the Guardian, 24 July 2014

THE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said the 2.6 million people living with HIV in Benue and Cross River States are to benefit from improved access to qualitative treatment.

To this end, the Red cross in collaboration with United Nation Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), called on stakeholders in the health sector and partners to join them in the implementation of an intensive Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) campaign to improve access to service for 2.6 million people in the two states.

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All Africa, 24 July 2014

THE Minister of Industry and Commerce Mike Bimha has lamented the damage HIV and AIDS have had on the Zimbabwe workforce and said this devastation has reversed development and retarded the economic growth of the country.

Addressing business people at the National AIDS Council (NAC) Business Conference on HIV and AIDS at Holiday Inn Hotel in Bulawayo, Minister Bimha said regardless of "significant progress made in the response to HIV" the country was still grappling with problems brought about by the disease.

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the Costa Rica News, 23 July 2014

The HIV-AIDS infections in Latin America descend lower than in other areas

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The number of HIV infections and AIDS in Latin America descends but does it to a lesser extent than in other regions of the world, something that worries the UN today which was presented today in a report on the overall state of the epidemic.

In Latin America, every hour 10 people are infected with the virus, the report says.

"Latin America worries me specifically. The rate of the decline of new infections with the virus of HIV-AIDS in Latin America is lower than in other regions and is lower than in Africa, and there are countries where we observe an increase in infections or do not observe the descent we should," Luiz Loures, deputy executive director of UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting the disease, affirmed.

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Australia Network News, 24 July 2014

Experts fear Cambodia's well-earned reputation as a leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS could be undermined by government policy targeting the country's high-risk groups.

Over the past 15 years, government action and large amounts of money from donors have seen the infection rate drop from 2 per cent in 1998 to an estimated 0.7 per cent today.

The bulk of the $50 million the country spent tackling HIV in 2012 has come from donors such as the Global Fund, the United States Government and the Australian Government.

All those millions have allowed the Cambodian Government to target high-risk groups, to put in place a well-regarded prevention program and to ensure those who need treatment receive it.

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