Origin of AIDS virus traced to 1908 in south-east Cameroon, where a hunter became infected with blood from a chimpanzee, becoming the first human to catch the disease, the Daily Star reported.
A hunter became infected with blood from a chimpanzee and was the first known person to catch the disease, the Daily Star reported.
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But it took more than 60 years before the killer virus spread to the US when infected blood used in transfusions was imported from Haiti.
Author David Quammen claimed in The Chimp and the River: How Aids Emerged from an African Rain Forest that the disease lurked in the US for almost a decade before it was recognized in 1981.
Source: ANI
Source: ANI
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In India, annual HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths continue to drop. Between 2010 and 2021, new HIV infections dropped by 46%.
Globally, all countries have promised to end AIDS by 2030, for which it is essential to safeguard individuals living with HIV to complete HIV care services.
How can you prevent HIV while breastfeeding? A monthly vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine safely prevents HIV infection while breastfeeding.
Union Minister of State for Health Bharti Pravin Pawar had said that the government is providing free lifelong antiretroviral (ARV) medicines for people living with HIV.
Dr. Korosi said the goal to end AIDS by 2030 is badly off track, as inequalities, discrimination, and disregard for human rights are hampering our progress.