’26 New HIV infections every hour’

According to state data, the rate of new HIV diagnoses remained stable from 2009 to 2012, but rose in 2013. Globally there are an estimated 34 million people who have the virus.

In the effort to help countries implement the “treat all” recommendation, World Health Organization presents an additional set of recommendations on how to expand ART to all in a rapid, focused, and efficient manner.

“Nigeria has left HIV treatment and interventions in the hands of donors”.

For every 10 people who have HIV, six of them don’t know they have it.

Warren was hanging the red scarves around Moncton for World AIDS Day.

Bolivian AIDS patients also face another problem; stigma and discrimination against them still persists in Bolivian society, even among health workers.

The White House statement said the United States has made “significant progress” over the last five years in the fight against the illness, through the country’s first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which was released in 2010 and updated in July by the Obama administration.

Executive Director of NZAF, Shaun Robinson, says World AIDS Day is just as important now as it ever has been and believes we have the ability to end HIV transmissions within the decade. The Foundation is also calling for more education, increased access to healthcare around the world, and deeper compassion for people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS.

Marking World AIDS Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for a fast-track approach to break the epidemic and prevent it from rebounding.

“If we were all tested then we could really identify who is living with HIV and who isn’t and we could get people into care”, HIV Services Supervisor, Kelly Kibirige said.