DANG, Nepal, December 3 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency is working on several new projects - including one using street theatre - aimed at improving awareness about HIV and AIDS among people affected ...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global health problem, especially affecting developing countries due to lack of education and awareness of the possible means of transmission. HIV has remained ...

Despite millions of dollars being poured into Nepal to fight AIDS over the past decade, public health experts say the epidemic is spreading into the general population because of failure to address ...

Kathmandu, Aug. 6 -- Thousands of female sex workers, gay men and people who inject drugs have been without access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for the past 19 months after the medication was ...

It has been two decades since foreign aid started pouring into Nepal for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Major donors like the Global Fund of Geneva, USAID, UKaid, World Bank, and AusAid ...

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: Chitwan has recorded 80 new HIV cases over the past nine months, according to health officials.

The Code of Practice is the framework for action related to the workplace. It contains key principles for policy development and practical guidelines for programmes at enterprise, community and ...

KIRTIPUR, Nepal (AP) – Raj Kumar Pun took in HIV-positive orphans no one wanted, and when no one wanted to teach them either, he created a school in the shelter. But now they are running out of money, ...

Scientists investigating the genetic makeup of rhesus macaque monkeys, a key species used in biomedical research, have found the rhesus in Nepal may provide a suitable alternative to alleviate a ...

The United Nations’ deadline for eliminating HIV/AIDS as a public-health threat is unlikely to be met. But medical, political ...