Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cripples the immune system and severely decreases the body's ability to fight infection and destroy cancerous cells. Many people with HIV die from severe infection or cancer. Acquired immune deficiency (AIDS) is an umbrella term for any or all of some twenty-eight previously known diseases and symptoms. When a person has [...]

Approximately 2.3 million children under age 15 are living with HIV/AIDS, and a majority live in the 15 focus countries of the Emergency Plan. HIV-positive children are especially vulnerable: without treatment, the majority of infected children die before they are two years of age. When prevention fails, the cost is enormous in terms of human suffering, [...]

Acquired Immuno Defi ciency Syndrome (AIDS) occurs when an individual's immune system is weakened by HIV to the point where they develop any number of diseases or cancers. People who haven't had one of these diseases or cancers, but whose immune system is shown by a laboratory test to be severely damaged are also considered [...]

HIV disease is the result of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is primarily transmitted through contact, and through sharing needles and other drug paraphernalia by injecting drug users. HIV infection results in progressive deterioration of the immune system, a process that generally takes place over a period of years. During the early years [...]

Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS are intricately linked. There are currently 11 million people 'co-infected' with both diseases and half of all deaths of HIV- positive people are due to TB. Although there is growing international recognition of the nature of the relationship between the two diseases, there is a massive failure to respond to the [...]