HIV/AIDS News

JAKARTA, 18 June 2013 - Efforts to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian provinces of Papua, which has among the country's highest rates of infection, and West Papua are making steady though slow progress, say aid workers and government officials.

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives to speak at the 10th anniversary celebration for the President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief, June 18, 2013, at the State Department in Washington.

Any day now, the Supreme Court is expected to release its decisions on Prop 8, California's ban on gay marriage, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act .

Some Louisville churches and other groups around the state are offering free HIV testing in connection with National HIV Testing Day.

This month somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa the one millionth baby will be born without HIV to a mother who suffers from the disease, thanks in large part to a decade-old US aid program.

The National Institutes of Health has authorized a three-year study to find out why some HIV-positive homosexual men in Kenya do not seek the free treatment that American taxpayers already are funding.

In this May 30, 2007 photo President Bush , hoists 4-year-old Baron Mosima Loyiso Tantoh, son of Manyongo Mosima "Kuene" Tantoh of South Africa, left, who is HIV-positive, after speaking about his efforts to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Monday, the People en EspaA ol website premiered Juanes' PSA to raise awareness for National HIV Testing Day, which is June 27. Juanes has long teamed up with Lifebeat to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS.

Art lovers may want to be at a local hotel Friday night for the annual charity auction in support of the Northern AIDS Connection Society .

GMHC Board Members Dr. Demetre Daskalakis and Dr. Frank Spinelli give meningitis vaccinations across the city "Diseases do not discriminate," resident HIV expert Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said in a recent interview with EDGE.

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Thirteen years of peer-based, HIV prevention programs for female sex workers reduced both HIV and syphilis in young pregnant women from southern India.

HIV/AIDS is spreading to more younger people in Taiwan, the island health authorities warned at Taiwan HIV Testing Month that kicked off Sunday at Taipei Main Station.

The report's release follows recent publicity about an 11-year-old Auckland boy who fathered a child.

Food donations may be dropped off from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday at 1130 S.C. 55 E. courtesy of Beth Wedge - Faye Wlodyka's piano students performed a recital May 19 for family and friends at River Hills Country Club.

Carol Rifka Brunt's sets her novel, "Tell the Wolves I'm Home," in 1987. It's the beginning of the AIDS crisis, and people are still afraid to touch anyone who's HIV positive.

With an afternoon tea party, an English hat contest, and a British car show, "The Queen's Birthday: A Charity Garden Party" is a lighthearted event benefiting a serious cause.

Clarke, who owns and operates Hair Force Salon in Mount Pearl, has been a stylist to the stars since 2006, when she was approached by a New York agency that acts as a liaison between hair and make-up stylists and celebrities.

Guwahati, June 14 : The United Nations resident coordinator, who was present during a two-day seminar, which was recently organized here to raise awareness and sensitise people about HIV/AIDS, has praised India for its efforts to fight the disease.