Gulf News, 15 May 2014

Nearly 500 new HIV-Aids cases recorded in the first quarter of this year

Manila: The Philippines might not be able to comply with the call of the United Nations to reduce the number of HIV and Aids cases in the country, officials said on Thursday.

The call was for the number of cases to be reduced to less than one per cent of the country's general population in 2015, due to the number of cases rising by 25 per cent, senior officials and non-government leaders said.

"This could happen because the government has been remiss in undertaking a massive information campaign to stop the spread of HIV-Aids. It should have been done five years ago to make the Philippines achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target that HIV-Aids cases should be less than one per cent of a country's population," said youth commissioner Percival Cendana on the eve of the observance of the International Aids Candlelight Memorial (IACM) at Manila's Bonifacio Park on May 16.

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Antara News, 15 Mei 2014

Samarinda (ANTARA News) - Ketua Komunitas Peduli AIDS (KPA) Plus Penajam Paser Utara, Kalimantan Timur, Jodi menyatakan satu keluarga yang terdiri dari suami dan istri serta dua anaknya di kabupaten itu positif terinfeksi virus yang memperlemah kekebalan tubuh atau HIV.

"Pasangan suami istri tersebut sudah lama terinfeksi HIV dari penggunaan jarum suntik narkoba. Kedua anaknya, satu berusia delapan tahun dan satunya lagi masih balita juga dinyatakan positif HIV. Kondisi ini membuat kami prihatin sebab dalam satu keluarga semuanya terinfeksi HIV," ungkap Jodi di Penajam Paser Utara, Rabu.

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Fox News, 14 May 2014

It might have become an international joke when Venezuela briefly ran out of toilet paper supplies a year ago, but a public health crisis is gripping the troubled nation – and it's no laughing matter.

The country is running short on supplies of antiretroviral medicines to treat the HIV-AIDS virus, affecting about 50,000 Venezuelans taking the medicine that prevents the HIV virus from turning into full blown AIDS. Non-profit groups in Venezuela claim that thousands of patients are now living without the medication.

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the Moscow Times, 14 May 2014

As Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova trumpeted Russia's progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, critics insist that the government policy prohibiting methadone substitution continues to hamper efforts to slow the spread of the disease.

"In Russia today, 463 out of every 100,000 people are infected with HIV. In other countries that boast of their preventative efforts, the prevalence is higher. In the U.S., 600 out of 100,000 people are infected. In Brazil, the infection rate is about 500," Skortsova said in a speech Monday during a conference on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The Moscow Times could not independently verify these statistics. Neither the World Health Organization nor UNAID included Russian data in their most recent comparative reports on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Turkish Press, 14 May 2014

KAMPALA – Following months of debate, the Ugandan parliament on Tuesday passed a bill criminalizing the intentional transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.

The bill, which calls for a ten-year jail term and fines of up to $1905 for anyone convicted of intentionally transmitting HIV to another person, has raised concerns that the legislation will be used to stigmatize people with HIV.

"Anything that criminalizes HIV... does not help us in our fight against HIV/AIDS," Health Minister Ruhakana Rugunda told Anadolu Agency.

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