Aids and HIV
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Drugs, denial and stigma: the babies and children swept up in Fiji’s HIV nightmare
Vulnerable young people, partners of drug users and victims of sexual violence also among those afflicted in w…
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Papua New Guinea grapples with HIV epidemic as it battles stigma and US aid cuts
Papua New Guinea has one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the Asia-Pacific region, with many unaware th…
- Aids and HIV, Global development, Health, India, Sex work, Sexual health, Society, South and Central Asia, Transgender, World news
Diesel, oil, condoms: transgender sex workers teach India’s truckers about Aids
On the road for weeks at a time, STDs are rife among lorry drivers. Now, volunteers are teaching them about sa…
- Africa, Aids and HIV, China, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Health, Joe Biden, Science, Society, Trump administration, US news, US politics, World Health Organization, World news
Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership
WHO is ‘critical in protecting US business interests’, says CEO of firm that may see lean years if Trump carri…
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Gao Yaojie obituary
Doctor and Aids activist who uncovered China’s blood contamination scandal despite resistance from health offi…
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More people living longer with HIV/Aids in China, figures show
Reported cases have risen more than 7,000% in the last 20 years on the back of better treatment and testing, t…
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‘I was a drunk for 20 years’: The unlikely US priest revered in the slums of Bangkok
Father Joe arrived in Bangkok in the 1970’s. Fifty years, 15 schools and 30,000 students later, he credits the…
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India’s HIV patients say shortages leaving hundreds of thousands without drugs
Campaigners say many people have had to stop or switch antiretroviral medication regimes – but the government …
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Bollywood star cleared of obscenity over 2007 Richard Gere kiss
Case against Shilpa Shetty over incident at Aids awareness event had languished in legal systemThe Bollywood s…
- Aids and HIV, Coronavirus, Global development, Myanmar, Sex trade, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
‘I have to do this’: Myanmar garment workers forced into sex work by Covid
Factory closures due to fashion industry order cancellations have pushed many former employees into often dang…
- Aids and HIV, Asia Pacific, Biology, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Drugs, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, Society, World news
China trials anti-HIV drug on coronavirus patients
News of Kaletra being tested as a possible treatment for the disease sparks panic buying Coronavirus – latest …
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Pakistani children infected with HIV ‘exposed to unsafe jabs’
Investigation finds children were being treated for ailments that can be cured with pills More than 700 childr…
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Pakistani children infected with HIV ‘exposed to unsafe jabs’
Investigation finds children were being treated for ailments that can be cured with pills More than 700 childr…
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New Zealand launches world’s first HIV positive sperm bank
Effort aims to reduce the stigma experienced by those living with the virus The world’s first HIV positive spe…