Etiket: HIV
prejudices about HIV carriers persist in 2024
Published on 03/23/2024 5:03 p.m. Update on 03/23/2024 5:13 p.m. Video length: 1 min Sidaction: prejudices about HIV carriers persist in 2024 On the occasion of the 30th edition of…
“There is still a long way to go” to end the HIV epidemic, says infectious disease specialist Gilles Pialoux
Despite years of prevention campaigns, around 5,000 people discovered their HIV status in 2022, according to Public Health France. A figure which shows that the fight against AIDS is still…
Eight years of legal proceedings | Seven years in prison for transmitting HIV to two women
After dragging out justice for eight years, a 60-year-old Montrealer was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for transmitting HIV to two women by hiding from them for years…
Alarming rise in HIV cases in Canada
(Montreal) The HIV epidemic is experiencing a resurgence in Canada as an “alarming increase” of 24.9% in cases has been reported across the country in 2022, according to the Canadian…
“Alarming increase” of 24.9% in HIV cases in Canada
The HIV epidemic is experiencing a resurgence in Canada as an “alarming increase” of 24.9% in cases has been reported across the country in 2022, according to the Canadian Foundation…
starting antiretroviral treatment early promotes HIV control, study finds
Welcome radio replay The science ticket This is new hope, researchers have demonstrated that taking antiviral treatment just four weeks after an HIV infection was a key element of remission.…
starting antiretroviral treatment early promotes HIV control, study finds
Welcome radio replay The science ticket This is new hope, researchers have demonstrated that taking antiviral treatment just four weeks after an HIV infection was a key element of remission.…
The number of HIV cases jumped 120% in Montreal
The number of cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) jumped by 120% in Montreal in 2022, reveals a report from the Regional Public Health Department. • Read also: Ending AIDS…
a look back at 40 years of the fight against HIV
Welcome Health AIDS Published on 02/12/2023 11:34 Video length: 1 min World AIDS Day: a look back at 40 years of the fight against HIV Discovered in 1983, HIV caused…
The true or false junior responds to preconceived ideas about HIV and AIDS
In the true or false junior, students ask us questions about the modes of transmission of HIV, the treatments that allow you to live with HIV and the means to…
“2,500 people each year discover their HIV status at too advanced a stage,” regrets the Director General of Public Health France
Welcome Health AIDS “You need to get tested as soon as possible. You can get tested without a prescription,” recalls Caroline Semaille, director general of Public Health France. Published on…
The true or false junior responds to preconceived ideas about HIV and AIDS
In the true or false junior, students ask us questions about the modes of transmission of HIV, the treatments that allow you to live with HIV and the means to…
120% increase in HIV cases in Montreal
New diagnoses of HIV infection are exploding in the Montreal region. Their number increased from 141 in 2021 to 310 in 2022, a record figure for ten years, according to…
the HIV virus was discovered 40 years ago
Welcome Health AIDS Published on 01/12/2023 23:09 Update on 01/12/2023 23:21 Video length: 1 min World AIDS Day: the virus was discovered 40 years ago Friday December 1, 2023, the…
“2,500 people each year discover their HIV status at too advanced a stage,” regrets the Director General of Public Health France
Welcome Health AIDS “You need to get tested as soon as possible. You can get tested without a prescription,” recalls Caroline Semaille, director general of Public Health France. Published on…
“In France 5,000 people a year discover their HIV status”, indicates the scientific director at Sidaction
Welcome Health AIDS Sidaction Published on 01/12/2023 17:32 Video duration: 5 min Fight against AIDS: “In France, 5,000 people discover their HIV status every year,” says the scientific director at…
What is missing to eradicate HIV?
Public health, global health, population health, all frameworks for reflection and action which should have made it possible for more than 40 years to eradicate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).…
we need “awareness campaigns on what life with HIV is like”, pleads Sidaction
Welcome Health AIDS Sidaction “Scientific progress does not matter”, the prejudices are the same as in the 1980s and 1990s, deplores the general director of Sidaction Florence Thune. Young people…
nearly 5,000 patients recalled to be tested for hepatitis and HIV after a failure to sterilize dental equipment at Tarbes-Lourdes hospital
Welcome Health AIDS All of them have passed through the Tarbes-Lourdes hospital center and its dental department in recent years. Published on 10/11/2023 1:01 p.m. Reading time : 1 minute…
HIV Conference | The new challenges of prophylaxis
This Sunday July 23 opens in Australia on the 12e International AIDS Society (IAS) HIV Congress. The successes of prophylaxis in the rich countries extend to the poor countries… but…