The UN’s most recent figures for Malawi show that over 15% of children under the age of 18 are orphans, partly because of the high rate of HIV and Aids-related deaths in the country. Currently, a group called Zoe Foundation is working to provide these at-risk children a future.
According to a 2021 national HIV assessment report, one in four women in Mozambique between the ages of 35 and 39 are HIV positive. A group called the Kindlimuka Association works to help those living with HIV/AIDS in an effort to combat the stigma associated to the condition.
The human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women and various types of cancer in males, can be prevented effectively by vaccination. But the vaccine is neither available nor affordable to many in Venezuela.
Authorities in South Africa, which has the largest HIV-positive population in the world, say that girls and young women are now the demographic most at risk since many of them have turned to transactional sex to pay their bills during COVID pandemic lockdowns.
Since the war started, more than 600,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Germany. Many persons with HIV, particularly women, are among them. According to UNAIDS, 260,000 Ukrainians are HIV positive
Many people observe World AIDS Day on December 1 to show support for HIV-positive people and to remember those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Treatments for HIV patients have come a long way, but a cure remains elusive
Volunteers in Kenya are trying to spread awareness about the coronavirus among people living with HIV, the AIDS-causing virus. False claims have been circulating on social media that antiretroviral medications used to treat HIV may also be used to prevent and even cure COVID-19
25 years ago this month (June), a landmark U.S. medical trial began testing a drug that would prove to be the first effective treatment of HIV/AIDS. It spawned a generation of drugs that saved countless lives and is still helping to prevent the spread of the virus today. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti takes us back to a time when the AIDS epidemic raged unchecked, and introduces us to a man who would not be alive today without the advent of these drugs
The latest numbers are lower than those in WHO’s last report on global alcohol consumption, published in 2014
South Africa has the world’s largest antiretroviral therapy program with over 4 million people receiving treatment. But the ARV drug therapy, regarded by many as a panacea for HIV, is complicated and comes with its a number of side effects