Why a one-size-fits-all approach to COVID-19 could have lethal consequences

We are putting in place measures that will lead to malnutrition and starvation for millions of people, and for these horrors, children and …

Health in news on May 10

Sugar industry sees red over FSSAI's draft regulations, HC slams government hospital for discrimination of HIV patient

Why Modi's razzmatazz diplomacy isn't serving African interests

Missing from Modi’s foreign trips is a focus on issues most pressing for Africa’s people

Dosage of HIV drug may be too low for African-Americans: study

Half of African-Americans have high levels of a protein that helps remove HIV drug maraviroc from the body

‘Dual contraception is a must to avert HIV infection’

Hormonal contraceptives, promoted in developed nations, put health at risk, says a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Sonal …

Look back at the decade: Generic drugs

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts

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BRAZIL

Growing killer

As the menace of AIDS spreads in India, there is an interest in traditional cures

Blood row

HIV positive haemophiliacs sue US pharma giants

Sustainable peatland management can prevent future pandemics: Study

Peatlands harbour a variety of disease-spreading hosts; flora and fauna in them are also being harvested, increasing contact with humans

Sustainable Development Goals: A paradigm shift in United Nations' fund flow

A report cites the changing funding patterns of the UN and its reliance on corporate partners

Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

HIV treatment centres run short of CD4 kits

AIDS control organisation assures protesting activists that kits needed for initiating anti-retroviral treatment will be made available in a day

MDG final report highlights the success of strategic intervention

Human society has achieved several milestones on all eight goals: Report

HIV's ability to cause AIDS weakening, says new research

The virus might gradually become almost harmless, say virologists

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SOUTH AFRICA

A palliative gesture

Fewer men aware of HIV/AIDS in most states: NFHS-5

Significant decline in proportion of women aware of HIV / AIDS in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Tripura

10.4 million new TB cases reported in 2015; global actions falling short: WHO

Report shows that countries need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat the disease if they are to meet global targets

HIV can be edited out of genome

Unlike currently available drugs, a new technology provides tool to target dormant HIV in the body

ILO push to stop discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS at work place

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment and the National AIDS Control …