HIV/AIDS

National HIV Actional Plan initiated by Health Ministry and University of Athens

The Health Ministry and the Medical School of the University of Athens set the course for a National Action Plan for HIV on Thursday. 

The plan's objective is to align Greece with targets outlined by the World Health Organization for the effective management of AIDS.

Ministerial decision makes preventative HIV drug available in Greece

A drug that prevents the transmission of the HIV virus will be available in Greece for the first time, following the signing of a joint ministerial decision on Thursday.

The decision, announced one day before World AIDS Day, marks an important step in the effort to control HIV infection in Greece

Aesthetician asks compensation for wrong HIV positive tests

An aesthetician has opened a lawsuit of damages against an eye hospital for wrongly diagnosing her with HIV positive twice, causing her depression and suicidal thoughts.

According to local reports, the 28-year-old woman, identified only by initials C.G., went to an eye hospital for an eyelid operation.

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