Antiretroviral therapy coverage for HIV in low- & middle-income countries to grow 25% by 2025, says WHO
Presently, only half the children living with HIV receive ART; may fall short of UNAIDS treatment coverage target for 2025
Global Fund withdrawal
New gene editing technology may not fully eliminate HIV, finds study
Scientists had been optimistic that CRISPR could annihilate the deadly disease
Bring HIV/AIDS Bill in Parliament this winter session, demand activists
Bill has been shuttling between health and law ministries since 2006
MDG final report highlights the success of strategic intervention
Human society has achieved several milestones on all eight goals: Report
World AIDS Day: Communities can lead way to ending public health threat, says UNAIDS
Suggests integrating, elevating and engaging communities at all stages of HIV-related decision-making
AMR causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic
In many African countries, poverty and inequality propel the likelihood of antimicrobial resistance
What caused HIV/AIDS to explode?
Social forces drive viral pandemics, say scientists
World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report
The number should be reduced from the current 169 targets
New cure raises hopes for MDR-TB patients
PaMZ regimen showed better results among HIV-infected patients
AIDS epidemic can end by 2030: UNAIDS
India reverses HIV epidemic, but reports high number of new infections
In a first, immunotherapy that pulls HIV virus out of hiding to kill it
Latest findings offer relief to HIV-positive patients taking medicines daily
A patent triumph of public interest
New flexibilities make public interest safeguards integral to drug patent rights
Coffins for the EU Delegation in Delhi
Health activists protest against the EU-India investment treaty under negotiation now
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
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
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
At least 46 HIV cases in Uttar Pradesh after quack used single syringe for injections
Matter came to light after the health department launched a probe following reports of high number of HIV cases
Communities can make – or break – strategies to curb HIV
They need greater recognition as equal partners in the fight against HIV as well as resources to continue doing the critically important work …
How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobi’s sex workers from accessing vital healthcare
Unfortunately, COVID-19 has made it harder than usual for sex workers all over Africa to access healthcare
Gene variant in people of African origin helps control HIV, says study
Between 4% and 13% of people of African origin could be carrying a particular variant that decreases the viral load
AIDS claimed 1 life every minute in 2022; 9.2 million patients sans HIV treatment: UNAIDS
While the number of AIDS-related deaths among children was reduced by 64% in 2010-2022, HIV still claimed the lives of approximately 84,000 children
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 …
Native problems
From developed countries like USA to the developing African nations, indigenous communities constitute the most poor and neglected sections
WHO recommends faster and cheaper treatment for Multi-Drug Resistant TB
This is a critical step forward in tackling the MDR-TB public health crisis, says organisation