AIDS
U.S. : doctors defeat leukemia with modified HIV
US doctors say they have saved a seven-year-old girl who was close to dying from leukemia with a pioneering use of an unlikely ally:...
Indonesia : health services boosted for the poor
Indonesia wants the private sector to build more hospitals and reserve a quarter of the available beds for the poor, as it increases spending...
Global Fund takes steps after corruption scandal
The Global Fund Against AIDS, TB and Malaria said Friday it was reinforcing its financial safeguards after donor Germany suspended payments following allegations of...
Germany suspends global AIDS fund payments
Germany said on Wednesday it was suspending yearly payments of 200 million euros (274 million dollars) to the Global Fund Against AIDS, TB and...
Good to know : Global health funding boosted by AIDS awareness
Wealthy nations boosted funding for health programs in poor countries more than fourfold between 1990 and 2010, thanks largely to greater awareness of the...
Health : World AIDS conference closes
The 18th International AIDS Conference closed in Vienna on Friday after six days of seminars, workshops and networking on fighting AIDS and...
AIDS / Vienna conference : Activists lobby for ‘Robin Hood’ levy to raise funds
A "Robin Hood" tax of just a fraction of a percent on financial transactions could smash the funding crisis gripping the war on...
Health : Record number of children getting HIV drugs
Life-saving drugs that quell HIV reached a record 355,000 children at the end of last year, compared with 276,000 a...
Health / AIDS : Major step seen in quest for anti-HIV vaginal gel
Scientists on Monday reported a major stride towards a vaginal gel that can thwart HIV, a goal that would be of huge benefit...
Health : Huge rise in patients on HIV drugs
Anti-HIV drugs reached 1.2 million more people last year, the UN announced Monday at the world AIDS forum, as former US president Bill Clinton...
World economic crisis hits AIDS funding, 25 billion dollars has to be mustered
Funding by rich economies for poor countries fighting HIV/AIDS fell back slightly last year, to 7.6 billion dollars after 7.7 billion dollars in 2008,...
Health prevention : Obama to roll out new AIDS strategy
President Barack Obama will Tuesday declare that America's battle against AIDS is at a "crossroads" and roll out a plan to cut new infections...
