and health law in Africa
06 december 2019 - 17:41:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - While HIV status and reporting requirements raise legal issues related to patient confidentiality, one member of [...] Full text...
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"People with disabilities still unaware of HIV infection" in Africa
05 december 2019 - 19:28:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Disability Alliance (ADA), El hadji Siddo Nouhou Oumarou, on Thursday complained [...] Full text...
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New cervical cancer programme to focus on screening adult women living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
04 december 2019 - 01:10:23Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A new cervical cancer programme initiated Tuesday on the sidelines of the week-long International Conference on [...] Full text...
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Rwandan First Lady commends partnership in cervical cancer prevention
03 december 2019 - 17:41:33Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Tuesday commended continued efforts to include community education and social [...] Full text...
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"HIV free Africa" is achievable if conditions are met - Official
02 december 2019 - 20:48:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan minister of State for Public Health and Primary Health Care, Dr Patrick Ndimubanzi, on Monday [...] Full text...
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Medical experts underline guidance on male circumcision to prevent HIV infection in Africa
02 december 2019 - 16:46:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Nearly 18.6 million cumulative male circumcisions for HIV prevention were performed between 2008 and 2017 in [...] Full text...
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Kaberuka calls for strong mobilization of domestic funding, resources to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa
02 december 2019 - 13:31:05Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Domestic resource mobilization in fighting against HIV/AIDS is not just a technical issue but it is [...] Full text...
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'Botswana First Lady embarks on HIV/AIDS outreach programme'
02 december 2019 - 13:20:58Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana First Lady, Neo Jane Masisi, has embarked on a nationwide campaign called “Dipalametse” (translated [...] Full text...
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HIV/AIDS round-table of African First ladies opens in Kigali
02 december 2019 - 12:36:40Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A round-table gathering members the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) opened Monday in [...] Full text...
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About 170,000 Ghanaian adults 'not on HIV treatment'
02 december 2019 - 06:32:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - About 170,000 Ghanaian adults with HIV are not on treatment thus throwing into doubt the country's [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's PM meets with UNFPA Chief in Kigali
29 november 2019 - 19:50:14Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, on Friday met with Natalia Kanem, the United Nations Population Fund [...] Full text...
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WHO launches social media campaign on HIV infection
29 november 2019 - 11:07:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office in Africa on Friday launched a social media campaign, [...] Full text...
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Empowering people living with HIV ‘will end the epidemic’, says AIDS agency chief
27 november 2019 - 05:50:31New York, US (PANA) - When people living with HIV actively participate in their own care, new infections decline and [...] Full text...
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Major int'l conference to brings 10,000 world's researchers on HIV to Rwanda
05 november 2019 - 21:11:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - About 10,000 delegates from across the globe will gather in Kigali for the International Conference on [...] Full text...
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Rwanda set to host AIDS Conference
22 october 2019 - 10:11:32Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) has selected Rwanda to host the 20th International Conference [...] Full text...
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Botswana extends free HIV treatment to non-citizens
26 september 2019 - 10:19:37Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Government of Botswana has decided to extend free HIV treatment to foreign residents in a [...] Full text...
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Botswana First Lady calls for youth empowerment
24 september 2019 - 20:17:59Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana First Lady, Neo Masisi, says empowering the youth is vital to the development of [...] Full text...
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Congo: Prevalence rate of AIDS among Congolese women is 4.1%
03 september 2019 - 17:32:47Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The head of the National Program against HIV / AIDS, Dr. Cécile Mapapa Miakassissa, revealed on [...] Full text...
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Former African presidents, influential persons to hold high-level dialogue on HIV/AIDS
23 august 2019 - 12:12:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation, a distinguished group of former presidents and influential African leaders committed to [...] Full text...
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‘Greater urgency’ needed in fight against HIV/AIDS, warns UN agency
16 july 2019 - 20:26:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The UN programme leading the global effort to end AIDS is calling for greater urgency and [...] Full text...
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African parliamentarian summit on search for solutions to funding of health, AIDS opens in Congo
11 july 2019 - 22:20:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A high level summit of African parliamentarians in search for solutions to the funding of health [...] Full text...
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Congo: African States urged to mobilize more funds to fight AIDS
10 july 2019 - 23:23:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Pan-African and Congolese parliaments, as well as UNAIDS, Wednesday called on African countries to mobilize [...] Full text...
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Malian president Kéita names new cabinet
06 may 2019 - 04:15:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita on Sunday named a new government of 38 ministers as against [...] Full text...
