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An ARV tablet being held in Kisumu, Kenya

Health United Kingdom

14. September 2025

Children’s Immune Systems May Be Key to HIV Cure

New findings suggest that children treated with antiretroviral drugs within the first six months of life could achieve long-term HIV remission—raising hope for the first scalable cure.

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Edwin Motse, an HIV-positive Aids activist in Botswana with his daughter Ompi

Health Botswana

11. September 2025

An Extraordinary Transformation towards an AIDS-Free Generation

Botswana has achieved what once seemed impossible: almost eliminating HIV transmission from mothers to their babies, making it the first high-HIV-burden country to earn the World Health Organization’s Gold Tier recognition.

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Health The World

10. November 2024

Numbers Don’t Lie: Medical Investments Save Many, Many Lives

According to a newly released report, as of the end of 2023, massive investments led to saving 65 million lives and cutting the combined death rate from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by 61% since 2002.

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A doctor seeing a patient in a clinic in Mukono, central Uganda

Health Sub-Saharan Africa

16. September 2024

Fighting HIV Helps Us Live Longer

A newly published report from the United Nations shows that thanks to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, life expectancy went from 56 years old in 2010 to 61 years old in 2023.

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Health Namibia

7. September 2023

HIV/AIDS Epidemic is Seeing Its End in This Country

Namibia is on track to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic ahead of previously-scheduled predictions.

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Health The World

9. October 2022

Countries Band Together to Fight Deadly Diseases

Many countries have just funded the seventh replenishment for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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Health Argentina

14. August 2022

No More HIV Tests Before You Start Working Here

The South American country of Argentina is updating its legislation regarding sexually transmitted infections, thus adopting a more comprehensive approach focused on health and human rights, in a drive to curb stigma and discrimination.

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Health Australia

18. February 2022

HIV Elimination Is Now Within Reach Here

HIV diagnoses have hit an all-time low in Australia, thanks to the country’s early and effective response strategy.

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Health USA

9. December 2021

A Cure for an Incurable Disease: This Method Sparks Hope

Stem cell technology has given hope to scientists around the world that HIV, a disease long thought to be incurable, now has a cure in sight.

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Health Switzerland

10. June 2021

Turns Out We Can End AIDS!

Since dozens of countries have achieved or exceeded their 2020 targets in their fight against AIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS plans to set brand new targets for 2025 - and eradicate the virus by 2030.