The International Centre of Research Chantal Biya, in Yaounde, it's an Inter-African and International centre of excellence which has the mission of contributing to the eradication of HIV and Aids infections through scientific research, medical assistance and the diffusion of health information.
To mark World Aids Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on global progress on cutting new infections and Aids-related deaths.
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As a group, PDPs like OneWorld Health, Medicines for Malaria Venture, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, and the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics target diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, Chagas, HIV and AIDS, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, a group of parasitic infections caused by worms.
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The commitment was made to a vision of zero discrimination, zero new HIV infections, and zero Aids-related deaths.
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, one of the biggest AIDS conferences rejected it, as did several big publications.
The High-Level Meeting will focus both on the gains that have been made thirty years into the epidemic, and on the renewed commitment that is required from Member States in order to achieve zero new infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths.
Late last year, the National AIDS Authority estimated that there were about 100 new HIV infections each day and 20 deaths.
This World AIDS Day UNESCO is taking time to reflect on progress made in reducing new infections and promoting the critical role of education in all aspects of the HIV response.
Diggs works primarily with black gay, bisexual and transgendered men, a community that is disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS. In 2010, the CDC estimated that 72% of new HIV infections in young people were transmitted through same-sex, male sexual activity.
Deaths from preventable hospital infections each year exceed 100, 000, more than those from AIDS, breast cancer and auto accidents combined.
Violence against women prevents us from getting to zero new HIV infections, it prevents us from achieving zero discrimination and it prevents us from getting to zero AIDS-related deaths.
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