Discussion To Seek Understanding of Merit of Linking AIDS and Tuberculosis Programs Towards Ending AIDS in 2025 and Tuberculosis in 2030

Geneva: Senior Minister His Excellency Ieng Mouly, Chair of the National AIDS Authority, held a working meeting with Dr. Madame Lucida Ditiu, director general of the Stop TB Partnership, at the organization’s headquarters located at the Global Health Campus building on the morning of 9 April. The meeting, to seek understanding of the merit of linking the AIDS and tuberculosis programs towards ending AIDS in 2025 and tuberculosis in 2030, was participated by His Excellency Dr. Tia Phalla, vice chair of the National AIDS Authority; His Excellency Sorn Piseth, adviser and director of the authority’s Administration and Finance Department; Dr. Suvannand Sahu, deputy director of the Stop TB Partnership, and Dr. Jacob Cresswell, head of Innovations and Grants at the organization. ...read more »

Senior Minister His Excellency Ieng Mouly: Success in Fight Against AIDS Stems From Political Resolve, Partnership, and Investment To End AIDS

Geneva: Senior Minister His Excellency Ieng Mouly, Chair of the National AIDS Authority, gave a presentation on the successful experiences in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Cambodia at the three-day global consultative meeting on “Drafting Approaches Towards the Results of Sustainable AIDS Response in the Era of Sustainable Development Goal,” which kicked off at Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva on the afternoon of 8 April 2019 and lasted from 8 to 10 April. The presentation made by His Excellency the Senior Minister to the meeting is titled “Towards Ending AIDS in Cambodia: Recommendations on Preparations for Transfer of Transition and Roadmap Towards Sustainability.” The presentation was given after the UNAIDS had presented a certificate in recognition of the ...read more »

Political Resolve and Leadership Have Enabled Cambodia To Achieve 90-90-90 Targets in Fight Against AIDS

Geneva: A meeting between Senior Minister His Excellency Ieng Mouly, Chair of the National AIDS Authority, and Michel Sidibe, director general of UNAIDS, took place at Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva on the morning of 8 April 2019. The meeting was held while the UNAIDS organized a global consultative meeting on “Drafting Approaches Towards the Results of Sustainable AIDS Response in the Era of Sustainable Development Goal,” which lasted three days, from 8 to 10 April. Senior Minister Ieng Mouly thanked the UNAIDS for having assisted Cambodia in combating HIV and AIDS and achieving the 90-90-90 targets (90% of HIV carriers are aware of their status, 90% of those aware of their status have received antiretroviral therapy, and 90% of those receiving the therapy have had the lowest...read more »

His Excelency Senior Minister Ieng Mouly Leads Interministerial Meeting Seeking Common Ground To Introduce Measures of Response to HIV and AIDS

H.E. Senior Minister Ieng Mouly, Chair of the National AIDS Authority, led an interministerial meeting to discuss seeking common ground to introduce measures pertaining to response to HIV and AIDS in Cambodia at Cambodiana Hotel on the morning of 26 March 2019. H.E. Senior Minister recalled the Royal Government’s work activities in combating AIDS in the context where aid funding has declined, requiring the government to shoulder larger and larger financial burden in place of the external financial assistance. He emphasized to the meeting that although the international community and United Nations have commended our Kingdom of Cambodia for having conducted test to identify HIV infected people, provided therapy to those living with HIV, achieved good treatment results, with re...read more »

H.E. Senior Minister Ieng Mouly: Cambodia and Global Fund Have Achieved Common Great Goals in Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

His Excellency Senior Minister Ieng Mouly, Chair of the National AIDS Authority, has said that Cambodia and the Global Fund have achieved the common great goals in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in the past decade and that they are continuing in the right direction. Through partnership, mutual cordiality, and cooperation, Cambodia is already approaching the goals of combating HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. H.E. Senior Minister made the remarks while presiding over the second workshop, held at Raffle Le Royal Hotel on the morning of 20 March 2019, to disseminate the 2019 information on the assessment of the country’s future by the Cambodia-based Global Fund. In attendance at the event were some 70 leading managers of the National AIDS Authority; representat...read more »

