Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ

hiv aids November 21, 2016

More than 18 million on HIV treatment, a million more than 2015: UNAIDS

LONDON, Nov 21 - More than 18 million people now have access to life-saving AIDS treatment, 1.2 million more than at the end of last year, the United Nations said on Monday.

hiv aids November 10, 2016

Scientists develop new type of HIV test on a USB stick

Scientists in Britain have developed a type of HIV test using a USB stick that can give a fast and highly accurate reading of how much virus is in a patient's blood.

hiv aids November 8, 2016

Monthly cost of providing key drugs could be $1-2 per person, experts say

Essential medicines could be provided for as little as $1-$2 a month per person in developing countries, experts said on Monday as they called on governments to boost efforts to ensure everyone can access basic healthcare.

hiv aids November 7, 2016

Buyers clubs for cheaper drugs help fight hepatitis and HIV

Frustrated by the high price of antiviral drugs, thousands of patients from London to Moscow to Sydney are turning to a new wave of online "buyers clubs" to get cheap generic medicines to cure hepatitis C and protect against HIV infection.

hiv aids November 7, 2016

Tanzania suspends some HIV programs for gay men, says health minister

DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania has suspended community-based HIV/AIDS prevention programs for gay men, the health minister said on Monday, in the latest crackdown on the high-risk group.

hiv aids November 3, 2016

Official: Fourth-largest city in Russia has HIV epidemic

Russian health officials say one in 50 people in the country's fourth-largest city is carrying the HIV virus as Russia struggles to deal with a rapidly rising number of infections.

hiv aids October 26, 2016

Gene study clears 'Patient Zero' as cause of US HIV epidemic

Genes taken from archived blood samples show the U.S. AIDS epidemic started in New York in the early 1970s, definitively debunking the long-held belief that the virus was spread in the early 1980s by a flight attendant who became vilified as "Patient Zero" for seeding the U.S. outbreak.

hiv aids October 25, 2016

University sells HIV testing kits in vending machine

Students at a Chinese university now have the option to test themselves for HIV at their convenience, as they can now purchase affordable testing kits in vending machines.

hiv aids October 13, 2016

Experiment in monkeys raises hopes of 'functional cure' for HIV

A new drug combination helped stave off a monkey version of HIV for nearly two years after stopping all treatments, raising hopes for a functional cure for HIV, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Vaccines October 13, 2016

Efforts to beat tuberculosis fall far short, WHO warns

Health authorities worldwide need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat a "deadly epidemic" of tuberculosis if they are to reduce TB infections and deaths by 2030, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday.

hiv aids October 11, 2016

Anti-gay sentiment seen threatening Indonesia's goal to end AIDS by 2030

JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing anti-gay sentiment in Indonesia could hamper efforts to combat fast-rising HIV infections among one of the most at-risk groups, threatening the country's target to end an AIDS epidemic by 2030, a senior official has warned.