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Study: 'Fragile' Progress in Halting AIDS Epidemic

(Nov. 23) -- The number of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths has fallen dramatically worldwide, leading researchers to cautiously report that the deadly epidemic has been slowed or even halted for the first time, according to a global study. The UNAIDS annual report found a nearly 20 percent decrease in new HIV...

UN Report: AIDS Spreading Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

(July 20) -- AIDS is spreading in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, especially among marginalized youth, according to warnings from United Nations advocates at this week's International HIV/AIDS Conference in Vienna. Rates of HIV in the region, which includes Russia and Georgia, have been climbing for much of the past...

UN Outlines 'Treatment 2.0' to Prevent AIDS Deaths

UNITED NATIONS (July 13) -- The United Nations' AIDS agency today pushed for a simplified HIV treatment plan, called Treatment 2.0, which it says could prevent 10 million AIDS-related deaths by 2025. A report released in Geneva by UNAIDS revealed that HIV prevalence among young people has declined by more than 25 percent...

World AIDS Day Provides a Reminder: A Lot of Work Remains

Americans found many ways to commemorate World AIDS Day on Tuesday. Prayer vigils in Las Vegas. Free rapid-result testing in Iowa. Even a carnival ring toss in New Mexico. But the atmosphere was hardly festive. The disease may have evolved from a quick death sentence to an illness that can be managed. Yet AIDS experts...

Background on unaids

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, or UNAIDS, is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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