French-speaking healthcare professionals on HIV/AIDS to meet in Cameroon on Tuesday

15 april 2024 - 11:19:07

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Alliance francophone des acteurs de santé contre le VIH et les infections virales chroniques ou émergentes (French-speaking alliance of healthcare [...] Full text...

US to launch Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African countries

25 march 2024 - 07:52:22

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African [...] Full text...

US to launch Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African countries

25 march 2024 - 07:52:22

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African [...] Full text...

UNAIDS marks 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day

02 march 2024 - 05:56:17

New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, is in peril, the UN [...] Full text...

UNAIDS marks 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day

02 march 2024 - 05:56:17

New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, is in peril, the UN [...] Full text...

Libyan Centre for Disease Control assists AIDS patients

03 december 2023 - 15:23:06

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider El-Saieh, has praised the role played by the Centre in [...] Full text...

HIV/AIDS prevalence rate below 1% in Burundi

01 december 2023 - 16:28:41

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0.9% over the past 15 years [...] Full text...

Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic: UNICEF

01 december 2023 - 10:41:56

New York, US (PANA) – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week. This is according [...] Full text...

Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic: UNICEF

01 december 2023 - 10:41:56

New York, US (PANA) – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week. This is according [...] Full text...

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

01 december 2023 - 06:58:02

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

01 december 2023 - 06:58:02

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

Support communities that ‘light the way to the end of AIDS’ - UNAIDS

28 november 2023 - 20:07:38

New York, US (PANA) - AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030 but only if governments and donors fully support grasstoots [...] Full text...

Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV (Feature by UN News)

06 august 2023 - 07:22:20

New York, US (PANA) - To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their mothers. To do so, innovative [...] Full text...

Ending AIDS by 2030 a ‘political and financial choice’

13 july 2023 - 16:35:05

New York, US (PANA)  - There is a clear path to ending AIDS by 2030 and it requires strong political leadership, following the science, tackling [...] Full text...

'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'

01 march 2023 - 05:42:53

New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, the chief [...] Full text...

'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'

01 march 2023 - 05:42:53

New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, the chief [...] Full text...

African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030

02 february 2023 - 05:17:42

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, This was announced [...] Full text...

US provides $100 billion to save more than 25 million lives in AIDS relief programme

29 january 2023 - 08:02:28

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the US marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), [...] Full text...

Burundi says it has shown the way in fight against HIV/AIDS

01 december 2022 - 13:55:58

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health ministry said on Thursday the country is showing the way in West and Central Africa in the fight against [...] Full text...

Burundi says it has shown the way in fight against HIV/AIDS

01 december 2022 - 13:55:58

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health ministry said on Thursday the country is showing the way in West and Central Africa in the fight against [...] Full text...

Libya marks World AIDS Day

01 december 2022 - 12:43:17

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Activities marking World AIDS Day, commemorated on 1 December each year, were organised on Thursday at the Equestrian Square in Abu [...] Full text...

Libya marks World AIDS Day

01 december 2022 - 12:43:17

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Activities marking World AIDS Day, commemorated on 1 December each year, were organised on Thursday at the Equestrian Square in Abu [...] Full text...

Proven solutions must be put in place to end AIDS by 2030: Guterres

01 december 2022 - 05:04:30

New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end the inequalities which are blocking [...] Full text...

Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS

30 november 2022 - 05:28:53

New York, US (PANA) - Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist route map” can get countries [...] Full text...

Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth

29 november 2022 - 05:21:10

New York, US (PANA) - Some 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, noting [...] Full text...

Libya holds workshop on 2023-28 National AIDS Strategy

12 november 2022 - 16:22:41

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A workshop on the National AIDS Strategy (2023-2028) has been held in Tripoli, aimed at defining the objectives to be achieved [...] Full text...

New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030

02 august 2022 - 05:29:36

New York, US (PANA) - While more than three-quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of treatment, the number of children [...] Full text...

WHO supports new long-acting prevention HIV drug cabotegravir

29 july 2022 - 06:13:38

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting “safe and highly effective” prevention option for people [...] Full text...

UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters

28 july 2022 - 05:14:54

New York, US (PANA) - New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which can lead to full-blown AIDS [...] Full text...

UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters

28 july 2022 - 05:14:54

New York, US (PANA) - New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which can lead to full-blown AIDS [...] Full text...

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030

11 june 2022 - 06:14:12

New York, US (PANA) - To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs to ensure global access to [...] Full text...

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030

11 june 2022 - 06:14:12

New York, US (PANA) - To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs to ensure global access to [...] Full text...

Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil

18 march 2022 - 16:19:09

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative [...] Full text...

Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline

08 february 2022 - 05:42:43

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PANA) - Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV, the [...] Full text...

Fast-spreading HIV variant doubles rate of immune system decline

08 february 2022 - 05:42:43

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PANA) - Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV, the [...] Full text...

Low access to anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Guinea

04 december 2021 - 19:21:06

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Out of the 110,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Guinea, only 48,000 have access to anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), Kadiatou Bodié Baldé, [...] Full text...

16 per cent of PLHIV in Senegal do not know their HIV status, CNLS

01 december 2021 - 14:45:21

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sixteen per cent of people living with HIV/AIDS in Senegal do not know their HIV status, the executive secretary of the [...] Full text...

16 per cent of PLHIV in Senegal do not know their HIV status, CNLS

01 december 2021 - 14:45:21

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sixteen per cent of people living with HIV/AIDS in Senegal do not know their HIV status, the executive secretary of the [...] Full text...

Mauritius commemorates World Aids Day

01 december 2021 - 13:43:48

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius commemorated on Wednesday World Aids Day with testing and counselling through a mobile caravan that would travel around the country [...] Full text...

Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity

01 december 2021 - 05:45:10

New York, UA (PANA) - The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” against those infected or at [...] Full text...

Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity

01 december 2021 - 05:45:10

New York, UA (PANA) - The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” against those infected or at [...] Full text...

World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns

30 november 2021 - 05:04:17

New York, US (PANA) - Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years, the Joint [...] Full text...

World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns

30 november 2021 - 05:04:17

New York, US (PANA) - Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years, the Joint [...] Full text...

‘Under $1’ test kits available to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission: WHO

16 november 2021 - 06:55:27

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dual test kits, which cost less than $1, are now available for pregnant women to stem mother-to-child HIV and syphilis transmission, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

UN-backed show highlights lifesaving benefit of ‘edutainment’ in South Africa

20 october 2021 - 06:00:46

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Young people in South Africa changed their attitudes significantly and adopted safer sexual behaviour, after watching a TV show called Down South – which the UN initiative behind it describes as a [...] Full text...

HIV testing and treatment now free in Burkina Faso

07 october 2021 - 12:32:23

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The screening, treatment and biological monitoring of people living with HIV (PLHIV) are now free in Burkina Faso, according to [...] Full text...

Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns

21 july 2021 - 22:24:40

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that progress towards ending AIDS among [...] Full text...

Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns

21 july 2021 - 22:24:40

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that progress towards ending AIDS among [...] Full text...

High-level meeting on AIDS opens

09 june 2021 - 05:42:48

New York, US (PANA) - Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, four decades ago, the UN [...] Full text...

Mauritius launches new HIV/AIDS screening caravan

03 june 2021 - 07:24:07

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Wednesday launched a new health caravan specialised in HIV/AIDS screening in Grand River North West, a suburb of Port-Louis, [...] Full text...