Nor has protection." The campaign targets the newest at-risk population: senior citizens.In their editorial "The Unexplored Story of HIV and Ageing," George P. Schmid et al. Clipthis story. View the discussion thread. RECENT STORIES.M Wade...
Of the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States in 2011, only 30% had achieved viral suppression—a key to preventing HIV transmission and living longer with the infection. Using data from the National HIV Surveillance System and the Medical Monitoring Project...
"China's HIV epidemic remains one of low prevalence overall, but with pockets of high infection among specific sub-populations," said the 38-page report. Chen admitted that a number of core challenges remain, including the need for better advocacy and education, improved treatment and care, ...
" Fenton said. But, he cautioned, this strategy "cannot be seen as the first line of defense against HIV." Although the prophylactic doses seemed to decrease the rate of infection substantially, in this study, the infection rate did not drop ...
About this article Cite this article Check, E. Drop in HIV infection rate used to justify focus on morality. Nature 439, 638–639 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/439638b Download citation Published08 February 2006 Issue Date09 February 2006 DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/439638bAccess...
InfectionSoshanguve School GirlsFET BandThe findings of this research study reveal that Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections are on the increase among young girls of the age cohort 15-24 who are found at secondary school level. I It is also clear from this study that increasing number ...
"I am not optimistic," Kolber says of the U.S. AIDS epidemic. "The HIV infection rate keeps rising without an infusion of new money. We've had the same dollars for four or five years being spread out among increasing numbers of individuals. Our outreach program has diminished. And the...
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The country—where one in three adults is infected with the AIDS-causing virus—has vastly expanded public programmes to test people for HIV infection and put them on life-saving anti-retroviral treatment (ART). "The rate of new HIV infections has been reduced by half," Velephi Okello of ...