AIDS has not gone away. In 2008, 1.7 million adults and 280,000 children under 15 years died due to AIDS, and 2.7 million people were newly infected. According to WHO and UNAIDS, the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age is still AIDS.
Although most HIV cases in Malaysia were due to injecting drug users, there had also been an increase of up to 29.9% due to heterosexual relationship. The rise in the number of women being infected with HIV is an indication that the disease has gone beyond affecting just drug users and sex workers.
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Almost half of all new HIV infections in the world are among people under 25. Estimates show that more than 7,400 people become infected with HIV daily, 3,300 of whom are young people. Globally, 5.4 million young people are living with HIV. Young women under age 25 are… at an even greater risk for HIV […]
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Studies have clearly shown that pregnant women are at an increased risk for HIV infection. Now, a new study shows that men are at a higher risk of HIV infection from a woman if she is pregnant. A study out of the University of Washighton in Seattle and presented at the International Microbicides Conference reveals […]
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The theme for the 2010 International AIDS Memorial Day is “Many Lights for Human Rights” which is meant to promote both global solidarity and the need for collective action around HIV and human rights. In addition to commemorating the lives of those lost by AIDS, International AIDS Memorial Day is an opportunity to promote local […]
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Preventing transmissions is the key to ending the epidemic. One percent of the adult world population is HIV infected, it means 30 to 40 million people and all people are not reached by treatment.
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Peer education is effective at any age and would be a good alternative to HIV education. Young people should undergo training to become peer educators, because they are more likely to get the attention and investment of other youth; far more than adult educators would. After all, teens identify with other teens more than anyone […]
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The more people take anti-HIV treatment, and the sooner they start, the more new infections are averted Expanded use of antiretroviral therapy – accompanied by good adherence – has the potential to significantly reduce the spread of HIV, according to the results of a mathematical model developed by Canadian researchers and published in the July […]
March 11 (Bernama) — Executive Director of the joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidib said Wednesday here that the current global AIDS epidemic is still very severe and the international community should pay sufficient attention on AIDS prevention and control. In his speech at a news conference at the United […]
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UNAIDS believes that drug users can be protected from becoming infected with HIV if comprehensive, evidence-informed and human-rights-based interventions are made accessible to all drug users. “Effective harm reduction approaches include access to clean needles, opioid substitution therapy for opiate users, access to antiretroviral therapy and reducing sexual transmission of HIV from drug users to […]
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