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 …
A latest study conducted by the National Center for AIDS and STD Control has shown that the estimated number of HIV/AIDS patients has been stable in the past two years. The study conducted in 2007 by using latest available tools and methodologies has estimated their number at 69,790 - similar …
Ten radio stations in Ghana have been selected to educate people in the country about hiv/aids. The Ghana Aids Commission is funding the project, being implemented by the Centre for Development Communication (cedcom), a development communication consortium. Gariba Ibrahim, cedcom's team leader, said the project would involve the broadcasting of …
WHO's 60th anniversary celebrations have left Africa in the cold. Across the continent countries face high mortality rates and deep misery, and the regional office of the UN's specialised health organisation
A multi-billion dollar global campaign against AIDS has suffered a serious setback in Bihar where this deadly disease wiped out an entire family. The incident, which has sent shock waves across the region, is a sad commentary on the much-trumpeted awareness campaign against AIDS in the state in which hundreds …
Over 2.1 million children below 15 years are living with HIV globally, most of them infected before their birth, during delivery or while being breastfed. While around 4.2 lakh children were newly infected in 2007, an estimated 2.9 lakh children under 15 years died from AIDS the same year. Young …
A drug commonly used to fight AIDS appears to nearly double the risk of a heart attack, researchers said. In a study published online in The Lancet medical journal, European researchers said that the antiretroviral abacavir, included as part of many anti-AIDS regimens worldwide, almost doubled patients' chances of heart …
Tuberculosis (TB) in Bhutan was well under control and in keeping with international standards, according to the programme manager for TB of the health ministry, Dr Pandup Tshering. But, as Bhutan observed World TB Day at Khasadrapchu, Thimphu, on March 28, the programme manager warned that TB could get out …
Nearly five million people are living with HIV in Asia with 4,40,000 people dying each year. If the spread of the virus continues in the current rate, an additional eight million people will become affected by 2020,' according to a study on AIDS in Asia released in New York on …
The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that recent data show patients taking H.I.V. drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb may have increased risk of heart attack. The F.D.A. said data pooled from a 33,000-patient study of H.I.V. patients showed those taking Glaxo's Ziagen and Bristol-Myers's Videx had a …
The number of people in Asia infected with HIV could jump by more than 150 per cent, or 8 million, by 2020 unless more is done to combat the spread of the virus that causes AIDS, a report presented to the UN secretary-general said on Wednesday. That increase could be …
David Gartner, senior counsel of U.S.-based Global AIDS Alliance, expressed hope Friday that Japan would take a lead in addressing global health problems in July's Group of Eight summit. "At last year's G-8 summit, the leaders promised to provide at least $60 billion to reach the commitment to universal access …
Red Ribbon Express (RRE), a seven-coach train, aimed at creating AIDS awareness across the country, is scheduled to arrive at Howrah station on 24 March. A free HIV detection camp will be organised in one of the coaches. Three coaches of the train have been allocated to hold exhibitions to …
A total of 165 people were diagnosed with Multi-Drug Resistance Tuberculosis, the extreme stage of the disease, at Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital at Mohakhali in last eight months. They were diagnosed with MDR-TB since July 2007 after the installation of National Tuberculosis Referral Laboratory at Institute …
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A genetic circuit in HIV that decides whether it switches on or stays dormant could hold the key to anti-HIV therapy, according to a new study. As part of the study, researchers at the University of California have in fact been able to "switch off' the circuit, driving HIV to …
civil society groups have asked the union government to table the long pending hiv-aids bill at the next session of parliament. The ngo, Indian Network of People Living with hiv - aids says that the failure to pass the bill will derail efforts to check the spread of the disease …
Underestimates can result in the problem being ignored, says PAC report Inflated figures may take resources away from other health programmes Hopes ICTCs will act as a single window service to cater to all clients NEW DELHI: Raising doubts over the reliability of the new data on HIV/AIDS prevalence in …
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday said detection of nearly 7500 HIV positive cases, particularly among the drug-users, was alarming and turning Bangladesh into one of the most AIDS vulnerable country in the world. They suggested strengthening mass awareness campaign to prevent the spread of the deadly disease and on …
