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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

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Arizona House votes to repeal HIV/AIDS instruction law

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Arizona lawmakers took a major step toward repealing a 1991 law that bars HIV and AIDS instruction that "promotes a ...

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Why scientists want people living with HIV to start using climate-friendly ARVS

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, November 28, 2024

... antiretroviral (ARV) largely used in Kenya that they say is not climate-friendly due to high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Speaking to Healthy ... View article...

HIV infections can be prevented – why some people act to protect themselves, and others don't

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, November 29, 2024

People are at the heart of the HIV pandemic, so it's important to understand how they make protection decisions. View article...

Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week focuses on reducing stigma and promoting health equity

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

... HIV and AIDS. The national campaign includes activities and educational events tailored to various Indigenous groups. It aims to address common ... View article...

HIV Cases, Deaths Decline But Some Shortfalls Remain, Says UNAIDS

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, November 28, 2024

At least 9.3 million people living with HIV didn't receive antiretroviral therapy in 2023, and 1.3 million acquired it. View article...

UNAIDS Report: 46 Million Could Live with HIV by 2050 Without Accelerated Progress

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, November 29, 2024

Fear of discriminatory treatment or unauthorised disclosure of HIV status is a key reason for many people not seeking HIV testing.Photograph ... View article...

New target set to curb China's HIV rate by 2030

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Since around 2012, the country has effectively halted HIV transmission through blood transfusions, reduced mother-to-child transmission and curbed the ... View article...

Where we stand with the HIV epidemic

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 06, 2024

New HIV infections have reduced by 60% since the peak in 1995 and deaths are down by a third. In 2023, 1.3m people became newly infected with HIV , ... View article...

'ViiV's HIV treatment breakthroughs offer hope, but stigma remains a barrier'

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 06, 2024

Advances in antiretroviral therapy have radically extended life expectancy for those diagnosed. Take, for example, a 20-year-old diagnosed in 2008 who ... View article...

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The Cuban punk rockers who intentionally gave themselves HIV/AIDS: 'Los Frikis' tells their story

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 20, 2024

In "Los Frikis," set in early 1990s Cuba, hundreds of young, disenfranchised Cubans inject themselves with HIV during the early years of the AIDS ... View article...

A transformative power to ensure sustainability of the AIDS response

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 20, 2024

Progress towards ending AIDS as a public health threat has been strongest in the countries and regions with sufficient investments in their HIV ... View article...

Merck reports positive results from pivotal phase 3 trials of once-daily, oral, two-drug, single ...

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 24, 2024

In the US, doravirine is approved for the treatment of adults with HIV -1 in combination with other antiretrovirals, as a single agent (Pifeltro) and a ... View article...

26000 children among 51000 AIDS-related deaths in Nigeria

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The inauguration of the committees took place in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, South-West Nigeria during a medical outreach ... View article...

Meet 4 Inspiring Global Health Leaders Who Are Tackling HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 20, 2024

... HIV -AIDS awareness, as they pose for photographers during an awareness campaign on World AIDS Day, in a business district of Bangalore, India ... View article...

Living with HIV since birth

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 20, 2024

Vanessa (not her real name) has lived with HIV her whole life. She was infected in the womb of her mother, an Indonesian who contracted HIV from ... View article...

Merck's HIV treatment meets main goal of two late-stage studies

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 20, 2024

GILD triple-combination tablet Biktarvy and various other antiretroviral therapies in suppressing replication of the virus, the company said. View article...

ART Use Rises Among US Medicare Enrollees Living With HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 24, 2024

A recent study showed that rates of antiretroviral therapy in enrollees living with HIV increased over the years, but women had low prescription ... View article...

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