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The Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) and the World AIDS Campaign say that to ensure continued success in the HIV response, policies and programmes must respect and protect the human rights of those most affected by HIV. The 2010 Global Update on the AIDS Epidemic by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) suggests that significant progress has been made in advancing access to HIV prevention, treatment, support and care over the past ten years, but notes that human rights approaches are crucial to further progress.
HIV infects women by weakening a cell barrier in the reproductive tract that normally keeps viruses out, Canadian researchers have discovered.
UCSF researchers have found a novel association between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and increased HIV acquisition in women. The study team also identified specific types of HPV associated with HIV infection, suggesting a biological basis for HIV transmission to women.
BANGKOK – UNAIDS, backed by hundreds of parliamentarians, called Sunday for the lifting of travel restrictions on HIV-positive people which are still by imposed by 52 countries.
During a meeting of lawmakers from 150 countries in Bangkok, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe on Sunday warned that the global economic crisis could reverse recent gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports. An estimated 33.4 million people in the world are living with HIV/AIDS, the news service notes.
NAIROBI, 7 December 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - If universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care is to be achieved, experts recommend an inclusive approach to healthcare, rather than narrow HIV programmes.
Quality of life is a multi-dimensional and very complex concept. Although used very regularly, defining it and assessing it remain very controversial; quality of life has been a very important focus of research in people living with HIV/AIDS.
NAIROBI, 18 September 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - AIDS activists around the world have welcomed a new UN General Assembly resolution http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32066&Cr=women&Cr1= to create a single agency to promote the rights and wellbeing of women, which they say is good news for women, who are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS pandemic.
AMSTERDAM / BALI / GENEVA / LONDON / NEW YORK, 11 August 2009 – People living with HIV and their advocates today launched a groundbreaking guidance package,
There are lots of reasons why you might want to tell people that you have HIV, not least the valuable support which your partner (if you have one), family and friends might be able to provide not just at the time of your diagnosis but throughout your life with HIV.
Yemen's Parliament has debated and is soon to vote on a law to protect the rights of patients with HIV/AIDS and reduce discrimination against them.
A rule that prevents many HIV-positive immigrants and travelers from entering the United States will likely be lifted before the year's end.
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