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- It’s possible: Making the most of linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV responses
- Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV is of critical importance. On 8 June, during a side event at this week’s High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York, the question of how exactly such linkages can be strengthened was explored in depth.
- High level panel highlights need for greater investments in technology and innovation to advance results for HIV prevention for treatment
- Delegates at 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS reflect on technological advancements made in HIV prevention and treatment and outline necessity for continued innovation to respond to epidemic in the coming decades.
- New world report on disability: Breaking down barriers
- The world’s one billion people living with disabilities have poorer health, lower educational achievements and are more prone to social exclusion than those without disabilities. Today, the first ever World Report on Disability sets out to challenge these disparities and suggest how they can be overcome.
- A sustainable HIV response: New global health sector strategy to help chart the way forward
- The World Health Assembly today adopted a new comprehensive Global Health Sector Strategy for HIV/AIDS 2011-2015, spearheaded by WHO. The strategy aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive guide to how health sectors can most effectively tackle the epidemic.
- New draft AIDS strategy high on the World Health Assembly agenda
- The 64th World Health Assembly is taking place in Geneva from 16-24 May and will be attended by Health Ministers and officials from more than 190 countries.
- Groundbreaking trial results confirm HIV treatment prevents transmission of HIV
- WHO and UNAIDS hail results from the HPTN 052 trial that show antiretroviral therapy to be 96% effective in reducing HIV transmission in couples where one partner has HIV
- New monitoring centre helps tackle HIV in prisons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- The newly established Monitoring Centre for HIV and Prisons in Latin America and the Caribbean is set to become a key regional repository for collecting and analysing data on HIV in prison settings.
- World Health Day 2011: Urgent action necessary to slow down the spread of drug resistance
- Drug resistance is becoming more severe and many infections are no longer easily cured, leading to prolonged and expensive treatment and greater risk of death, warns WHO on World Health Day.
- Top 30 medicines to save mothers and children identified by the World Health Organization
- The World Health Organization has published its first ever list of 30 priority medicines for maternal and child health. The list includes medicines for children living with HIV as well as a triple combination of drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
- New framework to eliminate transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies
- The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa has come a step closer with the endorsement of a new regional framework following a three-day consultation in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Treatment 2.0: Translating concept into practice to overcome the HIV epidemic
- How to translate the concept of Treatment 2.0 into practice was the topic of discussion at a seminar organized by UNAIDS’ Evidence, Strategy and Results (ESR) Department.
- Call for increased commitment to meet the goal of diagnosing and treating one million people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis between 2011 and 2015
- To mark World TB Day, WHO, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Stop TB Partnership are calling on world leaders to step up their commitment and contributions to meet the goal of diagnosing and treating one million people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis between 2011 and 2015.
- Health 8 group meet to discuss maximizing health outcomes with available resources and getting “more health for the money”
- The Health 8 group gathered at the UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday 23 February to reflect and strategize on one of most pressing issues affecting the health of the world’s population—maximizing health outcomes with available resources.
- ‘A better future’: New evidence shows triple antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy and breastfeeding can significantly reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases today published evidence from a World Health Organization-led study. The study showed that giving pregnant women living with HIV a combination of three antiretroviral (ARV) drugs from the last trimester, through delivery and six months of breastfeeding can reduce the risk of their babies being infected with HIV by more than 40%.
- Affordable TB prevention a must for people living with HIV
- Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death among people with HIV and, in order to mitigate this threat, low-cost preventive therapy is essential. In new guidelines released today, the World Health Organization (WHO) sets out how such therapy can be accessed safely and effectively.
- Next steps with 1% tenofovir microbicide gel
- After nearly 20 years of research, the results of the CAPRISA 004 trial provided the first evidence that the use of a vaginal microbicide could provide a safe and effective way to prevent HIV infection in women.
- WHO World health report: The road to universal coverage
- If countries are to guarantee a good quality of life for their people and ensure socio-economic development then promoting and protecting health is crucial. Without greater emphasis on health systems financing, however, this goal will remain unattainable for the poor, says the WHO’s World health report 2010, launched today.
- 400 000 deaths among people living with HIV due to TB in 2009
- The latest WHO Global Tuberculosis Control Report 2010, launched today, highlights the need to reinvigorate efforts to prevent deaths from tuberculosis (TB) in people living with HIV. In 2009 there were an estimated 1.1 million cases of TB disease in people living with HIV, resulting in 0.4 million deaths. Yet TB is mostly preventable and curable.
- Bridging the health gap in South Africa
- The South African government’s proposed national insurance scheme aims to tackle the stark divide in health care between rich and poor.
- UNICEF Executive Director launches innovative approach to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kenya
- UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake joined the Kenya Government and other partners on Friday in rolling out an innovative approach to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies. The initiative includes a “Mother-Baby-Pack” of antiretroviral drugs and antibiotics, which women can easily administer at home.