AIDS/HIV News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
CBC Manitoba: Swan Valley’s spike in HIV cases triggers outbreak-like response from Manitoba health officials
February 26, 2025 —
More than 40 new HIV cases reported in a few months, 'many more' than normal
Research and International
The Conversation: U.S. cuts to HIV/AIDS funding will be detrimental for vulnerable groups in Kenya
February 24, 2025 —
On his first day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze foreign aid funding. This was followed by a stop-work order for dozens of life-saving humanitarian programs.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
CBC Manitoba: U of Manitoba-led program tackling HIV in Kenya in jeopardy after Trump’s cuts to USAID
February 7, 2025 —
Climate initiatives halted as non-profits warn of growing humanitarian need
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM partner clinics in Nairobi fear for HIV patients after Trump’s freeze on foreign aid
February 4, 2025 —
For 45 years, the University of Manitoba has partnered with the University of Nairobi and the non-profit Partners for Health and Development in Africa (PHDA) to achieve successful STI and HIV research, prevention, care and treatment programs to the most vulnerable communities in Kenya and in Africa.
UM Faces and Spaces: Dr. James Blanchard
March 1, 2024 —
How is UM making an impact on Global Public Health? We find out in our monthly UM Faces and Spaces feature, with a profile on James Blanchard, professor of community health sciences at Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, executive director of the Institute for Global Public Health and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and Global Public Health.
CBC Manitoba: New research suggests there’s something hidden deep inside the genes of some people that naturally slows how HIV spreads in the body
August 9, 2023 —
New research suggests there's something hidden deep inside the genes of some people that naturally slows how HIV spreads in the body.
Celebrating world-renowned infectious disease researcher Dr. Francis Plummer
September 13, 2022 —
New bust added to Innovation Plaza in honour of UM researcher
Students
Mark World AIDS Day by learning something new about HIV
November 29, 2021 —
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, an international event dedicated to raising awareness about HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and its impacts
New project to look at ethics behind epidemiological tools to curb HIV transmissions
May 31, 2021 —
“Do these new powerful techniques for identifying transmission patterns represent a major breakthrough to effectively tackle HIV epidemics, or do they signify the emergence of a highly intrusive surveillance regime in HIV science?"
Top stories of 2020
December 22, 2020 —
A year to remember or a year to forget? The COVID-19 pandemic dominated headlines across the globe, including here at the University of Manitoba, but there was always light behind the dark clouds. Positive stories shone through.