Hepatitis afflicts many HIV/AIDS patients, but there is no policy for them

Health ministry and AIDS control body keep shifting responsibility; no statistics available on patients with co-infection

Medicinal tree survives tissue culture process

Tissue culture technique for medicinal tree succeeds

Drug-resistant TB now epidemic among HIV+ people in Mumbai

Transmission from one person to another, not inadequate treatment, is major cause for spread of disease, says study investigator

Muted response

Hepatitis C is a growing problem in India, but government has no programme to manage the disease

Direct cash transfers reduce risk of exposure to HIV, says UNDP report

Cash payments help tackle poverty and improve access to education and healthcare

Kala-azar spreads to Gujarat, MP

A patent triumph of public interest

New flexibilities make public interest safeguards integral to drug patent rights

50 years of international aid: World’s richest countries owe $5.7 trillion debt to poor, says OXFAM

Substantial debt owed to world’s poorest people 9 times more than sub-Saharan Africa’s stock of external debt at 2019-end

Over half the HIV infected people globally do not know their positive status: UN

Gap Report calls for scaling up efforts to end the disease by 2030

Curative resolve

A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases

National Family Health Survey out

The Gates accounts

Obama takes first dip

The US becomes the first to join a global patents pool to make AIDS drugs cheaper but health workers are sceptical of the initiative

UN calls for protection of rights of women, indigenous peoples

The 69th session of the UN General Assembly will see the participation of world leaders on crucial global issues

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Inextricably linked

A United Nations report highlights the connection between environment and health

Is UN giving in to industry?

UN adopts resolution to fight chronic lifestyle diseases, without targets or commitments

INDIA

South Africa on alert after TB outbreak

FIGHTING AIDS

Mobile technology to be used to improve maternal and child health in Africa

Smartphones will help health workers track the health of expecting mothers and their unborn children

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