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 …
aids-causing human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is unusually lethal when compared to similar viruses like the simian immunodeficiency virus (siv). According to a new us study, the reason for the difference may be the loss of a gene function during viral evolution. siv is commonly found among monkeys; but infected non-human …
hiv origin: The origin of HIV that causes AIDS has been found in wild chimpanzees living in southern Cameroon, according to an international team of scientists. A virus called SIVcpz (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus from chimps) was thought to be the source, but had only been found in a few captive …
a team of scientists at the National Chemical Laboratory (ncl), Pune, has succeeded in propagating the medicinally important tree Calophyllum inophyllum (common names: sultan champa /laurel tree) by tissue culture. Different parts of the tree have been used in traditional medicine to treat ailments like rheumatism, haemorrhage and skin diseases. …
A patent application for a key aids drug in India recently provoked a written protest to the Delhi patent office on May 9, 2006, by the Indian Network for People Living with hiv/aids and the Delhi Network of Positive People. It was followed by a protest march the next day …
toxic pool: The Local Area Environment Committee (LAEC) recently termed the Eloor and Edayar industrial belt in Kochi, Kerala, a "toxic hot spot' filled with heavy metals and pesticides. LAECrecently submitted an environmental audit report to the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee. It found the presence of heavy metals from samples …
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The technology for developing new vaccines and the research that goes into it is becoming increasingly sophisticated and dependent upon an enormous corpus of funds to get off the blocks. This is raising important issues relating to pricing, access and international equity. Take the flu vaccine
japanese resist dam:Japan's Osaka High Court (HC) recently ordered construction of a dam on the Echigawa river, to be shelved due to environmental concerns. This is an important win for the residents of Higashi-Omi village who have been fighting against the dam project for 11 years. The HC said the …
the survival rate of hiv -infected people in India has increased, courtesy a 20-fold drop in the price of the anti-retroviral drugs in the country. This is suggested by a recent study by Y R Gaitonde of Centre for aids Research and Education (yrg care), a Chennai-based non-governmental organisation, and …
THE draft national AIDS policy presented by the Sri Lankan government has discussed the critical question of the media's influence and relation to the rights of HIV/AIDS patients. It has warned those violating ethics and responsible reporting in relation to HIV/AIDS would be "liable to pay damages to those affected …
survivors of the October 8, 2005, earthquake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and northern areas of Pakistan risk deadly diseases such as hiv / aids, hepatitis B, cerebral malaria and syphilis. Chances of unscreened blood transfusions are rife. Farhana Memon, program manager and secretary, Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (sbta) said, "There are …
the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) that causes aids is attenuating (getting weaker), claim scientists at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium. They say their study suggests if the attenuation observed in hiv-1 continues, aids may not remain life-threatening 50-100 years from now. Attenuation is a survival tactic used …
A new drug-releasing implant could prevent transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a man to a woman, claims a research team from the School of Medical Science and Technology of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. The implant, called RISUG (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance), could be …
Exactly a year after it committed US $100 million to Myanmar, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on August 19, 2005, decided to withdraw from the country, citing travel restrictions. The decision by the Fund, which manages the monies raised by governments, business and private organisations, has …
A recent move by the Reserve Bank of India (rbi) has highlighted a pressing challenge confronting the society, that of guaranteeing the professional rights of hiv/aids patients. The country's banker announced its hiv/aids workplace policy on J uly 15, 2005, which states: "Employees living with hiv/aids shall be afforded the …
