HIV positive children’s treatment in Africa not on par with adults: UN Report

Only six African countries provided antiretroviral therapy to children living with HIV in 2020, a report by UNAIDS has said

NACO says HIV/AIDS under control, but numbers and experts disagree

While the data released today shows that new infections have reduced by 80%, an expert says medicine stock-outs are a common sight

‘HIV Made Me Fabulous’ film relies on science and embodied storytelling to counter stigma, discrimination

The movie aspires to let women know that if they are HIV-positive, they still have the right to enjoy all aspects of life, including sexuality, …

Global Fund withdrawal

Cipla shows the way, again

The pioneer of inexpensive AIDS drugs made a paediatric medicine that will save thousands of children

New vaccine could end three-decade-long wait for an effective prevention of HIV

Clinical trial of the vaccine has kicked off in South Africa where 1,000 people are infected with HIV every day

Highlights of 2016 International AIDS Conference in South Africa

South Africa has the highest infection rate in the world with about seven million affected

South Africa's remarkable journey out of the dark decade of AIDS denialism

Activists, health-care workers and scientists in South Africa were faced with a horrific epidemic but went on a ruthless crusade to turn it around

AIDS: how far the world has come and how far it needs to go to get to zero

Globally, the health community is moving to a point where there could be zero new HIV infections or deaths. But it has been a long road

‘World at highest risk of losing control of AIDS epidemic'

Mark Dybul, an American AIDS researcher and diplomat warned of a situation where the AIDs epidemic could spiral out of control, at the ongoing …

Safeguarding foetuses

AIDS in Africa

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A common chord

Startling links

Viruses of many ailments, including common cold and HIV, have common genetic traits

Website review: http://www.fao.org/hivaids/

This multilingual website, maintained by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, seeks to work as a centralised source of …

Danger averted

Crackdown on LGBT people leading to HIV-AIDS crisis in Indonesia: Report

HIV rate among gay men in Indonesia has increased five-fold from 5% in 2007 to 25% in 2015

World AIDS Day: Battles won and lost hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19

Resources have helped reduce morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income regions. AIDS-related deaths have declined worldwide by 39% since …

Every year 2,000 people are transfused with HIV-infected blood

While there are stringent laws to regulate blood banks, such incidents are still happening

Public acceptance of gay relationships will help control spread of AIDS: SC on Section 377

Justice DY Chandrachud told lawyers that same sex couples living in denial with no access to medical care were more prone to contracting and …

AIDS agency orders cheap drug

Stavudine disfigures, affects peripheral nervous system permanently  

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UN decisions must be open to public debate

Voicing the pain

THE END OF SILENCE: ART FOR AIDS SAKE·Organised by Gallery Mirage, New Delhi, and sponsored by National AIDS Control Organisation, New …

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