Topic: UNAIDS
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-30 23:10:10
<div><p>The AIDS epidemic in Ukraine, one of Europe's most affected countries, risk becoming generalised as heterosexual contacts become the chief transmission route for the HIV virus, UN and Ukrainian officials warned Monday.</p><p>"Heterosexual contact has become the chief transmission path as the number of new cases transmitted ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-27 11:10:22
<div><p>UNAIDS on Friday launched a campaign to address rampant discrimination against people living with HIV in China, with the help of Chinese NBA megastar Yao Ming.</p><p>The campaign, launched with China's health ministry, will see posters and videos of Yao and his fans, including some with HIV ...
Reuters US Online Report World News | 2009-11-27 05:22:15
<div><p>BEIJING (Reuters) - People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them, according to a U.N. survey released on Friday.</p><p>China's Health Ministry and UNAIDS estimate that the country has between 97,000 and ...
AP News | 2009-11-25 05:07:34
<div id="subtitle">UNAIDS report says heterosexual sexual contact main cause for HIV's spread in China</div><div><p>The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in ...