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Africans urged to accelerate fight against AIDS
05 may 2019 - 09:57:00Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The former director of the UNAIDS inter-country team for West and Central Africa, Dr. Pierre M’Pelé, [...] Full text...
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Fighting AIDS starts with accurate data
08 april 2019 - 07:08:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - United States-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has called for leading global organisations in the [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS Executive Director visits Congo
04 april 2019 - 11:23:48Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibé, is in [...] Full text...
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The major problem in fight against HIV AIDS in DR Congo is dependency – UNAIDS
03 april 2019 - 22:23:25Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The major problem in the fight against HIV/AIDS in DR Congo is dependency, said UNAIDS [...] Full text...
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UN’s AIDS agency ‘greatly encouraged’ by latest scientific breakthrough showing cure is possible
06 march 2019 - 07:41:13New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency leading the global effort to end AIDS said on Tuesday that a new case [...] Full text...
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African leaders launch new private-sector led health coalition
14 february 2019 - 19:55:40Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders have joined key private-sector players to launch a new health coalition on the [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS Director hails results in the fight against AIDS
16 january 2019 - 21:24:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé on Thursday welcomed the results achieved in the fight against AIDS, [...] Full text...
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International meeting on HIV treatment in children underway in Dakar
16 january 2019 - 14:01:47Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A three-day high-level meeting on the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and universal coverage of [...] Full text...
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'Niger city recording 30 new HIV infections monthly in some groups'
11 december 2018 - 11:39:59Maradi, Niger (PANA) - There are 30 new HIV infections per month in some groups particularly sex workers and homosexuals [...] Full text...
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AIDS at a ‘critical juncture’ - Guterres
30 november 2018 - 20:18:33New York, US (PANA) - Thirty years after the first World AIDS Day, the HIV response stands at a crossroads. [...] Full text...
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80 adolescents a day will still die of AIDS by 2030, despite slowdown in epidemic
29 november 2018 - 19:28:45New York, US (PANA) - By 2030, around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day if “we don’t [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS stresses 'knowledge' to win combat against HIV worldwide
23 november 2018 - 04:11:39New York,US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS Day, marked every year on 1 December, the United Nations issued a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria has 2nd largest global HIV/AIDS burden
05 november 2018 - 19:27:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is the second country with the largest HIV/AIDS virus burden in the world, Head of [...] Full text...
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'No cure’ for HIV in Zimbabwe says UN, following claims from local preacher
01 november 2018 - 05:16:59Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United Nations in Zimbabwe is reaffirming that people living with HIV and AIDS need to [...] Full text...
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Global health organizations commit to new ways of working together for greater impact
17 october 2018 - 05:27:09Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations on Tuesday signed a landmark commitment [...] Full text...
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More ‘political commitment’ needed urgently for HIV prevention: UNAIDS chief
25 july 2018 - 06:46:15Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PANA) - As HIV infections continue to rise, UNAIDS — the UN agency leading the global effort [...] Full text...
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‘Prevention crisis’ is hampering global HIV response, warns head of UNAIDS
19 july 2018 - 07:03:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Complacency over HIV and AIDS has created a “prevention crisis” that risks destabilizing efforts to reach [...] Full text...
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HIV/AIDS still impacting work and costing billions in lost earnings – ILO report
24 may 2018 - 18:32:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Outlining the economic and social toll HIV and AIDS continues to take on workers around the [...] Full text...
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Ending double jeopardy for women with HIV in 8 African nations
18 may 2018 - 13:34:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new US$ 30 million partnership to help end cervical cancer, led by the United States [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS urges scaling up of HIV vaccine research to stop new infections (A UNAIDS feature)
18 may 2018 - 13:30:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world celebrates "HIV Vaccine Awareness Day" on 18 May, UNAIDS has called for an [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS Chief puts spotlight on the HIV response in Lesotho, South Africa and Zambia (A UNAIDS feature story)
12 may 2018 - 09:09:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, recently completed a five-day visit to three countries in southern Africa, [...] Full text...
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A historic opportunity to end AIDS in Africa (A UNAIDS feature)
22 april 2018 - 15:38:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A decade of progress has inspired the once unthinkable - that the AIDS epidemic can be [...] Full text...
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UN calls for action to end TB
24 march 2018 - 11:50:06New York, US (PANA) - Claiming more than 4,500 lives daily, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the top infectious killer [...] Full text...
