The largest patient organization, the All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH, on the eve of the World Remembrance Day of AIDS Victims, opens a non-governmental medical center, which is a unique development of the patient community. The opening ceremony of the first Medical Center "100% of life" in Kyiv (Mezhygirska 87-B street, near the head office of the Network) will be held on May 18, at 11:00. For accreditation and additional information contact Natalya Krasnenkova, +380 67 465 54 26, krasnenkova@prhouse.com.ua, Sofia Hurmak, +380 63 870 85 51, Daria Kovalenko, +380 95 419 67 98.

On March 22 at 01:00 p.m., a briefing on the World Tuberculosis Day will take place in the Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre. During the briefing, speakers will tell about new steps to overcome tuberculosis, changes to be made for patients and events that will take place on the occasion of the World Tuberculosis Day in Ukraine. On-site media accreditation is upon presenting certifications. Additional information by phone: +380 (66) 95 95 567, Yuliia Chechotkina, the All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH.

Remarkable progress is being made on HIV treatment. Ahead of World AIDS Day, UNAIDS has launched a new report showing that access to treatment has risen significantly. In 2000, just 685 000 people living with HIV had access to antiretroviral therapy. By June 2017, around 20.9 million people had access to the life-saving medicines. Such a dramatic scale-up could not have happened without the courage and determination of people living with HIV demanding and claiming their rights, backed up by steady, strong leadership and financial commitment.

Drug treatments to suppress HIV could be driving up rates of syphilis by eliminating the 'fear factor', a new study has warned. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can control viral load - making it virtually undetectable - and preventing or delaying the progression to AIDS.

Scientists may have found a way for patients with HIV to keep the virus in check without having to take powerful drugs every day. But despite an early success in monkeys, they are scratching their heads over how, exactly, their experimental therapy works.

The five-year, $62 million dollar project will expand and improve comprehensive and integrated HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in six districts.

A vaccine against HIV will be trialed in South Africa later this year after meeting the criteria needed to prove it could help fight the epidemic in Africa.

Patients will no longer need to join five-hour-long queues for their medication.

The hunt for an HIV treatment that roots the virus out of its hiding places and kills it just got more interesting.

An Aids treatment from Italy has shown promising results in a clinical trial in South Africa. The therapeutic vaccine makes antiviral drugs more effective by boosting the immune system of people living with the Aids virus, HIV.