GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – by Nina LARSON Efforts to end the global AIDS pandemic by 2030 are lagging, the UN warned Tuesday, decrying rising numbers of new HIV infections among adults in many regions, with Russia especially hard-hit. In a new report, UNAIDS cautioned that while new HIV infections had fallen dramatically in the past two decades, especially among children, the trend among adults has stalled and even risen in a number of places over the […]
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World AIDS Day: HIV treatments have doubled to 15.8 million since 2010 – UN
Three decades after its existence was first recognized by medical researchers, HIV/AIDS remains a challenge to global public health effecting some 36.9 million people. World AIDS Day falls on December 1. The world has made significant advances in treatment and prevention since its discovery in 1984. Now some 15.8 million people are now on HIV therapies and a five-year strategy to end the threat of a never-ending AIDS pandemic is starting to show results, according […]
UNAIDS appoints Victoria Beckham goodwill ambassador
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:52pm EDT (Reuters) – The United Nations program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Thursday named fashion designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham a goodwill ambassador. Beckham, who said she was inspired to help after a “life-changing” visit to HIV clinics in South Africa, will focus on working toward ensuring that all children are born free from HIV and that children and women who are living with […]
