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 …
The national and international nongovernmental organisations in collaboration with the relevant government departments on Monday launched the ‘Mother and Motherhood through Advocacy and Awareness (Mamtaa)’ project to improve health of the vulnerable communities in Mansehra district. The launching ceremony took place during a meeting of the representatives of the district …
The Global Fund (The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) offered a grant of US $ 1.9 million to the Sri Lankan government for use on TB control activities. Annually around 10,000 new TB cases are detected in Sri Lanka of which 8,000 are cured, Health Minister Maithripala …
June 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka is committed to be "a champion in the AIDS response" towards achieving zero new HIV/AIDS infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths, the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The President made this reaffirmation when he met the UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Programme, Luiz …
The country’s inability to achieve all the tenets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by the established deadline has prompted various City-based volunteer organisations to compile recommendations for submission to the United Nations. The deadline for the achieving eight key goals, which range from halving extreme poverty rates, to halting …
‘State has 36,000 HIV+ people in the grey zone who are unaware of the infection’ Of the 6.51 lakh units of blood collected in Karnataka from April 2012 to March 2013, 1,096 were found to be HIV positive and therefore discarded. Shockingly, of these, a mere 236 (21.5 per cent) …
Officials of District Aids Programme Control Unit (DAPCU) swung into action following the report filed by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) terming around 132 villages as sensitive to HIV transmission. The UP State Aids Control Society (UPSACS) has now launched an extensive educational and awareness campaign with special attention on …
Testing every person in India’s billion plus population for HIV will be cost-effective. The first ever study to gauge the benefit of universal HIV testing in India every five years has found that testing the general population just once would be “very cost-effective” because it would cost $1,100 per year …
A recent study has revealed that a total of 302 people of the district have been suffering from HIV. According to the study conducted by Lumbini Plus, an organization working for the welfare of HIV infected people showed out of total HIV infected people 142 are male, 160 are female …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a proposal by the Department of AIDS Control for the implementation of the National AIDS Control Support Project (NACSP) at a cost of Rs. 2,550 crore. The NACP is financed by the government and the World Bank in equal proportion. This project …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved a `2,550 crore National AIDS Control Support Project. The proposed project by the Department of AIDS Control will contribute towards intensifying and consolidating prevention services with a focus on highly vulnerable populations, high risk groups and bridge population and strengthening behaviour …
To help urban poor go to health facilities after working hours, urban primary health centres, planned under the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), will function from noon to 8 p.m. Out-patient departments at standard health facilities worked only in the morning; when patients had to go to work, visiting a …
15-Year-Old American Develops A Faster, Cheaper Way For Early Detection A15-year-old high school student in the US, whose uncle died of pancreatic cancer, has developed the first test for the disease that could detect tumours before they become too advanced to treat. Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate for …
With rising number of testing centres for HIV+ patients in the state, district Burhanpur has emerged on the lines of districts Indore, Ujjain, Neemuch and Ratlam, which have a dense population of HIV+ patients in the state. In the last six years, as per official data, Burhanpur has 757 HIV+ …
Scientists have tracked the earliest days of a man’s robust immune response to HIV which may lead to a potential new vaccine for the deadly virus. The research team, led by Barton F Haynes from Duke Human Vaccine Institute and John Mascola of the NIH Vaccine Research Center, has for …
“The court has recognised the right of patients to access affordable medicines over profits for big pharma companies” It was celebration time for health activists and civil society groups after the Supreme Court delivered its judgment dismissing Swiss multinational company Novartis’ appeal for patent for its anti-cancer medicine imatinib mesylate …
Stigma, discrimination, lack of privacy, and long waiting times partly explain why six out of ten individuals living with HIV do not access facility-based testing. By circumventing these barriers, self-testing offers potential for more people to know their sero-status. Recent approval of an in-home HIV self test in the US …
The World Bank on Wednesday (27) approved a concessionary loan of US$ 200 million, at an interest rate of 1.25 percent, to Sri Lanka for the Health Sector Development Project to help the government upgrade the standards of performance of the public health system and enable it to better respond …
The World Bank approved yesterday a concessionary loan of US $ 200 million to Sri Lanka for the Second Health Sector Development Project (SHSDP) to help the Sri Lankan government to upgrade the standards of performance of the public health system and enable it to better respond to the challenges …
India may have achieved a success rate of 88 per cent in treatment of tuberculosis — higher than the global treatment success rate of 85 per cent — but HIV-TB co-infection continues to be a cause of major concern, as the percentage of people infected with the twin infection increased …
Stung by increasing number of positive cases of HIV/AIDS in Dharwad district, the health department has planned a week-long awareness programme 'Samagra Janajagruti Abhiyaan' in the district from Monday. The rising number of cases are not only a social concern, but also can be a burden on the healthcare system …
