AIDS 2014 closes in Melbourne
No one can be left behind if the AIDS epidemic is to come to an end by 2030. This was one of the main messages of the 20th International AIDS Conference, which closed in Melbourne, Australia, on 25 July.
Countries stepping up
At the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, one of the questions being asked is: “Where should the world focus its attention in the AIDS response?”
Challenging parental consent laws to increase young people’s access to vital HIV services
There remain serious challenges in reaching the world’s adolescents with HIV, sexual and reproductive health and harm reduction services. The situation is especially worrying given that this is the only age group in which AIDS-related deaths are increasing, and AIDS-related deaths are the number two contributor to global adolescent mortality.
