UNAIDS welcomes further evidence of the efficacy of antiretroviral medicines in preventing new HIV infectionsFebruary 27, 2015 |
International News
GENEVA, 24 February 2015—UNAIDS strongly welcomes results from scientific trials presented at the 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), held in Seattle, United States of America. Two studies demonstrate that the antiretroviral medicines tenofovir and emtricitabine when used as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are 86% effective in preventing new HIV infections among men who have sex with men. A... |
Asia-Pacific commit to ending AIDS by 2030February 06, 2015 |
International News
Some 30 countries from the Asia-Pacific region pledged this week to accelerate the pace of change and committed to ending the AIDS epidemic in the region by 2030. The commitment was announced at the three-day meeting in Bangkok to review progress toward implementing transformative reforms on HIV prevention, treatment,... |
Cambodia commits to stopping new HIV infections by 2020January 29, 2015 |
International News
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, has committed to stopping new HIV infections by 2020 and ensuring the sustainability of its HIV response. This comes as Cambodia allocates US$ 3.7 million of national funding to HIV treatment from 2015 to 2017. This is the first time that the government has earmarked funds for its treatment programme, which, owing to the large numbers of people receiving antiretroviral medicines, is where resources are most... |
Talking about HIV status before having a babySeptember 04, 2014 |
International News
A study in South Africa has found that over 40% of women who had recently been pregnant and a third of men whose partner had been pregnant did not know what their partner’s HIV status was. The respondents included both HIV-positive... |
Intimate partner violence intervention reduces HIV incidence and violence against womenAugust 15, 2014 |
International News
Integrating intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention strategies into HIV prevention programming led to a significant reduction in HIV incidence and in women’s experience of physical and sexual violence from intimate partners in Rakai, Uganda, delegates heard last month at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne. Significant reductions in risk behaviours... |
