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22 July 2016

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AIDS 2016: Starting treatment on the day of HIV diagnosis improves retention and viral suppression, Haiti study shows

13 July 2016

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UNAIDS calls for urgent action to close ‘prevention gap’

UNAIDS has raised the alarm on new HIV infections among adults and the need to step up prevention efforts with 1.9 million adults becoming infected with HIV globally each year since 2010.

20 May 2016

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Organisations representing gay and drug user voices banned from UN High-Level Meeting

More than 20 organisations representing the voices of people who use drugs and LGBT communities have been banned by their countries from attending next month’s UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS.

23 February 2016

Vaginal rings containing antiretroviral moderately effective in preventing HIV – but not in the youngest women

Two recent studies show that vaginal rings are effective at cutting HIV infection rates among women. But the overall effectiveness was not significant - less than a third of infections were prevented.

30 April 2015