HIV Populations
September 18 is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
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- Category: HIV & Aging
- Published on Friday, 16 September 2016 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
Sunday, September 18, is the annual observance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD), an opportunity to focus on the HIV prevention, testing, care, and treatment for the aging population, as well as the health and well-being of the growing population of older people living with HIV.
AIDS 2016: New Strategy Aims to End AIDS in Children by 2020
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Wednesday, 10 August 2016 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
A new strategy to end pediatric AIDS, launched last month at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban, calls for antiretroviral treatment services to reach 1.6 million children and 1.2 million adolescents by 2018. The "Super-Fast-Track" strategy is intended to close the gap between adult and pediatric treatment access, according to UNAIDS, and will pull together the actions of numerous agencies.
AIDS 2016: HIV Treatment Programs Need to Prepare for a "Youth Bulge"
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Friday, 22 July 2016 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa must prepare for a growing population of adolescents over the next few years as children born with HIV grow up and begin a transition from child health services to adult clinics, Mhairi Maskew from the University of Witwatersrand told participants at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) this week in Durban.
AIDS 2016: South Africa Has Driven Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Down to 4%
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Friday, 22 July 2016 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV at a population level was just over 4% at 18 months of follow-up in a national evaluation in South Africa, Ameena Goga, presenting on behalf of the South African prevention of mother-to-child transmission Evaluation Group, told participants at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) this week in Durban.
New HIV Infections Decline by 60% Among Children in Most Affected African Countries
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Wednesday, 22 June 2016 00:00
- Written by UNAIDS
HIV incidence has fallen dramatically for children in the African countries with the highest burdens of the disease, more pregnant women are receiving prophylactic antiretrovirals to prevent transmission, and half of infected children are now on antiretroviral treatment, according to a new UNAIDS report release this month to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS.
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