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...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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... |
Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease remains high for people living with HIVAugust 15, 2014 |
International News
People living with HIV continue to be at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, Danish investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Even in the era of modern antiretroviral therapy, risk of the infection was 19-fold higher among people living with HIV compared to matched controls in the general population. People living with HIV who inject drugs had an especially high risk of invasive... |
Clinton key messagesJuly 28, 2014 |
International News
Today, Sir. Clion has participated in delivering speech to audience at the 20th International AIDS Conference at Melbourne. Key messages included; - General HIV and AIDS in the globe - Expanding more HIV test services for KAP - Help to reduce stigma and discrimination - Strengthen PMTCT services as well as AIDS-free generation among children - Strengthen... |
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