HIV

GFATM sends 97M dollars to Congo to fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB

Published on: February 9, 2024
15:23

Brazzaville, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) The Congo has today received 59 billion CFA francs (around USD million) donated by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (GFATM).

Angola far from ending AIDS by 2030

Published on: December 1, 2023
18:20

Luanda, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) Angola is still far from reaching its commitment to end AIDS by 2030, the Secretary of State for Health for the Hospital Area Leonardo Inocêncio claimed on Friday.

One million Brazilian people lived with HIV in 2022 – Study

Published on: November 30, 2023
18:45

Brasilia, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) At least one million people were living with HIV in Brazil in 2022, where 350,000 out of them were women and 650,000 were men, according to Brazil´s Health Ministry.

PAHO praises role of communities to fight off HIV/AIDS

Published on: November 30, 2023
17:55

Washington, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) Health agencies on Thursday heaped praise on the key role by communities and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against HIV-AIDS testing, prevention and treatment services.

10 drugs to fight HIV, TB, malaria to be vulnerable to climate change

Published on: November 28, 2023
16:56

United Nations, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) UNITAD, an international financing mechanism for treating several diseases, warned on Tuesday that 10 products to combat HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria would be vulnerable to climate change.

Angola to host Southern African Health Ministers Meeting

Published on: November 28, 2023
15:43

Luanda, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Ministers of Health and those responsible for the fight against HIV and AIDS of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are holding their joint meeting today in Angola.

Number of people living with HIV decreases in South Africa – Study

Published on: November 27, 2023
16:00

A new survey has found that the percentage of people living with the HIV virus in South Africa has decreased from 14% in 2017 to 12.7% in 2022.

Over 300K people living with HIV/AIDS in Angola

Published on: September 29, 2023
17:14

Luanda, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) About 350,000 Angolan people are HIV/AIDS carriers, according to the Angolan Network of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Service Organizations (ANASO) President António Coelho.

Paraguayan HIV patients increase by 41 percent in five years

Published on: August 28, 2023
10:17

Asuncion, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The newspaper ABC Color reported today that the number of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Paraguay has increased by 41 percent in the last five years.

HIV/AIDS infections surge in Chile

Published on: August 1, 2023
14:56

Santiago de Chile, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) As many as 5,401 HIV/AIDS cases were reported in Chile in 2023, a figure accounting for a 7% surge over the previous year, according to the Public Health Institute (ISP).

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