Time is running out, says UN, as HIV/AIDS targets missed
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The world has missed ambitious goals to stem the spread of HIV and widen access to treatment, jeopardising a target to end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 unless global efforts are stepped up, the United Nations said on Thursday. Last year, 84 per cent of HIV-positive people knew they had the […]
Postcards: ‘Corona carriers’ – Stigma halts medication and meet-ups for HIV+ Malawians
CHARLES PENSULO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the increased challenges facing HIV-positive people in Malawi…
“This virus may never go away,” WHO says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a “massive effort” to counter it. “It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another […]
Pope Francis helps a small trans community financially struggling due to the pandemic
Vatican CityRNS Last week, Pope Francis supported a small transgender community near Rome, some of whose members have been struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the small town of Torvaianica, Rev Andrea Conocchia has turned his parish into a haven for about 20 transgender women, most of them from Latin America and between […]
UN wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade
LondonReuters The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalised communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections rising in some parts, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. More than half of all new HIV infections in 2018 were among sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men, transgender […]
Christian NGO takes faith-based, holistic approach to HIV and AIDS care in Egypt
In Egypt, a country now counting 100 million inhabitants, and where 2.5 per cent are added annually, it is increasingly hard for the government to keep pace with the needs of its people. A growing influx of refugees, now adding up to around four million people, puts further strain on health care, schools and other […]
Climate shocks threaten gains against HIV in Africa, researchers say
Thomson Reuters Foundation Teenage girls growing up in areas hit by harsh drought and other climate shocks in Lesotho are more likely to drop out of school, start having sex earlier and contract HIV, researchers said. In a study looking at the link between climate change and HIV infection since antiretroviral treatment drugs became widely […]
Quick facts: Ten facts to mark the 30th World AIDS Day
Thomson Reuters Foundation The global campaign to end AIDS has made significant strides but the epidemic remains one of the world’s leading public health challenges, affecting almost 37 million people. Campaigners say one of the biggest challenges in the fight to end AIDS is encouraging people to get tested and making them aware of treatment […]
AIDS: FAITH GROUPS CHALLENGED TO OVERCOME WORLD’S HIV COMPLACENCY
PAUL JEFFREY, in an article first published on the World Council of Churches website, reports from this year’s International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam…
Among children, AIDS epidemic is far from over, UNICEF finds
Thomson Reuters Foundation Eighteen children every hour were infected with HIV last year, a sign of scant progress in protecting the world’s young from the deadly AIDS-causing virus, the United Nations’ children’s agency said on Friday. At the current rate of infection, there will be 3.5 million new cases of HIV among adolescents by 2030, […]