Tag: HIV
Research shows that the use of voluntary peers in the treatment of HIV infection gives good results – news Trøndelag
In the office at St. Olav’s hospital in Trondheim, infectious disease nurse Ingrid Slørdal has received several hundred patients, all of whom have had one thing in common. They have…
Rumors of rape and HIV infection in nightclubs – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
– This case is probably just fabrication and rumours, says general secretary Anne-Karin Kolstad of HIV Norway. In recent days, the organization has received several messages from people who are…
HIV infections in children have halved in ten years: – It is time to put an end to HIV as a threat to public health
Worldwide, the number of children under five who get HIV has fallen by 50 per cent. From 320,000 a year in 2010 to 160,000 in 2021, according to figures from…
Zimbabwe takes another important step in the fight against HIV
Back in the 80s, a new and unknown virus spread. HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, infected millions of people. In the southern African country of Zimbabwe alone, in the mid-1990s…
Botswana fights HIV transmission from mother to child
In just two decades, a national health program in Botswana with relatively few funds has prevented HIV transmission from mother to child. Before, it was as many as 40 percent…