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 …
Significant programmatic experience and research evidence regarding HIV and infant feeding have accumulated since WHO's recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV were last revised in 2006. In particular, evidence has been reported that antiretroviral (ARV) interventions to either the HIV-infected mother or HIV-exposed infant can significantly reduce …
Developing Asia's rapidly expanding middle class is likely to assume the traditional role of the US and Europe as primary global consumers and help rebalance the global economy, says a report on Asia
Bhopal, July 28: A training workshop for Trainers for Red Ribbon Express was organised by MP State Aids Control Society (MPSACS) in which 60 trainers from various districts were present. Daman Ahuja, Field Officer of National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) New Delhi was present as the chief trainer in this …
The world buzzed with news that an antiretroviral gel can halve the incidence of HIV infection in women. But a quieter buzz could be heard at the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, where the gel results were unveiled.
Jamshedpur, July 25: The Red Ribbon Express proved to be the weekend crowd-puller in Seraikela-Kharsawan, as people thronged to know about HIV/AIDS and watch nukkad natak (street plays) and puppet shows on prevention of the disease. The train arrived yesterday at Sini station, after covering two destinations in the state
International conference on AIDS in Vienna VIENNA: Anti-HIV drugs reached 1.2 million more people last year, the U.N. announced on Monday at the world AIDS forum, as the former U.S. President, Bill Clinton, defended Barack Obama's funding to fight the disease. The increase meant that 5.2 million people had access …
Condition Can Now Be Diagnosed 6 Weeks After Birth Instead Of 18 Months New Delhi: A simple blood test is now helping India identify the status of children born to HIV positive mothers as early as six weeks after their birth, instead of 18 months. Till recently, paediatricians in India, …
A Cambodian group has developed a pioneering community-based approach to HIV and TB care and research. Amy Maxmen describes how this powerful model is being expanded to other war-torn countries.
There is more to combating HIV in the developing world than providing affordable drugs. T. V. Padma looks at the innovative new strategies being employed.
Jodhpur: At least 56 children suffering from thalassaemia tested positive for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after receiving blood transfusion at government-run Umaid hospital in Jodhpur. They are among the 130 thalassaemic children registered with Jodhpur
South Asia, a region of strategic importance, faces public health challenges on a demographic and geographic scale unmatched in the world. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are home to nearly one-fifth of the world’s population. Even more dramatic, however, these countries are home to two-thirds of the world’s …
OPERATION Smallpox Zero was launched in India in 1975. Around this time, a WHO official has been quoted saying he would “eat a tyre off a jeep” if smallpox was eradicated in India. D A Henderson, the programme’s director, is said to have sent him a jeep tyre. Smallpox was …
Assam would have another user-friendly facility in the health-sector very soon. The State Government is to launch a project, christened 104, which would enable people to make phone calls and receive information on health problems, including HIV/AIDS. The free of cost service would be run on the model of 108 …
The US has selected Bangladesh as one of the eight 'Global Health Initiative (GHI) Plus' countries. As part of this global initiative, the US is investing $63 billion over six years to help partner countries improve health outcomes through strengthened health systems -- with a particular focus on improving the …
Universal access to first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV infection is becoming more of a reality in most low and middle income countries in Asia. However, second-line therapies are relatively scarce. We developed a mathematical model of an HIV epidemic in a Southeast Asian setting and used it to forecast …
a symposium organized in Delhi recently by the George Washington University in the US is the latest in the series of events to promote patent interests of pharma companies. One of the main sponsors of the event, US pharma company Gilead Sciences, made a presentation at the symposium on its …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Creating a vaccine against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains one of the biggest challenges of modern science. In the 27 years since HIV was discovered, scientists have learnt a great deal about the virus and how it causes AIDS. Making a vaccine to stop it, …
