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Olympic bronze medalist flyweight boxer Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) has released a government-sponsored short video on World AIDS Day yesterday to raise awareness about HIV testing, in the hope that people infected with the virus can seek treatment earlier. The one-minute video shows Huang getting knocked down during a fight, only to pull herself up again. “Maybe I can’t change my environment or what others think of me, but I can change my fate. I believe by not surrendering and succumbing to fate and bravely living my life, I will be victorious,” Huang says in the video to motivate hers...

Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) warned on Monday in a new report.

UNAIDS warns of millions of AIDS-related deaths if leaders don’t address inequalities

Reported cases of HIV/AIDS in Taiwan have declined for four consecutive years, and the number of cases this year was fewer than half of the figure reported four years ago, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. To commemorate World AIDS Day today, which is promoted by the WHO and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the CDC yesterday released a one-minute public service video, encouraging people to get tested for HIV and receive treatment if required. The video features Taiwanese boxer Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯), who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. In it she s...

Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) warned in a new report, ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1.HIV continues ...