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Society 1 year ago

PREMIUM
UNAIDS calls for urgent efforts in Asia-Pacific to end AIDS by 2030

A new global AIDS report by UNAIDS suggests that Asia-Pacific governments must invest urgently in prevention programs and community-led initiatives for the region, among those with the highest prevalence in the world, can attain its 2030 AIDS prevention goal.

Interview 2 years ago

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Ending HIV, hepatitis by 2030 unlikely without drug-policy reform

World governments need to decriminalize drug use, drug possession for personal use, and the possession of drug paraphernalia.

Academia 2 years ago

We can end AIDS in women and children if we follow the proven path

In Indonesia, an estimated 18,000 children were living with HIV in 2022, but only 29 percent of them were receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

China to resume issuing all visa types for first time since 2020

China said it will start re-issuing all categories of visas to foreigners from Wednesday, dropping the final cross-border control measure it imposed three years ago to guard against the spread of COVID-19.

Environment 3 years ago

UN to take first step towards 'historic' plastic treaty

The United Nations is to launch formal negotiations on Wednesday for a global treaty to address a plastic trash "epidemic" that supporters say is a historic moment for the planet.

National 4 years ago

PREMIUM
Dengue threat lingers amid COVID-19 case surge

Four hundred of the country’s 514 regencies and cities have reported cases of dengue fever this year.

Opinion 4 years ago

Forty years on, far too many Indonesians are still dying from AIDS

Without an accelerated treatment coverage, the number of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in Indonesia will simply not decline fast enough, potentially costing many lives along the way.

World 5 years ago

Ebola: profile of a prolific killer

Ebola was first identified in central Africa in 1976. The tropical virus was named after a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- then known as Zaire.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Scientists on guard over 'mutant' mink coronavirus

Coronavirus transmission from minks to humans does not necessarily mean the disease will become more dangerous, but scientists are on their guard in the wake of an astounding announcement from Denmark.

Environment 5 years ago

How climate change could expose new epidemics

Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly and disfiguring smallpox; a dengue or zika "season" in Europe. These could be disaster movie storylines, but they are also serious and increasingly plausible scenarios of epidemics unleashed by global warming, scientists say.