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 …
Khomba Singh NEW DELHI THE Global Fund, an international financing institution to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, will give $128.5 million to the Indian government to help check spread of these diseases in the country. The government in turn will disburse the money to relevant organisations and social groups fighting …
Cycle rallies, poster campaigns, awareness programmes and appeals to people marked the World AIDS Day which was observed in different parts of Manipur yesterday emphasising the theme of
The second phase of Red Ribbon Express, a 10-coach exhibition train for creating awareness about HIV/AIDS in farflung areas of the country, was flagged-off on Tuesday by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The express is aimed at creating awareness about HIV/AIDS. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Gandhi said that it is …
A day after an official announcement put the total number of HIV positive people in Assam at 3,835, the State Health Minister today said that some well regarded surveys would suggest that up to 9,000 people could actually be infected. The discrepancy between the number documented till November 1 this …
September 24 this year was a historic date for Aids research. After 25 years of work, at a cost of several billion dollars, scientists were able to announce the first partial success in developing a vaccine against HIV. A $105m clinical trial involving 16,000 volunteers in Thailand showed that a …
A total of 143 people were diagnosed with AIDS while 39 AIDS patients died across the country in last one year, the government revealed yesterday. On the occasion of the World AIDS Day the health ministry revealed the data at a press briefing at the ministry conference room. The day …
The HIV/AIDS situation in Assam presents a mixed picture, with better monitoring and care in place, but awareness continuing to be low in most parts of the State. There remains little scope for complacency in such a context. Revealing this at a press conference held in the city on the …
District Health and Family Welfare Department and District Aids Control Unit and State Aids Control Unit will conduct Aids Day on December 1. The programme will be held at Travellers Bungalow at 9 am under the title World wide treatment: Human Right Protection. An awareness rally will be taken out …
Due to lack of awareness about the treatments available, persons detected with HIV are being deprived of a longer and healthier life. In Assam, 3,752 persons have been detected as HIV-positive, whereas it is estimated that thousands of others carrying the virus are yet to be detected. As the State …
Geneva: Almost 60 million people have been infected by HIV and 25 million people killed by causes related to the virus since the epidemic started, according to new data published by UNAIDS on Tuesday. While prevention programmes have helped to cut infection tes by 17% over the past eight years, …
HIV testing is a key component of HIV control efforts. The authors examined the distribution of HIV testing in a population-based sample from Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, which is estimated to have one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV in India.
Silent on the HIV/AIDS Bill that seeks to guarantee rights of persons infected with the deadly virus, the government has finally sought to make some compensation for its indifference towards the issue by unveiling the
Delay in drafting the HIV/AIDS Bill has forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to step in. In a letter to the AIDS Control department, Singh has asked it to appraise him about the status of the Bill and the reasons for its delay. Union Health Ministry finalised the Bill in 2006 …
IMPROPER disposal of medical wastes is a matter of grave concern for human health and environment. Medical waste may carry germs of different deadly diseases. In developing countries, medical waste management has not received much attention. It is usually disposed off randomly. Improper medical waste management is alarming in Bangladesh …
The controversial theory that viral infection leads to chronic fatigue syndrome has received a boost from a US study. Researchers at the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Nevada found that a recently discovered virus called XMRV was present in 67 per cent of people with CFS but only 3.8 per cent …
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), principal recipient of the global fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in India, today announced the launch of