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On ‘Zero Discrimination Day’ UN urges tackling everyday biases
01 march 2018 - 19:54:47New York, US (PANA) - To mark Zero Discrimination Day, the United Nations agency coordinating the global effort to tackle [...] Full text...
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AU congratulates Bience Gawanas on appointment as UN Special Advisor on Africa
17 january 2018 - 07:27:37Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission has congratulated Ms Bience Gawanas of Namibia, on her appointment as [...] Full text...
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UN urges comprehensive approach to sexuality education
10 january 2018 - 19:08:36Paris, France (PANA) - Close to 10 years after its first edition, a fully updated International Technical Guidance on Sexuality [...] Full text...
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West, Central Africa left behind in Global HIV response
05 december 2017 - 15:32:35Abidjan, Cote d;Ivoire (PANA) - More than four decades into the HIV epidemic, four in five children living with HIV [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day: UN calls for renewed commitment to make epidemic ‘a thing of the past’
02 december 2017 - 10:04:18New York, U.S. (PANA) - The world will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – which include the target [...] Full text...
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Sweden, 4 UN agencies to boost health of women in East, Southern Africa
01 december 2017 - 11:13:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the World marks World AIDS Day on Friday, the Government of Sweden, together with the [...] Full text...
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Nearly 21 million people now have access to HIV treatment – UN agency
22 november 2017 - 04:56:48Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – About 20.9 million people now have access to the antiretroviral therapy, according to a new [...] Full text...
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US: UN launches innovative plan to significantly cut new HIV infections
11 october 2017 - 22:24:57New York, US (PANA) – Despite a 50 per cent drop in AIDS-related deaths since the peak of the epidemic, [...] Full text...
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Liberia: Liberia’s HIV prevalence now 2.1 percent of population
04 october 2017 - 18:43:23Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Health authorities here have announced that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence is now about 2.1 [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: HIV-related stigma, discrimination prevent people from accessing health services – UN
03 october 2017 - 20:17:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – People living with HIV who experience high levels of stigma are more than twice as likely [...] Full text...
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US: UN hails landmark pricing deal for faster rollout of ‘game-changing’ HIV treatment
21 september 2017 - 20:19:03New York, US (PANA) – Senior United Nations officials on Thursday welcomed a breakthrough pricing agreement by global partners to [...] Full text...
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France: End AIDS Coalition launched in Paris
25 july 2017 - 13:20:20Paris, France (PANA) - UNAIDS has welcomed the launch of the End AIDS Coalition (EAC), a strong collaboration of leading [...] Full text...
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Swaziland: UNAIDS congratulates Swaziland on viral load suppression among adults living with HIV
24 july 2017 - 16:07:37Mbabane, Swaziland (PANA) - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has congratulated the Kingdom of Swaziland on the [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 19.5 million people on life-saving treatment, AIDS-related deaths halved since 2005
20 july 2017 - 13:09:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has released a new report showing that for [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Ghana pledges US$ 200 000 to UNAIDS
03 july 2017 - 14:02:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Monday revealed that Ghana has pledged US$ [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UNAIDS PCB calls for equal representation of women and men
28 june 2017 - 14:55:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) “To effectively end AIDS in an inclusive manner that leaves no one behind, we need both women [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 'Without an end to discrimination, there would be no end to the AIDS epidemic' - UNAIDS
28 june 2017 - 14:37:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "Without an end to discrimination there would be no end to the AIDS epidemic. Everybody must [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Germany to double annual financial contributions to UNAIDS
27 june 2017 - 15:02:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The German Government will double its funding to UNAIDS in 2017-2018, to 5 million per year, [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 40th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board opens in Geneva
27 june 2017 - 14:36:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A three-day meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, the 40th in the series, began on [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO mourns passing of UNFPA chief Babatunde Osotimehin
06 june 2017 - 06:21:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization(WHO) has expressed profound saddened at the death [...] Full text...
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US: UN mourns passing of UNFPA chief Osotimehin, 'a champion of health for all'
05 june 2017 - 19:55:08New York, US (PANA) – Secretary-General António Guterres and other senior United Nations officials have paid tribute to Babatunde Osotimehin, [...] Full text...
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US: UNICEF, UNAIDS mourn death of UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin
05 june 2017 - 15:35:51New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and UNAIDS on Monday paid tribute to the Executive [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Botswana says steadfast HIV/AIDS fight continues
19 april 2017 - 09:57:01Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi has reiterated the country firm support to the 90-90-90 HIV/AIDS initiative [...] Full text...
