Jul 22, 2024 · HIV targets the body’s white blood cells, weakening the immune system. This makes it easier to get sick with diseases like tuberculosis, infections and some cancers. HIV is spread from the body fluids of an infected person, including blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids. It is not spread by kisses, hugs or sharing food.

Jul 30, 2024 · HIV is found in certain bodily fluids of people living with HIV, including blood, semen, vaginal fluids, rectal fluids and breastmilk. HIV can be transmitted by: unprotected vaginal or anal sex, and, in very rare cases, through oral sex with a person living with HIV;

Dec 2, 2010 · HIV is treated with antiretroviral therapy consisting of one or more medicines. ART does not cure HIV but reduces its replication in the blood, thereby reducing the viral load to an undetectable level. ART enables people living with HIV to lead healthy, productive lives.

Jul 22, 2024 · Access to HIV testing should be improved to make sure everyone living with HIV is diagnosed and linked to treatment or appropriate and effective prevention choices. There are still gaps in HIV testing coverage, as an estimated 14% of people living with HIV or 5.4 million people remain undiagnosed.

Jul 22, 2024 · Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, for the period 2016–2021 (WHA69.22) Global health sector strategy on HIV/AIDS, 2011–2015 (WHA64.14) Global health-sector strategy for HIV/AIDS (WHA56.30) HIV/AIDS: confronting the epidemic (WHA53.14) Technical work. Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs ...

Jan 28, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses deep concern on the implications of the immediate funding pause for HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries. These programmes provide access to life-saving HIV therapy to more than 30 million people worldwide. Globally, 39.9 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2023. A funding halt for HIV programmes can put people living ...

HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, claiming 42.3 million [35.7–51.1 million] lives so far. Testing, treatment and viral load suppression cascades among all people living with HIV . By 2025, 95% of people living with HIV should know their HIV status (first 95) In 2023, 86% [69–>98%] of people living with HIV knew their ...

On 1 December WHO joins partners and communities to commemorate World AIDS Day 2024. Under the theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!”, WHO is calling on global leaders and citizens to champion the right to health by addressing …

Nov 29, 2024 · The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) targets the immune system and weakens people's defence systems against infections and some types of cancer. It is transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse (anal or vaginal), transfusion of contaminated blood, sharing of contaminated needles, and between a mother and her infant during pregnancy ...

Mar 17, 2021 · The main objective of treatment of HIV infection is to reduce the mortality and morbidity caused by the virus and associated conditions, increasing survival, improving the quality of life and preventing HIV transmission. HIV treatment involves the use of combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) to effectively suppress the viral load, preserve (or improve) immune function and reduce the risk of ...