BRAZIL

Growing killer

As the menace of AIDS spreads in India, there is an interest in traditional cures

Blood row

HIV positive haemophiliacs sue US pharma giants

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In Court

Blame's on chimps

Sustainable peatland management can prevent future pandemics: Study

Peatlands harbour a variety of disease-spreading hosts; flora and fauna in them are also being harvested, increasing contact with humans

Sustainable Development Goals: A paradigm shift in United Nations' fund flow

A report cites the changing funding patterns of the UN and its reliance on corporate partners

Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

HIV treatment centres run short of CD4 kits

AIDS control organisation assures protesting activists that kits needed for initiating anti-retroviral treatment will be made available in a day

Most comprehensive study on HIV, malaria, TB shows major progress in the millennium

Funding and policy have had real impact in combating the diseases, although challenges remain

MDG final report highlights the success of strategic intervention

Human society has achieved several milestones on all eight goals: Report

HIV's ability to cause AIDS weakening, says new research

The virus might gradually become almost harmless, say virologists

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UNITED NATIONS

SOUTH AFRICA

A palliative gesture

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Health ministry rubbishes AIDS headcount

Fewer men aware of HIV/AIDS in most states: NFHS-5

Significant decline in proportion of women aware of HIV / AIDS in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Tripura

10.4 million new TB cases reported in 2015; global actions falling short: WHO

Report shows that countries need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat the disease if they are to meet global targets

HIV can be edited out of genome

Unlike currently available drugs, a new technology provides tool to target dormant HIV in the body

ILO push to stop discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS at work place

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment and the National AIDS Control …

Dying in stages

Thirty million HIV-infected people in the world live in developing nations. With no cures in sight, all they can do is wait for death. And lack …

AMR causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic

In many African countries, poverty and inequality propel the likelihood of antimicrobial resistance