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UN: Ghana chairs UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board for 2017
30 march 2017 - 15:13:02New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said Ghana is chairing its Programme Coordinating Board [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS urges zero discrimination in healthcare delivery
01 march 2017 - 15:14:16New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Wednesday urged everyone to 'make some noise' [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS Board urges more investment, partnership to end HIV/AIDS epidemic
12 december 2016 - 15:58:50New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Coordinating Board has stressed the need for sustained [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS urges human rights protection for people living with AIDS
09 december 2016 - 15:48:44New York, US (PANA) - The world will never achieve the end of AIDS without bold actions to advance the [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban stresses need to stop stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS
30 november 2016 - 20:31:15New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday stressed the need to stop stigma and abuse against [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS wins award for China-Africa health cooperation
22 november 2016 - 14:36:36New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has been honoured with an award for promoting [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS says 18.2 million people on anti-retroviral therapy
21 november 2016 - 19:02:09New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Monday stated that [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS welcomes new UN Secretary-General
14 october 2016 - 15:09:11New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Friday welcomed the new UN Secretary-General, Antonio [...] Full text...
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UN: African First Ladies partner on sexual, reproductive health for young girls
22 september 2016 - 11:53:28New York, US (PANA) - The Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) is partnering with UN agencies, private [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS urges donors to fully support Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria
15 september 2016 - 16:03:11New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of the 5th Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and [...] Full text...
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UN: G20 First ladies promote HIV prevention among youth
05 september 2016 - 19:44:26New York, US (PANA) - China's First Lady, Peng Liyuan, and her counterparts from Group of 20 (G20) countries have [...] Full text...
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UN: Kenya reaffirms commitments to address HIV/AIDS stigma, discrimination
02 august 2016 - 15:50:45New York, US (PANA) - Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to end HIV-related stigma and discrimination with a new national [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS honours Chinese news agency for AIDS response partnership
28 july 2016 - 11:49:17New York, US (PANA) - In the recognition of the key role that the media play in the Fast-Track response [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS honours 10 NGOs for outstanding community leadership on AIDS
26 july 2016 - 13:53:18New York, US (PANA) - Ten community-based organizations from different parts of the world, including Africa, have won the "2016 [...] Full text...
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UN: AIDS conference urges end of discrimination, more support for HIV care
23 july 2016 - 17:36:08New York, US (PANA) - As the 21st International AIDS Conference wrapped up in Durban, South Africa, the Deputy Executive [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS regional director to meet with Liberian authorities on HIV/AIDS
23 july 2016 - 17:12:48New York, US (PANA) - West and Central Africa's Regional Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS [...] Full text...
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UN: UN, partners launch documentary film on HIV/AIDS treatment
21 july 2016 - 16:20:47New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Health in Agenda 2030, Mr. Ray Chambers, the US President’s [...] Full text...
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S. Africa: New drive for paediatric HIV treatment launched at AIDS conference
21 july 2016 - 08:24:10Durban, South Africa (PANA) - A new global push to end paediatric AIDS by 2020 has been launched at the [...] Full text...
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UN: South Africa launches "SheConquers' HIV prevention campaign
20 july 2016 - 18:09:44New York, US (PANA) - Responding to the heightened vulnerability of young women and adolescent girls to HIV, the Government [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS urges strong faith response to end AIDS by 2030
20 july 2016 - 17:54:09New York, US (PANA) - A strong faith response is critical to achieving the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief calls for scaling up HIV/AIDS global response mechanism
19 july 2016 - 06:16:24New York, US (PANA) - More than 18,000 global leaders, scientists, advocates, and front-line health workers gathered on Monday in [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS reports global gains on 90-90-90 targets for HIV treatment
18 july 2016 - 14:59:28New York, US (PANA) - Countries are making rapid progress in scaling up HIV testing and treatment across several regions, [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS report says donor governments' funding for HIV declined in 2015
18 july 2016 - 14:49:31New York, US (PANA) - Donor governments' funding to support HIV efforts in low- and middle-income countries fell for the [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS report warns on new HIV infections among adults
12 july 2016 - 15:41:16New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), released on Tuesday, has [...] Full text...
