Unprecedented acknowledgement of state culpability in HIV/AIDS case ‘sets standards’ across the region, advocates say.

Unprecedented acknowledgement of state culpability in HIV/AIDS case ‘sets standards’ across the region, advocates say.
From the 1980s AIDS epidemic to COVID-19, how do we hold on to the names and memories of those who have died?
What can the experiences of tackling HIV in the global south teach us in this time of COVID-19?
The new approach may make the treatment available to more people without the need for antiretroviral therapy.
On World AIDS Day, The Take explores the epidemic and the stigma surrounding it, decades later.
Although AIDS-related deaths have declined in recent years, the epidemic still killed 680,000 people in 2020.
Many fear adverse reaction due to pre-existing conditions as doctors urge trans and HIV-positive people to get the jab.
Hundreds tested positive in 2019 after whistle-blower doctor uncovered scandal involving the reuse of needles in Sindh.
UN General Assembly backs declaration that commits members to reduce AIDS-related deaths to less than 250,000 by 2025.
All but two out of 50 children with combined immunodeficiency syndrome now have healthy germ-fighting abilities.
The country needs urgent help with debt relief and humanitarian aid.
Shortage of anti-retroviral drugs comes amid a dispute between the US aid agency and the Kenyan government.
EU and US oppose a move to waive intellectual property rules despite pressure to give drug access to poor countries.
Results so far suggest injectable cabotegravir may be 89 percent more effective than pills at preventing HIV infection.