Tag: hiv
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Wilhemina’s War – a force in her family’s fight for survival from HIV & AIDS
In much of America, progress in HIV/AIDS treatment and improvement in education may suggest the worst is behind us, but every year 50,000 Americans are still diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS. Astonishingly, nearly half of them live in the South, where the AIDS epidemic has taken root in rural communities, and is one…
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WHO validates elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Cuba
News release 30 JUNE 2015 ¦ GENEVA ¦ WASHINGTON – Cuba today became the first country in the world to receive validation from WHO that it has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. “Eliminating transmission of a virus is one of the greatest public health achievements possible,” said Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. “This…
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