A new campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the region was announced in the Buganda Kingdom. The Kingdom minister for Health, Dr Kiwanuka Mukwaya, has presented this fact on a news conference at the beginning of November, 2013. He stated that the campaign is geared towards lowering the HIV/AIDS prevalence which is high in Buganda compared to other regions. (more…)
U.S. authorities in the second half of April 2013 announced that further clinical testing of new experimental vaccine against HIV were halted. Previous results had shown that the new experimental vaccines does not protect against HIV . (more…)
Australian scientists say they have found a way to use the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to prevent AIDS. Senior researcher David Harrich has modified a protein in HIV and it altered in a long-lasting, protection against AIDS. The modified protein helps to prevent the virus from replicating or spreading. (more…)
The numbers of new HIV cases and AIDS deaths in British Columbia (Canada) show that an aggressive prevention strategy can be very effective. The new strategy involves searching aggressively for people at risk of HIV infection, talking them into being tested and putting those who are infected on antiretroviral therapy immediately. This approach lowers by 96 percent the chances that they will infect others. (more…)