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UN: AIDS Watch Africa experts task govts on ending AIDS epidemic
04 july 2016 - 17:35:20New York, US (PANA) - The Consultative Experts Meeting of AIDS Watch Africa (AWA) has welcomed the recently adopted UN [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS Board urges more investments, partnerships to end AIDS epidemic
01 july 2016 - 13:56:15New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Coordinating Board has stressed the need for accelerated [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS, Belgium sign new multi-year funding agreement
27 june 2016 - 15:06:20New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Government of Belgium have signed a [...] Full text...
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UN: UNODC calls for more action to reduce impact of drugs on societies
23 june 2016 - 14:57:56New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday launched its annual World Drug [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS honours Kofi Annan, raises US$1 million for HIV/AIDS services
15 june 2016 - 15:30:16New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has honoured former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, with [...] Full text...
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UN: UN member states reiterate commitments to end AIDS epidemic by 2030
11 june 2016 - 07:57:05New York, US (PANA) - The 193 UN member states late on Friday in New York reiterated their commitment to [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS welcomes US govt US$100 million fund for HIV services
09 june 2016 - 18:51:41New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Thursday welcomed the US government announcement of [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zero new infections, zero AIDS deaths attainable before 2030 - Zambian Minister
09 june 2016 - 17:14:54Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has told a High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on ending [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS, PEPFAR announce decline in new HIV infections among children in Africa
08 june 2016 - 17:55:11New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS [...] Full text...
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UN: UN member states adopt new Political Declaration on Ending AIDS
08 june 2016 - 17:08:59New York, US (PANA) - The 193 UN member states on Wednesday in New York adopted a new Political Declaration [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS chief calls for more investments for HIV prevention
08 june 2016 - 14:08:52New York, US (PANA) - The Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibe, on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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UN: New York-based fashion designer appointed UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador
07 june 2016 - 18:02:15New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Tuesday appointed New York-based leading fashion designer [...] Full text...
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UN: UN urges collective action to end AIDS epidemic
06 june 2016 - 21:55:41New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said that, while much has been done over the [...] Full text...
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UN: Mayors, UNAIDS, partners strategise against HIV/AIDS
06 june 2016 - 15:49:28New York, US (PANA) - Mayors from different parts of the world, in collaboration with the Joint UN Programme on [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS says 17 million people accessing HIV treatment
01 june 2016 - 15:25:50New York, US (PANA) - An estimated 17 million people were accessing life-saving anti-retroviral medicines at the end of 2015, [...] Full text...
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UN: Ministers urge more action on HIV prevention in eastern, southern Africa
26 may 2016 - 18:19:17New York, US (PANA) - Health ministers from eastern and southern Africa have called for enhanced policy and programmes to revitalize [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Empowering women, girls key to ending AIDS epidemic'
24 may 2016 - 15:58:07New York, US (PANA) - Delegates to the 69th session of the World Health Assembly, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, [...] Full text...
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Gambia: 10th Anniversary of the African Youth Charter commemorated in Banjul
22 may 2016 - 11:50:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Gambian government, and with the support of [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS urges inclusion of civil society groups at UN meeting on ending AIDS
19 may 2016 - 15:03:02New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has stressed the need for the inclusion and [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS calls for sustained investment, collaboration to develop HIV vaccine
18 may 2016 - 14:39:09New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), on Wednesday called for greater investments and increased [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Young women, adolescent girls crucial to ending the AIDS epidemic'
16 may 2016 - 18:31:24New York, US (PANA) - At the Women Deliver youth conference, taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Joint UN Programme [...] Full text...
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UN: African ministers call for global effort to end pediatric AIDS
11 may 2016 - 15:43:08New York, US (PANA) - African ministers of health, deputy ministers and senior HIV programme officials have called on the [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief issues new report urging more action to end AIDS epidemic
08 may 2016 - 16:45:54New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has warned that the AIDS epidemic [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS holds fundraiser to enhance access to HIV services for women, children
08 may 2016 - 15:40:15New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), in collaboration with the Hotel InterContinental Geneva, Cartier and [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS chief lauds Ivorian govt. on stopping new HIV infections
26 april 2016 - 13:27:43New York, US (PANA) - The Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Mr. Michel Sidibe, has [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS tasks countries on human rights approach to people who uses drugs
19 april 2016 - 18:16:32New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Tuesday welcomed the UN General Assembly’s call for [...] Full text...
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UN: Draft 2016 political declaration on ending AIDS released - UNAIDS
19 april 2016 - 15:25:35New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of the 2016 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, the co-facilitators of [...] Full text...
