United Nations, June 24 (IANS) The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a political declaration on HIV/AIDS and reaffirmed the commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by the end of 2030.The declaration, adopted by a vote of 149 in favour, eight against, and 14 abstentions, expresses deep concern that the world did not meet the global 2025 HIV targets and is not on track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.It reaffirms the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the politi…
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Phnom Penh, May 30 (IANS) Cambodia achieved its 95-95-95 HIV treatment targets last year, and is on track to eliminate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the country’s Minister of Health Chheang Ra has said.The targets mean 95 per cent of the people who are living with HIV know their HIV status, 95 per cent of the people who know that they are living with HIV are on life-saving antiretroviral treatment, and 95 per cent of people who are on treatment are virally suppressed.HIV is the virus t…
Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) As many as 3,995 registered HIV-positive children in Pakistan’s Sindh, and more than 100 new cases reported in Karachi in 2025, expose systemic failure of infection control and regulation, a report has stated. Nearly 4,000 children in Sindh living with HIV, many of them not infected at birth or through personal behaviour but in healthcare facilities where patients undergo treatment, making negligence a crime, according to a report in Pakistan’s leading daily, The Express…
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The global HIV fund cut is significantly affecting HIV prevention and support services in Pakistan, and may also reverse years of progress, according to a media report.While Pakistan’s HIV epidemic remains small in absolute numbers compared with global hotspots, it is one of the fastest-growing in Asia, but the funding cuts are going to affect the country significantly, Arab News reported.For nearly two decades, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and…