Europe Decoded World AIDS Day: Fight against HIV being forgotten amid COVID pandemic During the first year of the COVID pandemic, 40 countries, mostly in Africa, reported a decline in HIV testing, vital to preventing the spread of the virus. 01/12/2021
Health World AIDS Day: HIV diagnoses dropped by 24% during COVID-19 pandemic In many countries, lockdowns have led to steep drops in HIV diagnoses, referrals to care services, and HIV treatment initiations, according to two reports. 01/12/2021
Culture news World AIDS Day: Television shows, podcasts, and plays that educated us Here are some of culture's most crucial offerings that helped us gain awareness of the plight of HIV and AIDS sufferers worldwide. 01/12/2021
Opinion World AIDS Day: We need global responses to tackle all pandemics To end the global Covid pandemic, richer nations need to focus their vaccines, health technologies and finance on poorer countries too. 01/12/2021
Health Argentine woman may be second person to naturally recover from HIV The HIV virus appears to have disappeared from this patient's body, researchers said. 18/11/2021
The Cube Social media firms sanction Bolsonaro over COVID vaccine claims YouTube said it had suspended the Brazilian President for one week, while Facebook and Instagram have removed his live broadcast from last week. 26/10/2021
Good Morning Europe WHO calls on leaders to maintain HIV services during COVID-19 pandemic Amid the pandemic, the World Health Organisation is also urging governments not to forget measures to curb HIV infections. 01/12/2020
world news Europeans find they're HIV positive '3 years after they are infected' Figures released on World AIDS Day show infection and death rates are falling, but experts warn many people spend years without knowing they are infected. 30/11/2020
Good Morning Europe The other pandemic: HIV/AIDS fight hit by coronavirus crisis UNAIDS has warned that coronavirus-related disruptions in HIV treatment could result in half a million excess deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. 06/07/2020
USA Playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer dies aged 84 “The one nice thing that I seem to have acquired, accidentally, is this reputation of everyone afraid of my voice,” Kramer once said. 28/05/2020
United Kingdom World Aids Day: how did Edinburgh become the 'Aids capital of Europe'? How did the Scottish capital become known as the Aids capital of Europe in the 1980s? The answer lies somewhere between Tory austerity, the 1979 Islamic Revolution and pioneering research. 01/12/2019
View Why stigma is still Europe's biggest barrier to preventing the spread and treatment of HIV ǀ View Whilst I agree that funding is certainly one of the main foundations needed to implement free access to the HIV-prevention drug, I would argue that this issue is very much engrained in societal attitudes towards gay and bisexual men, as well as broader government policies concerning LGBT rights. 25/10/2019
France Global Fund raises its targeted €12 billion to fight pandemics Global Fund raises its targeted €12 billion to fight pandemics 10/10/2019
France France calls for funds to 'intensify' Global Fund fight against AIDS The Global Fund Forum aims to save 16 million lives within the next four years as well as averting 234 million infections worldwide. 09/10/2019
The Cube French charity publishes deepfake of Trump saying 'AIDS is over' A deepfake video developed by French charity Solidarité Sida features US President Donald Trump saying ''AIDS is over''. But should fake news be used in this way? 09/10/2019
Good Morning Europe World leaders gather in France for Global Fund initiative A conference in France, which kicked off on Wednesday, aims to raise funds to combat deadly diseases and condemn them to the history books. 09/10/2019
United Kingdom Watch: AIDS awareness animation featuring Freddie Mercury released The video tells the story of two white blood cells, one of whom is infected with the virus, who fall in love. Mercury, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1991, performs his 1985 track Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow. 05/09/2019
France Sir Elton John is awarded France's highest civilian award Emmanuel Macron used the occasion to urge international mobilisation for the combatting of Aids- one of the showman's dearest causes. 22/06/2019
United Kingdom AIDS drugs reduce transmission to 'zero', study finds Nearly 1,000 gay male couples across Europe took part in the eight-year study. 03/05/2019
Cinema Ximei documentary premieres at Geneva Human Rights Film Festival Ximei documentary produced by Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei premieres at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva 19/03/2019
View No new HIV cases by 2030 is a pipe dream without NHS funding ǀ View UK health secretary Matt Hancock’s goal of England being the first country in the world with no new cases of HIV by 2030 seems ambitious at best - and unrealistic at worst. 05/03/2019
world news HIV is on the rise in Europe, WHO report finds The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe have released the latest data to mark the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day. 01/12/2018
Good Morning Europe British MP reveals HIV positive status ahead of World AIDS Day Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle told parliament that he is HIV positive. Colleagues called his speech brave and moving. 30/11/2018
France France to fully reimburse condoms to combat AIDS People in France will soon be able to get free condoms if they are prescribed by a doctor. 27/11/2018
View Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has no idea what made Freddie Mercury Strong acting from Rami Malek and others can’t hide the film’s substantial plot flaws. 03/11/2018
Netherlands Thousands march to highlight the issues still surrounding AIDS virus Amsterdam's hosting the AIDS 2018 conference with over 15,000 participants this week 23/07/2018
