AIDS
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IAS calls for global access as Gilead announces lenacapavir licensing
Oct 4, 2024IAS – the International AIDS Society – applauds moves by Gilead Sciences to make generic injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention widely available, but cautions that the current agreements still leave out millions around the world. Gilead... -
21 percent of AIDS patients in Bangladesh are women
Mar 13, 2021According to statistics, HIV / AIDS has been newly detected in 658 people in the country. Of these, 76 percent are males, 21 percent are females and 3 percent are of the third sex, reports BSS.... -
Adeeba Kamarulzaman announced as first Asian President of International AIDS Society
Jul 20, 2020The International AIDS Society (IAS) has declared nine newly elected and three re-elected members to its Governing Council. Adeeba Kamarulzaman of Malaysia is the new IAS President and Sharon Lewin of Australia the President-Elect, with Jennifer... -
Predicting in utero HIV infection in newborns
May 21, 2019HIV symptoms in newborns and insufficient prenatal care, limited antiretroviral therapy, and high viral load in mothers increased the likelihood of in utero infection. Successful programs are in place worldwide to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission that... -
Berlin to host 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science in 2021
Feb 28, 2019Berlin is the host city of the 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021), the International AIDS Society (IAS) announced today. The city hosted the 9th International AIDS Conference in 1993, but this is the... -
Filmmaker, AIDS orphan Carla Simon on Spain’s ‘lost generation’
May 26, 2018Catalan filmmaker Carla Simon remembers little of the day that, aged six, she joined the ranks of countless orphans left behind by Spain’s “lost generation” of AIDS victims. Her parents were among 50,000 Spaniards who contracted... -
HIV and AIDS: Facts and Forewarning in the context of Bangladesh
Aug 17, 2017Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infectious agent that gradually makes our ability to fight disease weaker. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is an infectious disease that gradually leads to death when left untreated. It is caused... -
Friends of the Global Fight welcomes Mark Dybul to its Board
Jun 30, 2017News Hour: Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Friends) welcomes Dr. Mark Dybul – former Executive Director of the Global Fund and incoming Professor of Medicine and Faculty Director of the new Center for Global... -
USA gives crucial support for HIV/AIDS affected people in Southern Africa
May 17, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$13.4 million contribution from the United States government to support people living with HIV, AIDS and TB in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. The... -
“Healthy Holidays” campaign boosts in Mozambique
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: IOM’s third edition of a holiday health campaign, targeting migrant mine workers returning home to Mozambique’s Gaza Province for the holiday period, ended yesterday (05/01). The campaign which began on 19 December 2016, saw...
