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HIV blood case: 7 Saudi health officials sackedSeven senior officials seen involved in the case of transfusion of HIV-tainted blood to a young girl in Saudi Arabia have been sacked, according to a report. More… |
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Gambian leader plans herbal Aids-cure hospitalAids patients would be offered an herbal cure at a 1,111-bed hospital in Gambia that the president said on Tuesday he plans to build despite medical concerns the treatment is dangerous. President Yahya Jammeh said in 2007 he had f More… |
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End to Aids in sight, declares UNA United Nations report said on Tuesday that eradicating Aids was in sight, owing to better access to drugs that can both treat and prevent the incurable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the disease. More… |
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Aids pill can slash HIV infection riskAids drugs designed to treat HIV can also be used to reduce dramatically the risk of infection among heterosexual couples, two studies conducted in Africa showed for the first time on Wednesday. The findings add to growing evidence that th More… |
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Bahrain ‘winning war against Aids’Baharin has made significant progress in its attempts to tackle the scourge of Aids with a drastic drop in the number of new cases reported this year, according to a top official. National Aids Prevention Committee head Dr Somaya Al Jowder More… |
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HIV treatment reaching 6.6m people says WHOAn estimated 6.6 million people in low- and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS at the end of 2010, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of this, an estimated 420 000–460 000 were c More… |
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Taking HIV drugs helps protect partner: studyPeople infected with the Aids virus who took antiretroviral drugs cut the risk of spreading the infection to their uninfected sexual partner, US government researchers said. The findings also suggest that the protection is strongest when p More… |
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Condoms permissible to stop Aids: PopeUsing condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of Aids, Pope Benedict says in a new book, in a major shift that relaxes one of the Vatican's most controversial positions on their use to combat the disease. The pope's words in More… |
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Recession 'may hit AIDS funding'The head of the world's largest backer of programmes against HIV and AIDS said at a global conference on AIDS he feared wealthy donor countries may cut funding in the wake of global recession. Speaking at the start of an international gath More… |
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UN urges progress on AIDS, HIV treatmentEfforts to combat AIDS, particularly by preventing mother-to-child transmission, are showing positive results, but many HIV and AIDS affected children still struggle to have their basic needs met, according to a recent UN report. The repor More… |
