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Aids cases in Sweden at record low

Wed, 21 May 2014 15:05:00 +0200

Sweden saw its lowest number of Aids cases last year since the HIV epidemic began. Among new HIV cases, the typical patient was a 36-year-old heterosexual man who caught the virus abroad.

Sweden's HIV sex law leaves country divided

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:26:00 +0100

New and effective HIV therapies have left experts challenging Sweden's law that demands HIV patients must disclose their condition to their partner before sex.

Swedes warn of new aggressive HIV strain

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:29:00 +0100

Swedish scientists have identified a new variant of HIV that makes patients develop Aids almost twice as fast compared to the other variants of the virus, Lund University researchers revealed on Thursday.

HIV man acquitted after unprotected sex

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:13:00 +0100

A Swedish court of appeal acquitted a man with HIV after he had been sentenced to a year in prison for having unprotected sex with four women despite knowing that he was infected with the virus.

'Sweden must shed its HIV prejudice': agency

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:25:00 +0200

HIV is no longer a life-threatening illness, but carriers in Sweden are still stigmatized due to a lack of knowledge, argue health officials, who are calling for changes in Sweden's legal system to take medical advances into account.

Jonas Gardell named 'Swede of the Year'

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:27:00 +0100

Comedian and author Jonas Gardell was named 'Swede of the Year' on Thursday, following the success of his book 'Never Dry Tears Without Gloves' (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar) that chronicles the Aids epidemic in Sweden in the 1980s.

The infected years: when HIV came to Sweden

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:10:00 +0100

As Sweden marks 30 years since the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in the country, The Local's Christine Demsteader learns how Swedes have been forced to face an uncomfortable reality about the stigma surrounding those who first tested positive for HIV.

Green Party calls for apology over HIV slurs

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:22:00 +0100

Sweden's Green Party has called on the government to apologize to people infected with HIV during the eighties for having been "violated by society and its institutions".

Let convicted HIV doc keep working: hospital

Wed, 30 May 2012 19:01:00 +0200

A Swedish doctor with HIV who was convicted for having unprotected sex should be allowed to keep practicing, hospital management has argued, prompting a group of employees to slam the move as "unethical".

HIV-infected man jailed for unprotected sex

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0100

A 20-year-old man from Malmö, southern Sweden, was sentenced to eight months in prison for not telling eight women that he was infected with HIV before having sex with them.

Swedish midwife re-used needle from HIV patient

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:33:00 +0100

An attendant midwife at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge in southern Stockholm used the same needle to treat a new mother as she had for another HIV positive patient.

Health fund pledges 'zero tolerance' on corruption

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:05:00 +0100

The head of the Global Fund Against AIDS, TB and Malaria pledged "zero tolerance" for corruption on Monday after Sweden announced it would not commit to its contributions amid reports of "grave misuse" of about $34 million in four African countries.

Sweden refuses health aid due to corruption

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:16:00 +0100

Sweden has announced that it will not pay its 1.5 billion kronor ($226 million) contribution to the global fund to fight AIDS unless more is done to ensure the cash does not fall into the wrong hands, a report said Saturday.

Swedish law behind rise in HIV cases: experts

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:15:00 +0100

Four experts on HIV and criminal law have called for an overhaul of the law against infectious diseases act on World AIDS Day, alleging that the duty of disclosure has resulted in a spike in new Swedish HIV cases.

Encouraging results for Swedish HIV vaccine

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:19:00 +0200

A Swedish HIV vaccine, Hivis, has shown the best preliminary results the world has seen so far, according to experts.

Refugees died after HIV misdiagnosis

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:04:00 +0200

According to a study done by Karolinska University Hospital, several female refugees from Africa have died of AIDS after Swedish doctors failed to test them for HIV, reports Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

Swedish MP to Pope: Ditch fundamentalism

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:15:00 +0100

Prominent feminist politician Birgitta Ohlsson is demanding that the Swedish government launch a formal protest with the Vatican over what she sees as the “religious fundamentalism” of Pope Benedict XVI.

Physio back in business after rape conviction

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:27:00 +0100

A man convicted for the statutory rape of a minor is free to continue practicing as a physiotherapist in Sweden pending a ruling from the country’s medical responsibility board about whether or not to recall his licence.

HIV infection risk dependent on blood type: Swedish researchers

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:24:00 +0100

The risk of being infected by HIV may be determined by the presence of a molecule in a person’s blood cells, according to a discovery made by Swedish scientists working as part of an international research team.

Sweden decks the halls for Nobel festivities

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:44:00 +0100

Over a million Swedes are expected to stay glued to their television sets on Wednesday to watch monarchs, politicians and assorted clever clogs tuck in to the annual Nobel banquet.