The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

06 July 2015    4178 visit
JOHANNESBURG, 1 December 2011 (IRIN) - With a shortfall as high as US$6 billion and forced to cancel its latest round of funding, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria is at a crossroads, and a far cry from where it started. In this timeline, IRIN/PlusNews looks back at the international funding mechanism that revolutionised the fight against HIV and has put 2.8 million...

Self-testing helps combat HIV in adolescents

06 July 2015    3969 visit
Today only half of people living with HIV are aware of their status. This "testing gap", coupled with the importance of early treatment for HIV, is driving interest in of the role of self-testing for HIV. WHO “If I went to a clinic and the tester was someone I knew, I would just greet her, ask about her family and then go away without being tested for HIV. Most people have to go to clinics...

Breakthrough Global Agreement Sharply Lowers Price of Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV

06 July 2015    3744 visit
20 July 2015   VANCOUVER — Global partners in the Diagnostics Access Initiative have joined with Roche Diagnostics to announce a 35 percent reduction in the price for HIV early infant diagnostic technologies. The new access price is US$9.40 per test, including proprietary reagents and consumables associated with diagnosing HIV in very young children. Partners involved in the negotiation of...