Tag: #HIV
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WHO Warns Global HIV, Hepatitis Fight Off Track
Key Developments: WHO says the world is off track to meet 2030 targets for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections. HIV treatment access has expanded, but 9 million people living with HIV still lack treatment, while funding disruptions threaten prevention programmes. WHO identifies integrated healthcare, stronger surveillance, community leadership and innovation as key measures…
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The Common Man’s Plight
The egregious negligence of the administrative staff at Nishtar Hospital has exposed dialysis patients to the devastating risk of contracting HIV a revelation as shocking as it is alarming. This crisis demands immediate and decisive intervention from the highest levels of authority. Reports indicate that one unsuspecting patient, who merely sought a routine dialysis procedure,…
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Food and Drug Administration approves first HIV injection
United States: The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world’s first HIV injection, scientists are calling it a game-changer. According to the US Food and Drug Administration website, the purpose of the injectable treatment is to ensure a “pre-exposure HIV prevention”. It is hoped that the administration of the drug…
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AIDS death toll rises in Pakistan
The United Nations AIDS Control Program (UNAIDS) has said that the number of AIDS-related deaths in Pakistan is on the rise as poor diagnosis and poor treatment conditions miss out on opportunities to prevent deaths and further spread. According to the media reports, the Global AIDS Update 2020 published on Tuesday, UNAIDS says that HIV…
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‘Hearing test’ opens a window into HIV’s effects on the brain
ISLAMABAD, July 8 (online): Scientists have discovered a way to track changes in sound processing in the brains of people with HIV. Their test provides a simple technique for studying how HIV affects the central nervous system. Due to advances in antiretroviral drug treatment over the past 20 years, most people with HIV can now…
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Nobel winning scientist says Covid-19 virus originated in lab, colleagues refute the claim
French Nobel prize winning scientist Luc Montagnier has sparked a fresh controversy by claiming that the SARS-CoV-2 virus came from a lab, and is the result of an attempt to manufacture a vaccine against the AIDS virus. In an interview given to French channel, professor Montagnier who co-discovered HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) claimed the presence…
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Only half of children living with HIV have access to life-saving treatment – UNICEF
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (APP): Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, says UNICEF’s annual statistical update on children, HIV and AIDS, released ahead of the World AIDS Day – Sunday, 1 December 2019. Low access to anti-retroviral treatment, in addition to limited prevention efforts, is a leading cause for…
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Drug overdoses driving down US life expectancy: health officials
Washington, Oct 30 (AFP/APP): Drug overdoses have driven the first significant reduction in US life expectancy since the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, an official report published Wednesday showed. Americans have lost almost four months of longevity since 2014, the report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. “This is the first…
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Former Wales captain Thomas reveals he has HIV
London, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Former Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby captain Gareth Thomas has told the BBC that he is HIV positive. In a documentary to be broadcast on Wednesday, the 45-year-old, who came out as gay in 2009, explains how in 2018 he felt like dying. “When I first found out that I…