South Africa:'s Deputy President commemorates World AIDS Day
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), is [...] Full text...
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Children hit by HIV funding gaps
New York, US (PANA) - Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment and care, [...] Full text...
Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts [...] Full text...
Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts [...] Full text...
Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests [...] Full text...
Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests [...] Full text...
DR Congo: US funding cut leaves rape victims without care
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As sexual violence has increased this year in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the withdrawal of US funding is [...] Full text...
WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total protection from the virus and [...] Full text...
WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total protection from the virus and [...] Full text...
Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’
New York, US (PANA) - Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest affected by HIV — but many are showing remarkable resilience [...] Full text...
Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’
New York, US (PANA) - Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest affected by HIV — but many are showing remarkable resilience [...] Full text...
DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by [...] Full text...
DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by [...] Full text...
DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi has just launched an [...] Full text...
DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi has just launched an [...] Full text...
AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
New York, US (PANA) - AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with the disease still claiming one [...] Full text...
Botswana leads the way in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In a historic global health milestone, Botswana has been validated as the first high HIV-burden country in the world, and the [...] Full text...
'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) receiving HIV treatment amid [...] Full text...
Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on [...] Full text...
Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on [...] Full text...
Uncertainty around US aids freeze puts millions of people at risk: MSF
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) — The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all [...] Full text...
World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030
New York, US (PANA) - Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling [...] Full text...
World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030
New York, US (PANA) - Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling [...] Full text...
South African commemorates World Aids Day
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the National AIDS Council (SANAC), on Sunday [...] Full text...
Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030
New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS DAy on 1 December, a new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlights [...] Full text...
Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030
New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS DAy on 1 December, a new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlights [...] Full text...
UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives
New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, [...] Full text...
UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives
New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, [...] Full text...
UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end AIDS by 2030, [...] Full text...
UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end AIDS by 2030, [...] Full text...
Namibia earns praise for efforts to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia has become the first country in Africa and the first high-burden country in the world to reach a key milestone [...] Full text...
French-speaking healthcare professionals on HIV/AIDS to meet in Cameroon on Tuesday
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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’
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'
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'
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
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
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
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...