Guatemala has 0.8% HIV infection rate

2010-12-02 02:38:18 GMT Xinhua English MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Guatemala's HIV infection rate is 0.8 percent of the population, and the country has seen 10,900 new HIV infections in the last four years, a senior Health Ministry official said Wednesday.

Wen says 'we care' to AIDS sufferers

2010-12-02 01:32:50 GMT China Daily BEIJING - Between 500,000 and 900,000 children under 15 years of age on the Chinese mainland have been affected by HIV/AIDS, expert estimations have revealed.

Milan labeled AIDS capital of Italy

2010-12-02 01:06:08 GMT Xinhua English MILAN, Italy, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- In Italian city of Milan at least 15,000 people are HIV-positive, the municipal department of health said in a statement as the world braced for the World AIDS Day on Wednesday.

Wen stresses AIDS control in less developed regions

2010-12-01 14:25:50 GMT Xinhua English CHENGDU - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited AIDS patients in a poverty-stricken area in southwest China and urged a better incorporation of AIDS control work with economic development in less developed areas.

A handshake was all it took to transform a life

2010-12-01 03:27:04 GMT China Daily AIDS patient Wang Mengcai looks into the mirror at Beijing Ditan Hospital's Home of Red Ribbon and declares himself immensely satisfied with his new haircut.

AIDS patients petition for better services

2010-12-01 01:54:10 GMT Global Times About 50 out-of-town AIDS patients have been petitioning authorities in Beijing in recent days to show their anger at insufficient medical services, poor education and inadequate financial assistance.

More action needed to prevent AIDS in children, treat those infected: UN officials

2010-11-30 20:46:55 GMT Xinhua English UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Though estimable progress has been made towards achieving an AIDS-free generation of children, there is still more work to be done, high-level UN officials said here Tuesday.

China's HIV vaccine safe, says scientist

2010-11-30 15:21:35 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's self-developed vaccine against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proved safe in the first stage of a trial and is ready to be tested for its effectiveness in the next stage, a scientist from the vaccine program told Xinhua Tuesday.

AIDS orphans' life at Red Ribbon Home

2010-12-01 08:25:35 GMT Xinhua English A total of 78 AIDS orphans now live and study at the Zhonghua Red Ribbon Home, an orphanage that was built in 2005 in Shangcai County, central China's Henan Province.

Giant AIDS ribbon hangs on Alcala Gate in Madrid

2010-12-01 07:26:44 GMT Xinhua English A giant AIDS ribbon hangs on the Alcala Gate ahead of World AIDS Day in Madrid, capital of Spain, Nov. 30, 2010.

Students get AIDS infection knowledge through activities

2010-12-01 06:57:53 GMT Xinhua English Students exchange water during an experiment which aims to help the students get knowledge of the approaches of AIDS infection, in Boxing County, east China' Shandong Province, Nov. 30, 2010, a day ahead of the World AIDS Day. In the experiment, students exchange cups of clear water and a cup added with an invisible chemical which represented HIV to see how HIV spread among people.

No longer forgotten

2010-12-01 05:40:13 GMT China Daily Until recently, a 6-year-old HIV-positive boy has lived holed up in a remote mountain village, cut off from humanity with only a dog for company. Chen Feng reports.