Teenager controls HIV infection without drugs for more than 12 years

(CNN)A French teenager infected at birth with HIV has shown the ability to control levels of the infection in her body -- without being on antiretroviral treatment. The finding provides new hope that a "functional" cure for HIV -- where the virus is brought down to low levels but not eradicated in the body -- may one day be possible. The 18-year-old female, whose mother was HIV positive, was given antiretroviral treatment soon after birth but stopped at age six and has since maintained undetectable levels of the virus in her blood -- known as remission -- for 12 years. "This is the first [time] long-term remission has been shown in children, or adolescents," said Asier Saez Cirion from the Institut Pasteur in France, who presented the findings at the 8th IAS conference...read more »

Could a new jab PREVENT HIV? Vaccine 'completely protects against the virus and could have an enormous impact,' say experts

Monkeys were given the vaccine and then exposed to six doses of simian immunodeficiency virus, a close cousin to HIV which infects primates Vaccine provided complete protection against infection in half of them Positive results spurred pharmaceutical company to begin tests in humans Vaccine has capacity to be an 'enormous public health impact', experts say By Madlen Davies for MailOnline Published: 09:45 GMT, 3 July 2015 | Updated: 14:09 GMT, 3 July 2015   An experimental vaccine completely prevented HIV infection in half of monkeys given the jab, a new study found. The monkeys were given the vaccine and then exposed to high doses of an aggressive virus that is the equivalent of HIV in humans. The result...read more »

New hope for HIV patients: Pioneering antibody treatment could pave the way for vaccine to prevent infection

New antibody blocks protein receptor needed to infect human cells Patients injected saw 300-fold reduction in amount of HIV in their blood Scientists believe breakthrough could result in new vaccines against virus  By Lizzie Parry for MailOnline Published: 08:35 GMT, 9 April 2015 | Updated: 10:05 GMT, 9 April 2015   A new HIV treatment pioneered using an antibody to attack the virus could lead to a new vaccine to prevent the infection. The first results to emerge from patient trials reveal the experimental therapy can dramatically reduce the level of virus in a patient's blood - their viral load. The scientists behind the discovery believe their findings offer new strategies for fighting or even preventing HIV infection. The antibody was ...read more »

In Condom Market, a Growing Private Sector

When Phnom Penh was flooded with free condoms during the Water Festival last week—a public health push to ensure revelers who came for days of debauchery did so safely—the city’s condom vendors weren’t happy about it.   “During the Water Festival, my company got almost no orders from guesthouses because most of the customers who came to Phnom Penh got free condoms from the NGOs,” said Kem Vichet, director of PPES Group, the local distributor of Yoi condoms.    But the Water Festival is a once-a-year event, and other private companies in the condom sector say the government bodies and health NGOs who distributed condoms for free last week have also been helping the for-profit condom market take off.   The global health organiza...read more »

What are the Symptoms of HIV?

The symptoms of HIV vary, depending on the individual and what stage of the disease you are in.   Early Stage of HIV: Symptoms   Within 2-4 weeks after HIV infection, many, but not all, people experience flu-like symptoms, often described as the “worst flu ever.” This is called “acute retroviral syndrome” (ARS) or “primary HIV infection,” and it’s the body’s natural response to the HIV infection. Symptoms can include: Fever (this is the most common symptom) Swollen glands Sore throat Rash Fatigue Muscle and joint aches and pains Headache These symptoms can last anywhere from a few days to several weeks. However, you should not assume you have HIV if you have any of these symptom...read more »

Situation and direction in HIV response 2015

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Review of GDJ-TWG performance: Technical Working Group Strengthening Exercise

The below is the slide presentation title "Review of GDJ-TWG performance: Technical Working Group Strengthening Exercise"                                                                                ...read more »

The HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCCT) in Cambodia

   By 2014 Cambodian people could access to 253 VCCT sites at the health centers, referral hospitals and national hospital throughout the country (23 provinces and Phnom Penh municipality) with high quality assurance.    ...read more »

The Target Group as Drug User in Cambodia

    By 2013 there is about 4,335 DU who have to receive regular HIV and AIDS prevention education and STD care and treatment.  ...read more »

The Target Group as MSM in Cambodia

      By 2013 there is about 15,308 MSM who have to receive regular HIV and AIDS prevention education and STD care and treatment.     ...read more »