Doctors complete first-ever kidney trans...

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Xinhua) -- For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with HIV, offering new hope for patients with the virus, docto

Mixed progress towards reducing TB death...

GENEVA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Five countries have already met and 18 more are on track to meet the UN target of reducing tuberculosis (TB) deaths among people living with HIV by 75 percent by 2020, th

HIV-infected overseas Filipino workers u...

MANILA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- More and more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a lawmaker said on Wednesday. Citing data from the Department of Heal

Number of people living with HIV/AIDS in...

ULAN BATOR, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The total number of HIV carriers and AIDS patients in Mongolia has reached 270 after two new HIV cases were registered in the country's capital here last month, the N

Some 538 Cambodians infected with HIV in...

PHNOM PENH, March 12 (Xinhua) -- About 538 people were newly infected with HIV in 2018 in Cambodia, remarkably down from 2,562 a decade ago, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Tuesday. HIV is the vi

What's been said on social media, March ...

The following is a selection of the latest posts on social media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda (@RwandaMFA on Twitter) China is an important partner for Rwa

HIV "undetectable" in patient after trea...

LONDON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A patient diagnosed with HIV and treated with stem cell transplant has been in remission for 18 months after his antiretroviral therapy (ARV) was discontinued, according t

Lawyers call for equal employment opport...

Some 70 lawyers from across China have called on the country's top authorities to take measures to safeguard the equal rights in employment for HIV-positive people. A letter co-signed by 73 lawyers s

London patient becomes second known man ...

A London patient has become the second known man worldwide to be cleared of AIDS virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, according to his doctor. The patient has

London patient becomes second known man ...

LONDON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A London patient has become the second known man worldwide to be cleared of AIDS virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, according to h