UNAIDS and China working together during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure that people living with HIV continue to get treatment

China Enters The Next Phase of Its COVID-19 Outbreak: Suppression  NPR

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) (http://www.aslm.org) have joined with global partners to launch the Diagnostics Access Initiative which calls for improving laboratory capacity to ensure that all people living with HIV can be linked to effective, high-quality HIV treatment services.

Partners in the initiative include UNAIDS, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), UNICEF,...

UNAIDS says women, girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality  Jamaica ObserverHIV infections for young women drop, but they are still vulnerable - report  News24South Africa’s high HIV rate ramps up coronavirus fears  The Irish TimesWhat does ‘immunocompromised’ mean, and what should people at risk of coronavirus do?  Sacramento BeeView Full coverage on Google News

Josephat Lukwaro, 19, discovered he was HIV positive at age 15, nine years after his mother succumbed to Aids in 2001. Josephat had been having severe headaches and was seriously ill when he was taken to Gonja hospital in Same district, Kilimanjaro region where he was diagnosed with HIV.

Crisis in childhood HIV treatment in western and central Africa  UNAIDSFor African women at risk of HIV, a woke world is still sound asleep  STATView Full coverage on Google News

Dolutegravir-based HIV treatment is the safest and most effective choice for pregnant women  aidsmap

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Rapid tests to help tackle Glasgow's HIV outbreak  BBC News

Blood from people who recover from coronavirus could provide a treatment  The Washington Post