World AIDS Day falls on 1 December with awareness raising events in many countries.
International health news
- World AIDS Day 2014 — 1 in 2 people living with AIDS don’t know they have it, World AIDS Day aims to reduce the stigma of taking anti-retroviral medication.
- UN warns of huge risk of Ebola spread – The UN Ebola response team in West Africa has warned there is still a ‘huge risk’ of Ebola spreading to the rest of the world.
- En route to an HIV vaccine? – Results from a large trial in 2009 were the first to show any protection against HIV from a vaccine, new studies show similar results.
Health advice
- Babies should sleep without loose bedding — More than 50% of US parents say their babies sleep with bedding, which could cause suffocation or increase SIDS.
Country health updates
- Canada: Millions pledged to vaccination programme – Canada will give $500 million to fund immunisation programmes in the world’s poorest countries.
- UK: Lowest number of winter deaths – An estimated 18,200 winter deaths occurred in 2013-14 the lowest since records began in 1950-51.
- Ethiopia: World-record HIV testing – Over 3,000 people were tested for HIV in a single day, possibly breaking the Guinness World Record.