Taiwan lifts travel ban for people living with HIV
Taiwan hataiwan-lifts-travel-bans lifted the ban on entry, stay and residence of foreigners living with HIV, as reported in the Taipei Times recently. The new law states that people wishing to stay in Taiwan for more than three months are no longer required to produce a recent HIV test, nor do they risk being deported or having their visas revoked if they find that they are living with HIV.
Read moreHIV-Specific ADCC Improves After Antiretroviral Therapy and Correlates With Normalization of the NK Cell Phenotype
Natural killer (NK) cell phenotype and function have recently gained much attention as playing crucial roles in antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). We investigated NK cell function, as measured by ADCC, in HIV-1–positive individuals before and 6 months after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) initiation.
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Big pharma have a monopoly on HIV treatments in Peru, making huge profits off suffering
People living with HIV patients held a demonstration in front of the ministry of health in Lima to end the monopoly of a antirretroviral medication, the US pharmaceutical company Brystol-Myers-Squibb. The company has a government monopoly on the retroviral Atazanavir which is used to treat HIV.
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GAPW releases bulletin, defends a human right perspective and explains why we need a new AIDS watchdog
To engage in critical reflection and analysis about the current state of global AIDS policy. This is the challenge that Global AIDS Policy Watch seeks to take up with this inaugural issue of the GAPW Bulletin.
Read moreContraception uptake improves along HIV treatment cascade
Women living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment (ART) are more likely to report single and dual-method contraception use, the longer they are enrolled on HIV treatment.
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Test and treat from a human rights perspective
Since the late 2000s, biomedical approaches to HIV prevention and treatment have become increasingly central to global HIV and AIDS policy guidelines and initiatives. The reasons for this are complex. […]
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HIV and AIDS in the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health: genealogies, lessons learned, challenges that remain
On October 2014, a group of around 30 researchers, activists and human rights experts[2] met in Delhi at the invitation of Anand Grover, the outgoing Special Rapporteur on the right […]
Read moreHIV Cure News 2014: Barcelona Doctors Believe They’ve Found Cure to AIDS-Causing Virus
By using blood transplants from the umbilical cords of individuals with a genetic resistance to HIV, Spanish medical professionals believe they can best the AIDS-causing virus. The procedure has already been successful, “curing” a patient in just three months.
Read moreARASA commends the Gaborone High Court for protecting the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in Botswana
The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) has lauded the Botswana High Court for protecting the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in Botswana after the court found on Friday, 14 November 2014.
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Financing and the Post-2015 Agenda: Making the Case for HIV
The Post-2015 Scenario In September 2015, the UN General Assembly will be adapting a new set of development goals, with 2030 as its end-goal timeline. The proposed goals, currently referred […]
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