Hundreds of people have attended a vigil in Melbourne to remember the 36 million people around the world who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS.
New data shows tuberculosis now rivals HIV / AIDS as the world's most deadly infectious disease, killing about 1.5 million people a year.
“Whether it’s in the education system here in the UK, whether it’s across Africa or across the world, HIV needs to be treated exactly the same as any other disease.”
As around 12,000 delegates from about 200 countries gathered in Melbourne for the 20th International AIDS Conference, we take a look at the key events in the short history of HIV/AIDS.
The United Nations program on HIV-AIDS says the world could see the end of the AIDS epidemic in around 15 years.
Despite advances in medical treatment in past decades, millions of people around the world are still living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Four decades since HIV/AIDS was first detected, the number of cases in Australia and outcomes for those diagnosed have drastically improved. But as with the COVID-19 pandemic, it's not the case everywhere.
A look at how far we've come, and how far we have to go.
A newspaper headline in 1981 heralded the dawn of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Who can forget the Grim Reaper HIV AIDS awareness TV commercial of 1987? The Queensland government will resurrect the Grim Reaper for a new campaign as HIV infection rates are again on the rise.
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