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 …
"No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic." -Colin Powell World AIDS Day on 1 December brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic. The day is an opportunity …
India recorded around 60,000 fewer deaths due to HIV in 2011 compared to 2007 while the overall number of people living with HIV has fallen by almost 1.7 lakhs during the same period. There has been a 57% reduction in new HIV infections in India during the last decade with …
There is a good news, India’s AIDS figures have further fallen down. The new HIV estimations for 2012 suggest that there has been a reduction of 57 per cent HIV cases during the last decade from 2.74 lakhs in 2000 to 1.16 lakhs in 2011. The new estimates released by …
Overall decline in adult new-HIV infections, annual AIDS-related deaths, says NACO report. India has registered an overall decline in the number of adult new-HIV infections and annual AIDS-related deaths across the country, while Odisha, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh have shown estimated adult HIV prevalence greater than the national prevalence, …
SHILLONG: 49 deaths including three children since 2002 due to HIV/AIDS in Meghalaya, coupled with the increase in the number of affected persons over the years reveal that the AIDS cases are increasing at an alarming rate and may reach epidemic proportions in the near future. Speaking to The Shillong …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat ranks fifth in the country in terms of people being treated for HIV, and also for the number of children being treated. It is also among the six states that together account for 41% of new HIV infections. A March 2012 report by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) …
The state, which has so far witnessed 271 deaths of AIDS patients, has nearly 3,500 HIV patients, including 253 new cases detected from April to October this year. “The state, as of today, has 3,492 HIV positive patients. In the past six months from April 1 to October 31, when …
With the HIV/AIDS epidemic showing signs of reversal globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and countries are now working towards zero new HIV infections, zero deaths from AIDS-related illnesses and zero discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. To achieve this goal, the WHO has emphasised the need for people to …
Unsafe sex continues to be the most common route to HIV/AIDS in Haryana with the state witnessing a spurt in the number of AIDS cases from 189 in 2010 to 355 in 2011. The state reported over 24,000 HIV positive cases last year. While 85 HIV/AIDS cases were the result …
A United Nations report said on Tuesday that eradicating AIDS was in sight, owing to better access to drugs that can both treat and prevent the incurable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the disease. An aim to eventually end the worldwide AIDS epidemic is not "merely visionary" but "entirely …
New Delhi: Nearly 25 years after HIV was detected in India, travel restrictions continue to bar patients from free movement through nations. HIV-related travel restrictionsexist in 45 countries. The Global AIDS Epidemic 2012 report, released by UNAIDS on Tuesday, says that the effects of such restrictions are severe for migrant …
According to a new UN report, incidence of new HIV infections has fallen by half across 25 countries The rate of new HIV infections in India has dropped by an encouraging 57% over the last decade thanks to increased domestic spending towards the AIDS response. According to a new UN …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has failed to utilise the funds for the last three years despite increasing assistance from the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) every year. According to the report of the Odisha State AIDS Control Society (OSACS), while only Rs 15.44crore could be utilised out of a grant …
Findings have been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry The HIV-AIDS laboratory at the city-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has found that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I (HIV-1) has been undergoing a process of evolution in India over the past decade and possibly in …
Joseph Amon and colleagues discuss the challenges of conducting human rights research in settings where local research ethics committees may favor the interests of the state over the interests of research participants. Original Source
A division bench of the Gujarat high court on Tuesday asked an expert committee to come up with suggestions to curb spread of malaria and dengue in the city. The order came after government authorities filed an affidavit showing that cases of malaria had increased from 5,504 last year to …
Concerned over the ill effects of Stavudine d4T, a first-line drug against HIV for long, the Centre plans to replace it with safer and better-tolerated Tenofovir and Zidovudine. Stavudine has been linked to high toxicity, adverse effects on cholesterol metabolism, painful neuropathy, pancreatitis, sunken cheeks and buffalo humps. In a …
A mysterious new disease has left a number of people in Asia and some in the US with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV. The disease affects the immune system of the patient and damages it, leaving him incapable to repulse germs as healthy people can. …
India had witnessed a sharp decline in the number of new HIV cases — a 56 per cent drop — in the past 10 years. “HIV infections have declined by 56 per cent during the last decade from 2.7 lakh in 2000 to 1.2 lakh in 2009 in our country,” …
