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Refusing Surgery to HIV-positive Patient Discriminatory: Rights Watchdog

Refusing Surgery to HIV-positive Patient Discriminatory: Rights Watchdog

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 [...]

Same-sex Sexual Contact Primary Driver of HIV Infections in S. Korea

Same-sex Sexual Contact Primary Driver of HIV Infections in S. Korea

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 [...]

1,191 New HIV/AIDS Cases Reported 2017

1,191 New HIV/AIDS Cases Reported 2017

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 [...]

Health Ministry Approves HIV Prevention Drug, but High Price Remains an Obstacle

Health Ministry Approves HIV Prevention Drug, but High Price Remains an Obstacle

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 [...]

LGBT Group Releases Guidebook for HIV and AIDS as Teenage Patient Numbers Grow

LGBT Group Releases Guidebook for HIV and AIDS as Teenage Patient Numbers Grow

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 [...]

HIV a Growing Problem Among South Korean Teenagers

HIV a Growing Problem Among South Korean Teenagers

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 [...]

Lack of Hospice Care Infrastructure Affects Terminal Patients in South Korea

Lack of Hospice Care Infrastructure Affects Terminal Patients in South Korea

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 [...]