Tag: HIV/AIDS

• Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:22 UTC

  Brazil's health watchdog gives nod to HIV vaccine

  

  Brazil's Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) approved on Monday the use of the drug Sunlenca (lenacapavir) for HIV-1 prevention as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:40 UTC

  Paraguayan health authorities tackle tuberculosis, HIV and other diseases

  

  Paraguay’s Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a joint technical mission to strengthen the country’s response to HIV and tuberculosis, focusing on eliminating HIV, mother-to-child transmission of HIV, congenital syphilis, hepatitis B, and Chagas disease, as well as managing advanced HIV, TB, and HIV/TB co-infection.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2025 - 09:25 UTC

  Brazilian authorities to encourage use of DIY HIV tests

  

  Brazilian agencies encouraged manufacturers to pack their do-it-yourself HIV self-test kits more discreetly to encourage people to use them at home and avoid crowding healthcare facilities, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Italian pharmaceuticals to be produced in Chile with Bill Gates grant

  

  The Bill Gates Foundation has allocated a grant to Italian company ReiThera Srl to produce Chile vaccines against COVID-19, it was announced.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 01:19 UTC

  Shortage of HIV medication for patients under state-run health care in Argentina causes grave concern

  

  The GEP Foundation Monday reported the lack of medicines which comprise the antiretroviral schemes used by the 86,338 people with HIV who are under antiretroviral treatment in Argentina.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 17:22 UTC

  WHO warns about the spread of gonorrhea, and failure of antibiotics

  

  Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization says. It is warning that if you contract gonorrhea, it is now much harder to treat and in some cases impossible.

• Thursday, November 26th 2015 - 07:40 UTC

  International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  

  On 25 November, the World Health Organization (WHO) joins partners in calling for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls to ensure their health, well-being and human rights.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 17:22 UTC

  Cardiovascular diseases remain number one cause of death, says WHO

  

  Cardiovascular diseases remain the number one cause of death throughout the world, and killed nearly 17 million people in 2011, that is 3 in every 10 deaths. Of these, 7 million people died of ischemic heart disease and 6.2 million from stroke, reports the World Health Organization.