MOUNTING PROBLEM

Aid to AIDS treatment

A common virus can help in preventing the growth of a HIV variant

In sight, but out of mind

WHO raises concerns about hazards posed by the 'not so talked about' diseases

To catch an epidemic

HIV evades vaccine by mutating

Patent over AIDS drug-yielding tree

Jagged track

Global AIDS meet underlines daunting task, hurdles

Care not cure

Is the answer to the AIDS problem in migrants

Maltreatment

Premier health institutes are responsible for malarial deaths

Health needs political commitment

Swaziland AIDS victims against media campaign

The underbelly of aid

Positive partnership

Radio stations in Ghana to talk about AIDS

Parenting new-age untouchables

Rural South Africa has a high burden of undiagnosed non-communicable diseases: Study

A health-screening programme in KwaZulu-Natal showed that most seniors, especially women were living with a chronic health condition

Developed, urbanised districts have high HIV prevalence: Study

The research finds that there’s high prevalence of HIV in 63 districts in south and north-east regions of the country

Catching viruses

Brand new infectious maladies such as Jacobson's disease have begun to plague the world, despite better sanitation and medication in developed …

WHO seeks increase in AIDS funds

The World Health Organisation has called for enhanced spending and a joint UN initiative to combat the threat of AIDS.

Ceramic coat makes AIDS drug more efficient

Scientists claim a new mode of administering drugs would strip the main AIDS drug -- Azidothymidine (AZT) -- of its side-effects.

Post-election squabbles widen rift at WHO

Hiroshi Nakajima's re-election as WHO's director general is being challenged on grounds of high-handedness.

New kit speeds HIV testing

Dipstick, an inexpensive and quick HIV test developed in the United States, is now being manufactured in India.

Return of the drug

Anti- and pro-lobbies lock their horns over the renewed use of the much maligned drug thalidomide

Light from an area of darkness

Strange but true. Health workers in Africa are successfully using antibiotics to slow down the spread of AIDS

Aids against AIDS

In a monumental decision, the American government approves the world's first large-scale testing of an AIDS vaccine

HIV fears

HIV -infected persons with low virus levels in their blood are less likely to pass the virus to partners