In the fight against HIV/Aids, some stories illuminate the long road to global eradication more than others. In 2009, I heard one such story in Tanzania, writes Heather Bresch. 

In the fight against HIV/Aids, some stories illuminate the long road to global eradication more than others. In 2009, I heard one such story in Tanzania, Heather Bresch. 

The performance was all in aid of World AIDS day.

A marked rise in the number of people being diagnosed with HIV has prompted calls for new information campaigns and a nationwide introduction of free test kits.

Charlie Sheen’s decision to speak out has put HIV in the spotlight — and while getting people talking is undeniably a positive thing, it’s also highlighted that there’s still a lot of ignorance around the condition. Abi Jackson reveals, however HIV can be managed to avoid serious illness    

If injured Bono was in the market for top-notch understudies, the U2 frontman certainly found what he was looking for in New York.

The world has finally reached the beginning of the end of the Aids pandemic that has infected and killed millions in the past 30 years, according to a leading campaign group fighting HIV.

Britain's Prince Harry is set to reveal one of his secrets today as part of a campaign to help reduce stigma associated with HIV.

One person a day is testing HIV positive here in Ireland, according to the Dublin AIDS Alliance.

On the two previous occasions Germany have lost in the final of a European Championship, they have come back four years later to win the tournament.

SENIOR health officials have launched a major HIV public awareness campaign focused on the gay and bisexual community after a surge in new cases among young men.

Sixty gay and bisexual men were diagnosed with HIV in the Republic in the first six months of the year.

The number of gay men in the North diagnosed with HIV has hit a record high.

A SHARP rise in the number of people with HIV/Aids in Ireland this year suggests almost 6,000 have the illness, the majority of whom are under 40 and Irish-born.

Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake are giving up twitter.

ONE of the world’s senior experts in HIV vaccine research said it was vital that complacency over the virus does not take hold after new figures showed a 20% rise in HIV cases in one Dublin hospital.

ANY premature death is tragic. It is doubly so if the death might have been prevented.

Bono teamed up with some of the world’s top footballers as he aimed to “turn up the heat” on politicians over the HIV and Aids crisis in South Africa.

U2 have given fans a little early Christmas gift by covering Greg Lake's festive tune 'I Believe In Father Christmas' for a new online charity venture.

The number of people in the North diagnosed annually with HIV could double this year, shock figures revealed today.

Almost half of all people with HIV are discriminated against by friends, it emerged today.

A new public information centre on Ireland’s overseas aid programme was today opened in Dublin by the Taoiseach.

Elizabeth Taylor returned to the stage, after persuading striking TV and film writers to briefly put down their picket signs.

The world must not grow complacent about Aids because the number of new HIV infections still outpaces the number of those being treated for the disease, former South African President Nelson Mandela said.

ALMOST a quarter of people would be worried about eating a meal prepared by someone with HIV.

Queen have announced the band’s first new recording in 10 years.

Almost a third of Irish adults would be uncomfortable working with someone who is HIV positive or has Aids, new research revealed today.

Elizabeth Taylor is convinced she can end the Hollywood writer's strike - because protestors wouldn't dare hold up her AIDS benefit performance of A.R. Gurney's play 'Love Letters' next month.

A CAMPAIGN to cut the rate of VAT on condoms has been launched on Facebook by members of the European Parliament ahead of World Aids day next month.

Pop star Jamelia has announced her engagement to footballer Darren Byfield.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has launched a new €200,000 campaign to tackle HIV/AIDS-related discrimination.

In Thailand, Aids activists planned to create the world’s largest “condom chain”. In Papua New Guinea, officials took blood tests to encourage voluntary HIV/Aids testing.

Poverty and gender are to blame for the worldwide spread of Aids, a leading expert claimed today.

An American Jesuit magazine has apologised after inadvertently publishing an advertisement for a Virgin Mary statue wrapped in a condom that a British artist intended as a protest against the church’s opposition to condom use.

Governments across the world must tackle the HIV/Aids pandemic which has now reached a new high of more than 40 million people with the disease, charities demanded today as they marked World Aids Day.

More than 20 pregnant women have been diagnosed HIV positive since screening began in Northern Ireland, it was revealed today.

The Government must develop a national sexual health strategy to combat the growing levels of sexually transmitted diseases in young people, campaigners demanded today.

INTERNATIONAL experts in sexual health are hoping to blow the lid on Ireland’s culture of denial around sex next month.

THE number of HIV diagnoses made last year fell by 10.8% on 2003, latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) show.

A WELL-KNOWN Catholic organisation has given awards to two cardinals and a number of bishops who have gone against the Vatican and agreed people threatened with AIDS can use condoms.

David Beckham put young sporting hopefuls through their paces today when he launched a football skills DVD.