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HIV/AIDS ADVISER SAYS PANEL'S SUDDEN FIRING BY TRUMP 'FEELS LIKE RETRIBUTION'
It volunteers advice to the White House and government agencies on all aspects of HIV and Aids prevention, research, activism and community care and outreach... READ MORE›
2017 WORLD AIDS DAY: WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA LAG BEHIND IN DISEASE FIGHT
The prevalence rate of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is about 0.7 percent, among the lowest in southern and central Africa, UNAIDS data shows... READ MORE›
22-YEAR-OLD SOUTH AFRICAN CROWNED MISS UNIVERSE 2017
I also wanted to do my bit to highlight the need to protect ourselves from sexually transmitted diseases and HIV, she said... READ MORE›
IN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, CHILDREN ARE 'LOSING GROUND'
Innovation will be key, because the battle against pediatric AIDS is not easy... READ MORE›
I HAVE HIV AND I'LL WORK TO END THIS EPIDEMIC UNTIL I NO LONGER CAN
As the world marks World AIDS Day this month, I will mark 25 years of living and flourishing with HIV... READ MORE›
MEN AT HIGHER RISK OF DYING OF AIDS THAN WOMEN
About 36.7 million people in the world were living with HIV in 2016, but fewer than 21 million people had access to antiretrovirals, according to UNAIDS... READ MORE›
GROUPS SAY TRUMP FAILING ON HIV FIGHT
Funding from the US has been critical to combatting HIV Aids globally, health experts and activists say... READ MORE›
WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA LAG BEHIND IN DISEASE FIGHT
In eastern Europe and central Asia, new HIV infections have risen by 60 percent since 2010 and AIDS-related deaths by 27 percent, his message also said... READ MORE›
TRUMP LEAVES OUT LGBT COMMUNITY IN WORLD AIDS DAY SPEECH
President Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday to commemorate World AIDS Day -- and didn't mention the LGBT community a single time... READ MORE›
CALLS TO APPROVE HIV HOME TESTING KITS ON WORLD AIDS DAY
More than 25,000 people in Australia are living with HIV, but self-testing kits are yet to be approved by the regulatory body... READ MORE›
APPLE (RED) RAISED THE EQUIVALENT OF 144 MILLION DAYS OF LIFESAVING AIDS MEDICATION IN 2017
In 2017 Apple's Product RED partnership has raised the equivalent of 144 million days of lifesaving AIDS medication... READ MORE›
IRAN SEES ALARMING SURGE IN HIV SPREAD THROUGH SEX ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH UNAWARE THEYRE INFECTED
More than 50 percent of those with HIV in Iran are between 21 and 35, said Parvin Afsar Kazerouni, the head of the Health Ministry's AIDS department... READ MORE›
THE RESTAURANT KITCHEN WHERE EVERYONE HAS HIV
The restaurant kitchen where everyone has HIV 'We want to challenge stigma'... READ MORE›
TANZANIA DEPORTS LAWYERS ACCUSED OF 'PROMOTING HOMOSEXUALITY'
Tanzania has deported three South African lawyers after they were accused of promoting homosexuality... READ MORE›
HIV-POSITIVE ITALIAN VALENTINO TALLUTO JAILED FOR INFECTING 30 WOMEN
An Italian accountant has been jailed for 24 years after intentionally infecting 30 women with HIV... READ MORE›
LOCAL GROUPS TAKE A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH AFTER TRUMP OPIOID ANNOUNCEMENT
Trump's statements left Getzel wondering whether federal funding through the Ryan White HIV AIDS Program could be at risk... READ MORE›
HIV IN RUSSIA: HATE, DISCRIMINATION LEAD TO RISE, EXPERTS SAY
Special envoy for HIV in eastern Europe, called the atmosphere for effective HIV prevention in Russia poisoned... READ MORE›
PRINCE HARRY CALLS FOR SOCIETY TO EMBRACE HIV AND AIDS TESTS
We're worlds apart, but like prince harry i had to face up to depression... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Dr Van Der Merwe
'PATIENTS ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE'
Dr. Mark Wainberg, a Montreal-based trailblazer in HIV AIDS research and an internationally renowned scientist, died Tuesday after swimming in rough water in Bal Harbour, Fla... READ MORE›
WHAT DID MAHATMA GANDHI THINK OF BLACK PEOPLE?
Gandhi objected that Indians were classed with the natives of South Africa, who he called the kaffirs, and demanded a separate entrance for Indians... READ MORE›
AS H.I.V. SOARS IN PHILIPPINES, CONSERVATIVES KILL SCHOOL CONDOM PLAN
While the rate of new H.I.V. infections has been falling across the Asia-Pacific region in recent years, in the Philippines it is soaring... READ MORE›
TANZANIA SUSPENDS U.S.-FUNDED AIDS PROGRAMS IN A NEW CRACKDOWN ON GAYS
Last month, the minister of health announced that Tanzania will ban HIV AIDS outreach projects aimed at gay men, pending a review... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION 'THROUGH SEX' REPORTED IN US
A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US... READ MORE›
OUTCRY FOR CECIL THE LION COULD UNDERCUT CONSERVATION EFFORTS
Trophy hunting is often difficult to detach from an era of unquestioned white privilege in Africa, Mr. Dorrington, 56, said... READ MORE›
'FINAL NAIL IN COFFIN' FOR DISEASE?
