Today, the most likely victims of HIV/AIDS are young women. In countries most devastated by AIDS, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, three young women are infected for every man that is infected. Read full article here.
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The UN meeting on AIDS this week marked the tenth anniversary of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Commitments made to regard gender equality in addressing this scourge as usual left women more prone to being infected and affected. Read full article here.
World leaders gathered in New York for the 2011 United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS have today launched a Global Plan that will make significant strides towards eliminating new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive. Read full article here.
To bring to the forefront priority actions for the AIDS response put forward by women around the world ahead of the General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS, a special event was held on 7 June. Read full article here.
Tetiana Afanasiadi is regional coordinator for Alliance Ukraine in Odessa, part of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance global partnership. Read full article here.
UNAIDS welcomes new UN Security Council resolution on HIV and preventing sexual violence in conflict
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes a new United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution on HIV which has been adopted at the UN Security Council in New York. Read full article here.
Alicia Keys is committed to making a change for women everywhere. The “Superwoman” was one of the celebrities invited to speak on the panel at “HIV Priorities for Positive Change: In Women’s Words” during the United Nations conference on AIDS in New York City. Read full article here.
The former Eurythmics star is a leading campaigner for women's rights and Aids prevention, and she was invited to address the HIV Priorities for Positive Change: In Women's Words conference at the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Read full article here.
We can end HIV/AIDS right now if we want to. We already know how. We know how it's transmitted we know how to prevent and treat it. We're just not doing what it takes to end it. Read full article here.
The United Nations agency charged with gender equality and women’s empowerment today presented concrete areas of focus and goals for the three-day, high-level meeting on AIDS. Read full article here.
As the UN reviews its HIV/Aids strategy, papal representatives are putting doctrine before African women's health. Read full article here.
IMPHAL: Amid contradictory claims, a woman in Imphal was killed by her husband for not disclosing to him that she was HIV positive. A large number of NGOs strongly reacted against the unprecedented homicide. Read full article here.
Ahead of the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS which will begin on 8 June, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) hosted a side event on 6 June at The Harold Pratt House in New York. The discussion focused on women and children's health and the prevention of new HIV infections among children. Read full article …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan is highly vulnerable state in terms of spread of AIDS. Despite this, only 15% of the pregnant women received HIV test in 2010-11 to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child. Read full article here.
BHAVNAGAR (Gujarat): Three young HIV positive sisters from the coastal village of Khadsaliya, about 25km from Bhavnagar, ended their lives by drinking pesticide on Friday night. Preliminary investigation suggests that the family members felt stigmatized due to their disease. Read full article here.
More women had participated in the Gauteng HIV testing campaign than men, the Gauteng department of health said on Sunday. Read full article here.
Bar girls have become a rising concern for those looking to stem the spread of HIV, says a recent study conducted by KEM Hospital’s preventive medicine department. Read full article here.
SENIOR government officials and delegates from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agencies responsible for gender and women's affairs are meeting in Windhoek to consider successes and progress made during 2010/11 in the achievement of gender equity and women empowerment. Read full article here.
KENYA IS set to unveil a new medical compound that block HIV transmission in women and young girls after the successful completion of trials. Read full article here.
Keeping in mind the escalating incidence of HIV transmission, the WHO has recommended certain important steps for preventing its transmission via mother-to-child and ensuring their survival. Read full article here.