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UNAIDS, NGOs Partner to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Africa

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe in New York on Monday signed a partnership agreement with several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) pledging to work towards eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa, Agence France-Presse reports.

 

International AIDS Society and WHO Urge Universal Access to HIV Therapy for Prevention as Well as for Treatment

November 4, 2009 -- Geneva, Switzerland -- The International AIDS Society (IAS) today saluted the World Health Organization (WHO) for its focus on scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) as prevention as well as for treatment.

 

Call to Expand Needle-Exchange Programs in Australia

Australia's liberal needle-exchange program over the past 10 years has helped to prevent 32,000 new HIV infections and almost 100,000 new cases of hepatitis C, says a new report from the National Center in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR).

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