SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Refusing surgery to a patient infected with HIV, the virus that carries AIDS, amounts to discrimination that violates the patient’s right to equality, the state human rights watchdog said Monday. The National Human Rights Commission made the decision in response to a petition filed by a HIV-positive person against [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among adolescents in South Korea has been rising in recent years, a report said Monday, stressing the need for state efforts to stem the trend. South Korea reported 469 new HIV patients in their 10s and 20s in 2019, up sharply [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) through same-sex sexual contact is gradually increasing in South Korea. Among those who were infected with HIV or AIDS last year through sexual contact, more than half of them were infected through [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it aims to push up the effective treatment rate for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) over the 90 percent mark by 2023 by focusing on preventing infections and improving medical care. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the government will strive for AIDS [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) totaled 1,191 in South Korea in 2017. Approximately 1 out of 3 infected individuals were in their 20s. According to data provided by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved the sale of Truvada, a type of HIV prevention drug PrEP, in South Korea, but the medicine’s high price is raising concerns over its affordability. According to sources close to the pharmaceutical industry on Monday, Gilead Sciences Korea’s HIV prevention medication [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – An LGBT group including adolescent members has released a guidebook on HIV and AIDS as the number of teenagers suffering from the condition continues to rise. The guidebook ‘Key to 20 Answers’ published by South Korean LGBT group DDingDong outlines 20 major questions concerning both HIV and AIDS and answers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Almost 40 percent of new AIDS patients last year were adolescents (10-19) and young adults (20-29). Of the 1,199 new cases diagnosed, 37 were adolescents and 404 were young adults. Combined, they constituted 36.8 percent of all diagnoses. The figures were disclosed by the Korea Federation for HIV/AIDS Prevention [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean teenagers infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is steadily increasing, with health and education authorities planning to ramp up efforts to better educate young people in a bid to stop the spread of the potentially deadly virus. Statistics released by the Gyeonggi provincial government [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the South Korean government’s national health insurance reform, which will cover palliative care for an extended number of terminally ill patients from August, many fear the lack of hospice care infrastructure in the country will not live up to the expectations of ‘dying well’. Hospice care, which refers [...]