HIV Infection

• Push continues to bring HIV testing into more Nova Scotia communities

  Point-of-care testing breaks down barriers that people may face when trying to access basic health-care services, says one expert with the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

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  Jul 3, 2019
  
• Hundreds of children infected with HIV in Pakistan town, local doctor arrested

  Used needles and improper blood transfusions are being blamed for hundreds of children in a Pakistani town becoming HIV-positive.

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  May 31, 2019
  
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• Fake doctor arrested for allegedly infecting 46 people with HIV in India

  It's the latest case to expose the paucity of healthcare in the country of 1.25 billion

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  Feb 7, 2018
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• Child born with HIV in remission for 9 years without regular treatment

  A South African nine-year-old is the world's third child born with HIV to go into remission, scientists have said.

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  Jul 24, 2017
• HIV prevention drug approved in US but not yet in Canada

  It’s called Truvada and studies have shown – as a prevention method - it can dramatically reduce HIV transmission.

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  Dec 1, 2015
• HIV rates still rising in Canada, but treatment is simpler, safer and effective

  Close to 27 percent of Canadians who are HIV-positive do not know. If caught right after infection, life expectancy for those living with HIV in Canada has increased and treatment is safer and well tolerated.

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  Nov 17, 2015
• HIV on the decline in B.C., but not among gay and bisexual men

  B.C.'s provincial health officer says that while we are making progress on reducing new HIV infections, gay and bisexual men are not experiencing the same reduction.

  Jul 14, 2014