HIV
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Philippine warned of a looming “public health emergency” as HIV infections soared
Jun 4, 2025Philippine medical authorities on Tuesday warned of a looming “public health emergency” as HIV infections have soared this year, with young males especially hard-hit. On average, 57 new cases a day were tallied in the country... -
HIV infections surge, concerns over death toll
Dec 1, 2024Between November 2023 and October 2024, 1,438 new cases of AIDS have been reported in Bangladesh. In the same period, 195 people have died from AIDS. The first person in the country was diagnosed with HIV... -
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... -
Leaders welcome advances in HIV science while warning of growing threats to progress at 25th International AIDS Conference
Jul 25, 2024More than 10,000 participants are expected to attend AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference, the world’s largest gathering of people living with, affected by, and working on HIV, taking place in person in Munich, Germany, and... -
Belize, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
May 13, 2024Belize, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the latest countries in the Americas to receive certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating the mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT). The milestone... -
Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic with 98,000 new infections in 2022
Dec 2, 2023Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week – according to UNICEF’s latest Global Snapshot on Children with HIV and AIDS, released ahead of World... -
A new healthcare paradigm: Integrating noncommunicable diseases in the HIV response
Sep 8, 2023Integrating noncommunicable disease (NCD) health services for people living with HIV delivers significant returns on investment and better health outcomes for patients, according to the new report Spending Wisely: Exploring the economic and societal benefits of... -
$14.25 billion is raised by the Global Fund to fight malaria, TB, and HIV
Sep 22, 2022In spite of decades of progress against the diseases being reversed by Covid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria received $14.25 billion on Wednesday at a donor meeting hosted by US President Joe... -
A child was infected with HIV every two minutes in 2020 – UNICEF
Dec 2, 2021At least 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, or one child every two minutes, UNICEF said in a report released today. Another 120,000 children died from AIDS-related causes during the same period, or... -
Haunted by HIV, top WHO scientist says world must do better on Covid
May 19, 2021Two decades ago, Soumya Swaminathan watched her HIV-infected patients suffer often horrific and unnecessary deaths. There was a treatment for their disease, but they simply could not afford it. The World Health Organization’s chief scientist told...
