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According to the World Health Organization, AIDS is the leading cause of death among women between the ages of 15 and 44. Originally, health officials thought HIV and AIDS mostly affected homosexual men. However, women have always suffered from the disease, too.
The Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation is preparing to launch its very first community campaign in Tucson. The objective is to raise awareness when it comes to AIDS and HIV.
After state budget cuts forced the closure of its drop-in center in Salinas, Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services has gone mobile with its needle exchange program.
The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS.
Braggs Public School has selected Barbara Williams from the Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health, a certified prevention specialist, to present the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for grades 9-12 and an STD Prevention Program for Grades 5-8.
More than 4,500 rapid HIV test kits are being donated to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's 2009 Testing Millions Global Campaign, to commemorate World AIDS Day 2009 on December 1st.
KAMPALA, 16 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is revamping its national HIV information campaign after HIV prevention messages were less successful than hoped.
Tip sheet of University of Virginia Darden School of Business professors available to comment on the fight against HIV/AIDS and why governments and the private sector must collaborate to win the battle.
When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where few of those services exist.
About 25 million people are infected with HIV or AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, a local church is teaming up with an international organization to help put a personal touch on those overwhelming numbers.
Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy premiered his solo track "One at a Time" about his travels with MTV's Staying Alive Foundation, a nonprofit that supports young people working to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS in their community.
Official estimates vary, but somewhere between 30 and 40 million people in the world live with AIDS or HIV. Two-thirds of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa, says Joshua Mroczka, 25, a Cleveland native who helped establish an exhibit showing how AIDS has devastated Africa.
HIV and AIDS are often associated with a homosexual demographic; but heterosexual, African American women, ages 24 to 34, represent the fastest growing demographic
Many patients with HIV/AIDS experience numerous challenges beyond those posed by the physical effects of their disease—including poverty, mental illness, drug addiction, social alienation, racism, and homophobia.
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) faculty are exploring avenues to more effective, community-based prevention and treatment of HIV.
According to Smarajit Jana, sex workers in India claim they are grateful to HIV/AIDS because it finally gave them the attention they deserved from fellow human beings. Yesterday afternoon, Jana, founder of The Sonagachi Project, discussed the question of morality for sex work in a lecture in Stiteler Hall. He stressed that the Indian government and non-governmental organizations alike began ...
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