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UN: AIDS-related deaths fall worldwide
The number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide fell for the fifth year in a row last year, dropping 5.6 percent from 2010 and a full 24 percent compared to 2005, to 1.7 million people, the UN said Tuesday. The number of people living with HIV meanwhile rose slightly to 34 million…
Expert: ‘No excuse’ for saying we can’t turn the tide on AIDS
Science has given the world “no excuse” to resist bold action against the spread of the 30-year AIDS pandemic, said a top US expert at the opening of the International AIDS Conference on Sunday. This year’s meeting, themed “Turning the Tide Together,” is the world’s largest gathering on HIV/AIDS and…
AIDS-related deaths slashed by treatment: U.N.
A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nationssaid Monday. “We are on the verge of a significant breakthrough in the AIDS response,” said Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS. “NewHIV…
UNAIDS ‘concerned’ by jailing of Malawi gay couple
BLANTYRE (AFP) – Two of the world’s leading AIDS campaigners voiced concern on Wednesday that the jailing of a gay couple in Malawi could hurt the fight against the disease by forcing gay men underground. Last week a court sentenced Steven Monjeza, 26, and his 20-year-old partner Tiwonge Chimbalanga to…
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