More and More Pregnant Women With HIV Consider Breastfeeding
Unlike nine years ago, pregnant women living with HIV are 13 times more likely to talk to their doctors about breastfeeding. In 2016, the World Health Organization declared that women living with HIV can choose to breastfeed, mainly in low-income countries where resources to feed babies
People Who Suffered Violence are More Likely to Quit HIV Treatment
A Canadian research team found that people living with HIV who have a history of violence, whether by their partners, their families, or their friends, particularly during childhood, are more likely to abandon their care and develop AIDS. Previous studies had already shown that people who
Essential Health Systems Have Been Disrupted by the Pandemic
Due to the health crisis caused by the novel coronavirus, nine out of ten countries have had to interrupt some essential health services in the last year, according to an assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO). The need to focus human and economic resources to
UNAIDS Presents New Plan to Eradicate AIDS in 2030
The UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board (PCB) adopted a new Global Strategy on AIDS 2021-2026 to be able to get all countries and communities on track to eradicating AIDS as a threat to public health by 2030. The PCB special session was celebrated on March 24th and
Sex Without a Condom is on the Rise in People With HIV in Cuba
People who have been diagnosed with HIV in Cuba use a condom even less than before, although they have information on the effectiveness of it in stopping the transmission of the virus. This was discovered by a survey carried out by the National Office of
HIV Cases in Latin America Increased 21% in 10 Years
During the last 10 years, HIV cases in Latin America increased 21%, and this situation has been made more severe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, deaths from AIDS related illnesses went down 8% in the same period of time, however that rate went down