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Annual World AIDS Day on December the 1st is an important day to educate people and break down the stigma around HIV and related illnesses. While many view the virus as an epidemic of the 1980s and '90s, almost 37-million people still live with the condition around the world today. Islam Gul Afridi…

15 Aug 2022

Every year, ACON recruits volunteers for its Red Ribbon appeal to help raise awareness about HIV and collect funds to support those living with the virus.

30 Nov 2017

5 min read

Professor Sharon Lewin, director of Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne said " It is unlikely to cure HIV by 2030 but it is feasible to treat HIV positive people and prevent HIV transmition".

10 May 2020

A documentary from Vice and HBO looks at the progress being made in the fight against the deadly disease.

04 Dec 2017

3 min read

When they were diagnosed, HIV/AIDS was seen as a death sentence: the Grim Reaper. But medical science eventually found ways to hold AIDS back. Long-term survivors, some now feeling a survivor’s guilt, recall preparing to die – and remember the many who did.

The life expectancy for young HIV-positive people in the US and Europe has risen by a decade, according to research in a UK medical journal.

11 May 2017

3 min read

December 1st is the World Aids Day and SBS Malayalam took initiative in spreading awareness about this disease. Listen to an interview with Dr Cherian Varghese who works as a General Practitioner in Brisbane. He has served in South Africa also for many years….

20 Oct 2021

Sir Bob Geldof says indifference and prejudice must be overcome if HIV/AIDS health workers are to secure the funds needed to find a cure.

25 Jul 2014

3 min read

SBS World News Radio: HIV infection rates have increased among Indigenous Australians and people from Asian backgrounds.

06 Mar 2017

3 min read

The case has provided hope that the virus could be eliminated.

05 Mar 2019

4 min read