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HIV/AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is transmitted through blood and body fluids and gradually weakens the immune system - usually over a three to ten year period – leading to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. A number of opportunistic infections (OIs) such as candidiasis, pneumonia, and various kinds of tumours are able to flourish as the immune system weakens. Some OIs can be treated, whilst others are life-threatening.
The most common opportunistic infection leading to death is tuberculosis (TB). Many people live for years without symptoms and may not know they have been infected with HIV. A simple blood test can confirm HIV status. › more on HIV/AIDS
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» Children Living With HIV Deserve Fair Treatment - Child-Adapted Medicines, Diagnostics, and Treatment Strategies Urgently Needed › 05/04/08
» Health Care Worker Shortages in Southern Africa Causing Fatal Delays in Bringing AIDS Care to Those in Urgent Need › 03/04/08
» INTERVIEW - Dr David Wilson -Treatment to Prevent Blindness at an “Impossible Price”
» The
Feminisation of HIV/AIDS › Special Feature › Dec
2007
» World Aids Day 2007 › Special Feature › 1 Dec
2007
» After the hand over of its last project, MSF leaves Rwanda › Press Release › 12 Dec
2007
» World Aids Day: CMV The Neglected Virus › Project › 1 Dec
2007
» Slideshow - AIDS program in Homa Bay › Slideshow › Dec 2007
» Treating HIV/AIDS
in Zimbabwe › Feature › June
2007
» The Second-Line AIDS
Crisis: Condemned to Repeat › Feature › 13 April 2007
» Haiti: heavy
fighting erupts in Cite Soleil, a deprived slum of Port-au-Prince
-
MSF keeps assisting those wounded in the clashes › Feature › Feb
2007
» My Life with HIV › Special
Feature › Dec 2006
» World AIDS Day
2006 › Special
Feature › Dec
2006
» HIV/AIDS treatment
in Laos at Savannakhet Hospital › Feature › Aug 2006
» South Africa: Increasing numbers attend the ‘one-stop’ Simelela Centre for Rape victims in Khayelitsha › Feature › Aug
2006
» “Blue House”
helping with HIV/AIDS and TB in Kenyan slums › Feature ›
Aug 2006
» New
msf data shows treatment of children works › Press Release ›
Aug 2006
» WHO
sticks head in sand over high cost of newer AIDS drugs › Press
Release › Aug 2006
» Tackling HIV/AIDS in Resource
Poor Settings › Article › June 2006
» MSF team frustrated about closed doors in China › Project › June
2006
» Natalia's diary from Angola › Project › May
2006
» Stigmatization
and Treatment of HIV in China › Feature › Mar 2006
» World TB Day 2006 : Children, forgotten victims of a neglected disease › Feature › Mar
2006
» 2005 World AIDS Day › Feature › Dec
2005
» 2005 World AIDS Day › Press Release › Dec
2005
» Treatments for children
with AIDS › e-news › Dec 2005
» HIV/AIDS in Laos through
new eyes › e-news › Dec 2005
» The mobile clinics of Nimba in Liberia › Project› Nov
2005
» Cote d'Ivoire in crisis: the challenges for MSF › Project› Nov
2005
» Challenges of
HIV treatment in Laos › Feature › Sep 2005
» HIV/AIDS in Latin
America- Virus in Paradise › Feature › Aug 2005
» Mozambique :: Stories
from the field › e-news › Aug 2005
» Brazil :: Treating children
with HIV/AIDS › e-news › Aug 2005
» Medical responsibility,
the driving factor in AIDS treatment › e-news › Jul
2005
» Nicolette Jackson in Ethiopia › Letter › Jul
2005
» Watch and listen
to BBC features on AIDS treatment in South Africa › Feature
› May 2005
» Ivory Coast :
STI Crisis in the West Fuelling AIDS › Feature › Apr
2005
» News from Liberia › e-news › Apr
2005
» Ukraine :: Revolutions
do not stop epicemics › Letter › Mar 2005
» 2005 World TB Day › Feature › Mar
2005
» Myanmar :: Breaking down
barriers to disease in remote areas › Project › Feb 2005
» Final
report for TB-HIV Integration › Report › Feb 2005
» 2004 World AIDS Day › e-news › Dec
2004
» Guatemala Repeals Law
Restricting Access to Medicines › e-news › Dec 2004
» Tanzania :: New
HIV/AIDS Project › Project › Dec 2004
» 2004 THE YEAR IN REVIEW › Feature› Dec
2004
» Kenya :: First
public healthcare and HIV/AIDS programme in Kibera slum › Project
› Oct 2004
» Armenia :: People with mental health problems lack medical care › Feature› Oct
2004
» Letter from Zambia -
David Murray › e-news › Oct 2004
» The Cambodian
AIDS Epidemic › Crisis Zone › Sep 2004
» Treatment
in Meruake: Addressing a Growing Threat › Crisis Zone ›
Sep 2004
» Peru :: AIDS Treatment
Starts in Poor Suburbs of Lima › Project › Sep 2004
» Uganda :: Two Pills
a Day – Treat HIV/AIDS Now! › e-news › Aug 2004
» HIV/AIDS &
home-based care in western Kenya › Feature › Aug 2004
» Scaling the wall
to provide HIV/AIDS treatment in China › Feature › Jul
2004
» China :: Mr Wang –
Patient Power › Project › Jul 2004
» China :: Adherence
to HIV treatment in China › Project › Jun 2004
» The challenges
of a HIV/AIDS Project in Arua › Feature › May 2004
» Today : An Australian
doctor in China › Feature › Apr 2004
» Stories from Angola :: Palestra in Cuemba › Feature › Apr
2004
» Democratic Republic of Congo :: I have no joy, no peace of mind › Feature › Apr
2004
» China :: HIV/AIDS
project in Xiangfan › Project › Mar 2004
» Two People with HIV/AIDS
overturn AIDS drug patent › e-news › Mar 2004
» Myanmar [Burma] :: An
Interview with Dr. Frank Smithuis › Project › Jan 2004
» 2003 World AIDS
Day › Feature › Dec 2003
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