AIDS Response Promising, But Cash Crunch in AIDS Funding Worrisome: UN

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

AIDS funding is dangerously declining, but HIV infections fell and treatment soared following an unprecedented response to the AIDS epidemic over the last decade, the UN said on Wednesday. ...Read Mor...

Research Sheds Light on How to Better Predict Success in HIV Prevention Clinical Trials

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

The failure of some recent clinical trials of prevention of HIV infection, compared to the success of others that used the same drugs might be explained by new research from the University of North Ca...

WHO Says Combating AIDS Among Gay Men Will Depend on Improvement in Human Rights

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that vast improvements in human rights and access to treatment are needed to protect gay men against HIV/AIDS. "If you want to achieve zero new infections,...

Funding Crunch Slows Down AIDS Fight

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Philippines struggles with AIDS problem, with limited funding, say health experts. ...Read More

Life Insurance With Pricey Tag for South Africans With HIV

Posted in AIDS/HIV - Health Education Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

South African life insurance providers offering more policies do so since people with HIV live longer....Read More

Traditional Chinese Medicines Can Cure AIDS

Posted in Herbal Medicine Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has helped in the recovery of at least 17,000 HIV carriers and AIDS patients in China since 2004, claim experts. ...Read More

Measures to Help AIDS Patients Will be Implemented, Says Chinese Premier

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

New measures to help citizens living with HIV/AIDS obtain affordable drug treatment, get fair job treatment and education chances will be implemented soon, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has vowed. Read M...

UN Says HIV Linked to Irreversible Poverty for Many Families

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

A UN report has warned that tens of thousands of HIV-affected households in Asia are facing "irreversible poverty" because of the cost of living with the disease, with women and children hardest hit. ...

Mozambique: Funding Cuts Threaten Progress Against HIV

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Funding cuts by donors could cause a shortage of drugs for AIDS patients in Mozambique next year, activists have warned. This will undermine gains in curbing the disease''s spread. ...Read More

Scientists Develop New Antibodies to Give 100 Percent Protection to Mice Against HIV Infection

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

A way of delivering broadly neutralizing antibodies in mice has been developed by scientists. In doing so they have effectively protected them from HIV infection. Read More