Category: HIV/AIDS

The authorities in Mozambique say over 14,000 HIV patients have abandoned antiretroviral therapy in the first three months of the year in the central province of Zambézia. Male patients form the largest part of those no longer taking the drugs, according to Dr Cheinaze Veríssimo - the provincial head of the HIV Programme in the region. He blamed stigma and prejudice associated with HIV for the high rate of defaulters. Read Also: Hoodlums Kill Three, Loot Hospitals in Darfur – MSF Over 300,000 patients receive HIV antiretroviral care in Zambézia province. “The challenge we have now is in relation to those patients who drop out. If the person abandons treatment, the virus automatically gains more strength, the person gets sick and can even, in some cases, lead to death," ...

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Ms Byanyima as the UNAIDS Executive Director and a United Nations Under-Secretary-General following a comprehensive selection process that involved a search committee constituted by members of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board. The UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations made the final recommendation on the appointment to the Secretary-General. Ms Byanyima has more than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and humanitarian engagement. According to a statement, She will bring a wealth of experience and commitment in harnessing the power of governments, multilateral agencies, the private sector and civil society to end the AIDS epidemic around the world. Byanyima has ...

HIV/AIDS

Thousands Abandon HIV Drugs In Mozambique

UN appoints Winnie Byanyima as UNAIDS New Executive Director