‘193 test HIV positive in 8 southern districts’
At least 193 people have been tested HIV positive in the country’s eight southern districts,…
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Dangerous complacency towards HIV pandemic risks resurgence
A dangerous complacency in the response to the global HIV pandemic is likely to see…
AIDS orphan Carla Simon on Spain’s ‘lost generation’
Catalan filmmaker Carla Simon remembers little of the day that, aged six, she joined the…
World gathers in Nairobi to tackle menace of pollution
Over 4,000 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials and civil society representatives gathered…
865 new cases this year HIV infection in BD turns alarming
The Health Ministry has found a total of 865 people infected with immune deficiency syndrome…
HIV cases 4143 and deaths 658 in BD – 2016 report
The World AIDS Day-2015 is being observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere across…
UN chief wants to make AIDS epidemic a thing of the past
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a renewed commitment to finish what they have…
HIV seeks refuge in immune cells to avoid elimination
Neena Bhandari Sydney – Genetically-intact HIV hides in the same cells of the human immune…
HIV patients ‘getting old before their time’
Neena Bhandari Melbourne – While combination antiretroviral therapy has meant that people with HIV can…
Shkreli convicted of fraud
Former pharmaceutical chief executive Martin Shkreli has been found guilty of three counts of securities…
Cows hold clue to beating HIV
Cows have shown an “insane” and “mind-blowing” ability to tackle HIV which will help develop…
AIDS pandemic far from over: 37 million living with HIV
By Amina J. Mohammed UN, Jun 2 (IPS) – During the process of developing the…
578 new HIV cases detected: Minister
Dhaka – Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Thursday told Parliament that 578…
HIV ‘game-changer’ will now be given to UK patients
By James Gallagher A drug that dramatically reduces the risk of being infected with HIV…
587 new HIV cases 141 AIDS deaths noted in BD
The government has requested the UNAIDS not to leave Bangladesh as the UN agency is…
Ending AIDS needs both prevention and a cure
By Lyndal Rowlands United Nations (IPS) – Eighteen million people, just slightly under half of…
World AIDS Day Thursday: Over 9000 cases, 500 die in BD
Dhaka – The World Aids Day is being observed Thursday with the theme “Hands up…
Man with HIV says he had sex with 104 women and girls
A verdict is expected this week in the case of a man arrested in Malawi…
HIV patients ‘getting old before their time’
Melbourne – While combination antiretroviral therapy has meant that people with HIV can live longer…
Sad plight of expat Bangladeshi at New York hospital
GreenWatch News Desk A expatriate Bangladesh community leader in New York has written to the…
New HIV vaccine to be trialled in South Africa
A vaccine against HIV will be trialed in South Africa later this year after meeting…
‘Target vulnerable groups for succeess of HIV programmes’
Dhaka – In an official press conference today at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS…
AIDS meeting was bold but disappointing, organisations say
by Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, (IPS) – Though the High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS ended…
Bangladesh hopes to achieve global HIV target by 2030
Bangladesh has assured the global community to continue its endeavours for achieving the global target…
Mother-to-child AIDS transmission dealt a blow in zimbabwe
By Jeffrey Moyo Shurugwi, Zimbabwe (IPS) – With the battle to combat HIV/AIDS intensifying in…
No AIDS by 2030
‘Ending AIDS by 2030’ is ‘possible’ for Bangladesh, UNAIDS Country Director Leo Kenny has said.And…
Americans are still being imprisoned for being HIV positive
By Sydney Lupkin This World AIDS Day, VICE is exploring the state of HIV around…
HIV infection has been reduced globally: Speaker
STAFF REPORTER Speakers at a press conference yesterday cautioned though HIV infection has been reduced…
Dhaka hosts 12th Int’l congress on AIDS in Asia-Pacific in Nov
Dhaka – The 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12) will…
How some US doctors are hindering HIV prevention
By Sydney Lupkin This story is part of a partnership between MedPage Today and VICE…