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US: South Africa honours UNAIDS chief for global AIDS response
19 april 2016 - 15:14:50New York, US (PANA) - The University of Kwazulu-Natal, in Durban, South Africa, has conferred an honourary degree on the Executive [...] Full text...
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UN: UN report urges countries to reduce new HIV infections among drug users
15 april 2016 - 20:49:36New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of next week’s UN General Assembly special session on drugs, the Joint UN Programme [...] Full text...
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UN: South Africa at the forefront of global AIDS response - UNAIDS
15 april 2016 - 16:50:48New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Friday said that South Africa is at the [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS launches mobile platform for better healthcare delivery in Cote d'Ivoire
09 march 2016 - 17:44:55New York, US (PANA) - Starting this month, a thousand people living with HIV in Cote d’Ivoire will receive additional [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS to hold high-level meeting in New York on ending AIDS
03 march 2016 - 17:46:38New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) will on 8-10 June hold a UN General Assembly [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Botswana close to reaching global targets on HIV/AIDS fight
02 march 2016 - 13:36:58Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Researchers in Botswana said the country is leading in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS marks Zero Discrimination Day, stresses need for tolerance
01 march 2016 - 16:01:37New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Tuesday called on the international community to [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: New study offers hope for Africa halting HIV infections
24 february 2016 - 07:38:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In a move to push for a decline in new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, Elizabeth [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: New medical trial for HIV prevention among women shows promising results in Sub-Saharan Africa
23 february 2016 - 07:57:41Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – In one of the US-based Massachusset clinical trial, known as AVAC, medical researchers have shown that [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief appoints high-level advisory group on women, children
21 january 2016 - 15:48:16NewYork, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced the first members of the High-level Advisory Group for [...] Full text...
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UN: New UNAIDS regional director for West, Central Africa assumes duties in Dakar
06 january 2016 - 13:57:32New York, US (PANA) - The newly-appointed UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Dr. [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: New cases of HIV/AIDS decline in Mauritius
18 december 2015 - 08:17:02Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has shown a declining trend from 401 cases in [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Stakeholders review migration, health strategy for South West Indian Ocean region
15 december 2015 - 14:04:35Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Stakeholders met Tuesday in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital, to review and endorse an International Organization [...] Full text...
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UN: UN marks World AIDS Day with hope to end epidemic by 2030
01 december 2015 - 17:09:28New York, US (PANA) -The first World AIDS Day since political leaders committed to ending the epidemic by 2030, as [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Health minister highlights importance of HIV testing in Mauritius
01 december 2015 - 15:07:45Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (ANA) – “It is most important that everyone knows his or her HIV status as ignorance on [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO urges expanded antiretroviral therapy to all people living with HIV
01 december 2015 - 14:16:22New York, US (PANA) - Expanding antiretroviral therapy to all people living with HIV is the key to ending the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe: WHO signals hopes of end to AIDS epidemic by 2030
28 november 2015 - 10:01:10Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the world is poised to end the AIDS epidemic [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS says countries adopting Fast-Track Strategy to end HIV/AIDS
24 november 2015 - 14:46:30New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of the World AIDS Day 2015, UNAIDS on Tuesday released a new report showing [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS Board adopts new ambitious strategy to end AIDS epidemic by 2030
31 october 2015 - 15:32:41New York, US (PANA) - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Coordinating Board has adopted a new [...] Full text...
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UN: UN human rights council adopts resolution on AIDS response
06 october 2015 - 14:42:56New York, US (PANA) - At its 30th session, held in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council took a [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO, UNAIDS launch new standards to improve adolescent care
06 october 2015 - 14:01:19New York, US (PANA) - New global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents, developed by the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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WHO: No more restriction on anti-retroviral treatment for HIV-infected persons
30 september 2015 - 10:28:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that anyone infected with HIV should begin antiretroviral treatment [...] Full text...
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UN: World leaders call for accelerated action to end AIDS epidemic by 2030
28 september 2015 - 08:30:57New York, US (PANA) - The Governments of Kenya and Malawi, together with the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), [...] Full text...
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Togo: Togo, Global Fund strengthen partnership in fighting AIDS, TB
22 september 2015 - 18:23:38Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo and the Global Fund have Tuesday reaffirmed their partnership by signing two new grant [...] Full text...
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UN: UN, Kenya team up to end AIDS epidemic by 2030
17 september 2015 - 15:24:16New York, US (PANA) - The UN programme that works to combat HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is working with the Government of [...] Full text...
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