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Staff Report KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan on Wednesday promulgated The Sindh HIV/AIDS Control, Treatment and Protection Ordinance 2013, to provide protection to HIV patients from being marginalised.

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan on Wednesday promulgated The Sindh HIV/AIDS Control, Treatment and Protection Ordinance 2013, to provide protection to HIV patients from being marginalised.

Newswise - In a city where one of every 40 people older than 13 is HIV positive, the JACQUES Initiative at the University of Maryland, Baltimore has mobilized a "model" program of unprecedented health, psychosocial, and legal resources called Preparing the Future that could make HIV testing and linkage to care more routine and normalized, say ... (more)

For the past few months, we've been following the story of baby Rico, the Brownsdale baby born with HIV.

Guidelines call for screening adolescents and adults ages 15 to 65 who are not known to be at increased risk for HIV infection.

The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral medications increased from less than 1 million in 2005 to an estimated 7.1 million in 2012, according to a new report from UNAIDS.

When word of last week's Oregonian story on HIV testing and informed consent spread through Cascade AIDS Project, we worried it would set back our efforts to screen all Oregonians for HIV .

More than nine months have passed since the Navy decided to open up overseas and large-ship platform assignments to HIV-positive sailors and Marines, but not a single sailor has gotten such a posting.

It was almost one year ago that the Food and Drug Administration approved the antiretroviral medication Truvada to reduce the risk of HIV infection in uninfected individuals.

THE Department of Health , in partnership with the AIDS Watch Council , through the Reproductive Health and Wellness Clinic of City Health Office prepare for the conduct of an Integrated HIV Behavioural and Serologic Surveillance System in the city.

The federal blood donor agency is lifting its lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but serious restrictions mean few gay or bisexual men are likely to start offering up their veins.

Volunteers for U-SA Cares for Life are shown here with a group of South African children.

Around 50 residents in this city have been confirmed to be suffering from full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and more cases could be added to the list in the coming months, a local health official said.

Rick Paquette never thought he would get HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Then in September 1984 his partner became very ill and his partner's doctor urged Rick to get a blood test.

The integration of mental health interventions into HIV prevention and treatment platforms can reduce the opportunity costs of care and improve treatment outcomes, argues a new Policy Forum article published in this week's PLOS Medicine .

Many heterosexual people in the study were themselves from immigrant communities.

Update: 1:37PM FIJI is doing well in its efforts in eliminating stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS. Speaking during the Fiji Mid-term Review of the United Nations General Assembly 2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS at Lamis Novotel Hotel, Dr Kwarteng said she has been researching on 10 target areas set at a global level ... (more)

Seventy per cent of Italian HIV specialists who answered an online survey would prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis to people in their care who ask for it, at least in some circumstances, a study has found.

The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.

Visual AIDS fought early major battles against the virus with its "Day Without Art" and the Red Ribbon.