News by topic

Search through all our worldwide HIV and AIDS news and features, using the topics below to filter your results by subjects including HIV treatment, transmission and prevention, and hepatitis and TB co-infections.

History of HIV and AIDS news

Show

From To
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Infected blood scandal: key files overlooked by Department of Health

Exclusive: documents missed in supposedly thorough search appear vital to public inquiry

Published
07 May 2019
From
The Guardian
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Infected blood may have been given after safe date, inquiry hears

Testimony raises questions about assurances provided on screening out of hepatitis C

Published
03 May 2019
From
The Guardian
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Blood scandal teens made pact to discover their killer

A group of teenagers with haemophilia who were infected by contaminated blood made a pact that whoever survived would find out what was killing them, a public inquiry has heard.

Published
03 May 2019
From
BBC News
People and personal stories
‘There was no future’: victims share impact of infected blood scandal

Patients infected with HIV and hepatitis C give emotional evidence on first day of inquiry

Published
01 May 2019
From
The Guardian
Activism
Drag troupe 'The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence' mark 40 years of 'dragtivism'

Four decades since they began in San Francisco, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and their campy activism have inspired others, according to member Sister Roma.

Published
23 April 2019
From
NBC News
History of HIV and AIDS
How mass rape in genocide transformed Rwanda's response to AIDS

Rwanda is this week commemorating the 25th anniversary of a dark chapter of human history: a time when extremist ethnic Hutus slaughtered more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus - one tenth of the population - over three months. About 250,000 mostly Tutsi women were raped by Hutu government soldiers and allied extremist militia. And as a result, about one in four victims contracted the HIV/AIDS virus.

Published
11 April 2019
From
Reuters
Activism
A Farewell to Project Inform from HIV Research Advocate David Evans

The HIV community was dealt a sad blow this week when it was announced that the iconic non-profit HIV treatment advocacy organization, Project Inform, will end its programs. Project Inform’s Director of Research Advocacy, David Evans, has been working with the organization in various capacities for the last 27 years. In this message shared with My Fabulous Disease, David reflects on Project Inform’s legacy and on the influence of its legendary founder, Martin Delaney. We must all honor this legacy by ensuring that HIV treatment advocacy remain at the forefront of our movement.

Published
18 March 2019
From
My Fabulous Disease
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Hundreds of contaminated blood files ‘checked out by Government officials’

Hundreds of files relating to contaminated blood were removed by Government officials and went missing, it has emerged. A Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) investigation conducted last year following the start of the Infected Blood Inquiry found around 950 files relating to blood policy had been “checked out” by staff going back years.

Published
11 February 2019
From
ITV News
Bad science and bogus treatments
Quest to Solve Assassination Mystery Revives an AIDS Conspiracy Theory

A former militia member claims that his organization used phony vaccinations in the early 1990s to spread H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, in an attempt to wipe out the black population in South Africa. Scientists immediately cast doubt on the claim, which they called medically dubious.

Published
28 January 2019
From
New York Times
Religion and faith
The Catholic Nun Who Came to New York to Confront the AIDS Crisis

In the 1980s the Catholic Church was notorious for its prejudice when it came to HIV and AIDS. But figures like Sister Carol Baltosiewich from Illinois were determined to do good.

Published
21 January 2019
From
The Daily Beast
← Prev12345...41Next →

Filter by country

Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
close

This content was checked for accuracy at the time it was written. It may have been superseded by more recent developments. NAM recommends checking whether this is the most current information when making decisions that may affect your health.

NAM’s information is intended to support, rather than replace, consultation with a healthcare professional. Talk to your doctor or another member of your healthcare team for advice tailored to your situation.