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    HIV/AIDS

    Boys Born with Higher Natural Resistance to HIV, Study Finds

    Male infants are more likely to achieve HIV cure/remission after in-utero infection because male foetuses have lower levels of CD4 T cells which helps...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Pets Help AIDS Survivors Through Two Pandemics

    A study examining the role of pets during both, the COVID-19 and the HIV/AIDS pandemics has thrown up interesting observations and could reignite the...
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    Civil society

    New Medicines May Help End AIDS – But High Prices and Monopolies Could Keep the Poor Locked Out

    On the current trajectory, most people who need them will not be able to get them any time soon, because high prices and monopolies...
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    Health

    Humanitarian Catastrophe Awaits Ukraine’s People Living With HIV, Says UNAIDS

    NGOs have been working to provide emergency support during the conflict, using minibuses to meet pressing humanitarian needs, including evacuating vulnerable populations and delivering...
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    Health

    New HIV Injection a Gamechanger

    People at risk of HIV in Brazil and South Africa will be among the first to benefit from a highly effective, long-acting injectable HIV...
    OWSA Staff -
    Accountability

    NACO has discontinued producing its annual reports since 2016

    NACO has not published an annual report since 2016. Annual reports since 2016-17 appear as part of the annual reports of the ministry of...
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    COVID-19

    Antimicrobial resistance killing more than HIV and malaria

    Antibiotic-resistant infections led to more than 1.2 million deaths in 2019. The true picture could be much worse, with added impact of COVID-19, researchers...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Sri Lanka’s Elephant Corridor Plan ‘Unscientific’

    Nearly 5,000 elephants and 1,600 people have been killed in the last 15 years in clashes between elephants and humans in Sri Lanka, home to one of the largest remaining populations of Asian elephants, according to official figures.
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    Climate change

    New Projections Show Extreme Glacier Loss Already at 2°C

    Staying close to 1.5°C on the other hand preserves at least some glacier ice in all regions, even Scandinavia, with 20-30 per cent remaining in the four most sensitive regions; and 40-45 per cent in the Himalayas and Caucuses; stressing the growing urgency of the 1.5°C temperature goal and rapid decarbonization to achieve it.
    Agri-business

    Government Extends Interest Relief for Farmers, Reinforces KCC and MISS as Pillars of Agricultural Credit

    Through the KCC framework, farmers benefit from revolving credit facilities for up to five years. This flexible structure allows them to draw and repay funds as per their seasonal requirements without having to reapply for loans each season.

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    Animals and wildlife

    Sri Lanka’s Elephant Corridor Plan ‘Unscientific’

    Nearly 5,000 elephants and 1,600 people have been killed in the last 15 years in clashes between elephants and humans in Sri Lanka, home to one of the largest remaining populations of Asian elephants, according to official figures.
    Climate change

    New Projections Show Extreme Glacier Loss Already at 2°C

    Staying close to 1.5°C on the other hand preserves at least some glacier ice in all regions, even Scandinavia, with 20-30 per cent remaining in the four most sensitive regions; and 40-45 per cent in the Himalayas and Caucuses; stressing the growing urgency of the 1.5°C temperature goal and rapid decarbonization to achieve it.
    Bangladesh

    Yunus Warns of ‘War-Like Situation’ Amid Political Crisis and Rising Tensions

    The high-stakes meeting brought together 20 leaders from various political parties and organisations in two separate sessions, as Yunus sought to shore up support amid reports of internal tensions within his interim government and growing external pressure.
    Climate change

    New Projections Show Extreme Glacier Loss Already at 2°C

    Staying close to 1.5°C on the other hand preserves at least some glacier ice in all regions, even Scandinavia, with 20-30 per cent remaining in the four most sensitive regions; and 40-45 per cent in the Himalayas and Caucuses; stressing the growing urgency of the 1.5°C temperature goal and rapid decarbonization to achieve it.
    Agri-business

    Sri Lanka and New Zealand Eye Stronger Economic and Educational Ties

    Beyond trade, both nations expressed keen interest in enhancing vocational training collaboration, with a specific focus on developing industry-aligned skills for Sri Lankan youth.

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