Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), an antiretroviral pill taken daily by people who are HIV negative, can only be imported for personal use or prescribed by small amount of Australian doctors. A study on HIV transmission rates shows PrEP is a very effective HIV-prevention tool, University of New South Wales researcher Dr …
The first annual HIV clinicians' conference started yesterday, with participants calling for strategies to curb new HIV infections. National Aids Control Council director Nduku Kilonzo said the disease burden is likely to rise as the country inches closer to Vision 2030. "We have about 100,000 new infections every year that …
The sex-booster herb Schisandraceae, widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for 2,000 years, has shown promise in treating HIV/AIDS, according to a 20-year-long study led by the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Native to North China, the Korean Peninsula and Russia, the plant has been …
Particular types of hormonal contraceptives (HCs) and genital tract infections have been independently associated with risk of HIV-1 acquisition. We examined whether immunity in women using injectable depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), combined oral contraceptives (COC), or no HCs differs by the presence of cervicovaginal infections. Immune mediators were quantified in …
Ilorin — The Belawu Ajoke Child and Women Care Foundation, an NGO, has empowered 100 people living with HIV/AIDs in Kwara State. The group in collaboration with the Kwara State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (KWASACA) at the weekend organised an enlightenment programme for them in Ilorin South and …
Women in Kenya are enjoying a higher life expectancy than men, living to an average of 67.5 years compared to 63 for men. On the whole, life expectancy has been increasing over the last two decades but has been strained by HIV/Aids and respiratory and diarrhoeal infections. A health research …
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age–sex groups, and countries. The GBD can be used to …
With a view to ensure enough safety to those participating in clinical trials, the government has made “audio-video” recording mandatory. However, in case of clinical trial of anti-HIV and anti-leprosy, only audio recording will be required by the investigator. Making it tougher for the drug companies so that they do …
Kigali — Rwanda has registered a sharp decline in the number of AIDS-related deaths in the last ten years, according to latest reports released by the Rwandan ministry of health. The findings reveal that the post-genocide nation has registered a 78% drop in AIDS-related deaths over the past 10 years, …
SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) member states have recorded a decline in new HIV infections which now stands at 26 per cent on average. Directorate of Social and Human Development and Special Programmes at the SADC secretariat Stephen Sianga said there was a decline in new HIV infections with 26 …
In 1996, the global HIV community gathered in Vancouver, Canada, for the XI International AIDS Conference and shared the clear evidence that triplecombination antiretroviral treatment held the power to stem the tide of deaths from AIDS. The HIV treatment era had begun. As we gathered again in Vancouver in July, …
NAINITAL: In an illustration of how fast HIV is spreading in Uttarakhand despite the government spending crores in AIDS-control measures, a query by a Haldwani-based RTI activist has revealed that the state spent almost Rs 5 crore in curbing the disease and spreading awareness in last 10 years, while 652 …
As much as 36 per cent of children with HIV have no access to medical care, a joint survey by Rwanda Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS and Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) shows. Vianney Byiringiro Rusisiro, a senior paediatric officer at RBC, said effective treatment of HIV-positive children is …
Zimbabwe has reported significant declines in HIV prevalence between 2005/06 and 2010/11 Demography and Health Surveys; a within-gender analysis to identify the magnitude and factors associated with this change, which can be masked, is critical for targeting interventions. The researchers analyzed change in HIV prevalence for 6,947 women and 5,848 …
The combination of daclatasvir, a hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A inhibitor, and the NS5B inhibitor sofosbuvir has shown efficacy in patients with HCV monoinfection. Data are lacking on the efficacy and safety of this combination in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Original Source
Despite evidence that taking powerful anti-HIV drugs can help protect uninfected partners from contracting the virus that causes AIDS, the therapy is far from becoming routinely prescribed, scientists said Monday. The practice, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, means that a healthy person who engages in sex with an HIV-positive …
UNAIDS Determined to end Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by 2030 and make more people living with the virus know their status, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nation Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) have released new consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services even as …
Zimbabwe has reportedly recorded a 5, 5 percent reduction in mother to child HIV transmission in 2014 from 30 percent in 2009. Deputy national treatment co-ordinator (Aids and TB Programmes) in the ministry of health and child care, Dr Regis Choto said an estimated 1,152,077 adults and 121,111 children were …
AIDS researchers released a call to action Sunday for a worldwide shift in HIV treatment, to providing medication immediately after diagnosis instead of first watching for signs of illness to appear. "Immediate antiretroviral (ARV) treatment more than doubles an individual's prospects of staying healthy and surviving," said the Vancouver Consensus, …