We must continue to use other HIV prevention tools to reduce the number of new HIV infections, particularly in vulnerable populations such as young women... READ MORE›
KILLING OF CECIL THE LION PROMPTS CALLS FOR EU BAN ON IMPORTING LION TROPHIES
Zimbabwe - along with Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa - is listed as 'positive', ie with a sustainable enough population of lions to accommodate hunting... READ MORE›
AMERICAN HUNTRESS SPARKS FURY BY POSTING SELFIE WITH DEAD GIRAFFE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Her first showed her crouching over the prone form of a massive kudu a kind of African antelope with a white-striped body and spiralling horns... READ MORE›
MAN MAY HAVE PAID $55K TO KILL AFRICA'S MOST FAMOUS LION
A Game of Thrones editor, recently killed by a lioness in South Africa, was raising money to combat poaching... READ MORE›
LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC
After sporadic cases through the 1970s, the viral epidemic was first reported in New York City and California... READ MORE›
DR MARK WAINBERG WHO IDENTIFIED A KEY AIDS DRUG DIES AT 71
Dr Mark Wainberg Who Identified a Key AIDS Drug Dies at 71... READ MORE›
HOW A TRUMP ORDER ON ABORTION COULD HURT THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS IN AFRICA
With 17 locations, Family Health Options Kenya treats hundreds of HIV-positive women in some of the most remote parts of the country... READ MORE›
FALL IN HIV AMONG GAY MEN COULD SPELL END FOR BRITAIN'S EPIDEMIC, SAY EXPERTS
What we are seeing is the first downturn of the HIV epidemic in gay men, said Delpech... READ MORE›
WEAK POWER GRIDS IN AFRICA STUNT ECONOMIES AND FIRE UP TEMPERS
South Africa, which has the continent's only nuclear power plant, has around half of sub-Saharan Africa's power generating capacity, roughly 44 gigawatts... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE CALLS FOR EXTRADITION OF DENTIST WHO KILLED CECIL THE LION
Muchinguri's remarks come as the White House faces mounting pressure to address a petition for Palmer's extradition to Zimbabwe... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICA A NATION WITH SHARP INEQUALITY CONSIDERS A MINIMUM WAGE
South Africa, a Nation With Sharp Inequality, Considers a Minimum Wage... READ MORE›
ON FOUR CONTINENTS, HISTORIC DROUGHTS WREAK HAVOC
South Africa's government said parts of the country are seeing their worst drought since 1992... READ MORE›
CHILD TREATED FOR HIV AT BIRTH IS HEALTHY NINE YEARS ON WITHOUT FURTHER TREATMENT
Child treated for HIV at birth is healthy nine years on without further treatment... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICA HIGH COURT SAYS ALLOWING BASHIR TO LEAVE VIOLATED CONSTITUTION
Bashir, who had been in South Africa to attend an African Union meeting with other African leaders, was already halfway to Khartoum, Sudan's capital... READ MORE›
HIV SPREADS LIKE COMPUTER WORMS, SAY SCIENTISTS
New model equates spread of worm across local networks and internet with progress of Aids virus through the body, suggesting early treatment is vital... READ MORE›
TROPHY HUNTING JUST PART OF THE STORY BEHIND DECLINING LION NUMBERS IN AFRICA
Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE›
PEOPLE AT RISK OF HIV IN SCOTLAND TO BE GIVEN PREP DRUG ON NHS
NHS England resisted rolling out PrEP due to its cost, although it is a lot cheaper than a lifetime of HIV treatment which could cost ?360,000... READ MORE›
MONKEY STUDY RAISES HOPE FOR 'FUNCTIONAL' HIV CURE
Living with HIV 'There is nothing to fear' Takeda's drug suppressed the virus to undetectable levels in eight monkeys, some for two years... READ MORE›
AIDS EPIDEMIC: FOR 1ST TIME, OVER HALF TAKING HIV DRUGS
For 1st time, over half of people with HIV having treatment... READ MORE›
CHINA'S LACK OF SEX EDUCATION IS PUTTING MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK
At Tsinghua, students take sex education classes where they learn basic knowledge about sex safety, condom use, etc... READ MORE›
WORLDS FIRST FEMALE ANTI-POACHING UNIT
Lots of the poachers are men and I am the woman fighting with the men Black Mamba Leitah Michabela tells Evan proudly... READ MORE›
HIV RATE IN YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN DISTURBINGLY HIGH
Crucially, the report found that between 2010 and 2015, the number of new HIV infections among women aged 15 to 24 was reduced by only 6 percent across the world... READ MORE›
NEW EPIDEMIC STRAIN OF HIV IN CUBA IS TWICE AS AGGRESSIVE AS AVERAGE VIRUS
All the patients infected with the new strain of the virus progressed to Aids within three years... READ MORE›
HIV VACCINE TEST HOPES FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN COMBAT AGAINST THE VIRUS
But researchers chasing the holy grail of a vaccine think they could have better success in South Africa, because of a number of modifications... READ MORE›