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
WHO calls for worldwide use of 'smart' syringes
Up to 1.7 million people were infected with hepatitis B through an unsafe injection in a year, says UN body
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
Mpox, AIDS & COVID-19 show challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma
Racial, sexual stigma around monkeypox spurred World Health Organization to rename the disease to mpox
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
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
HIV can be edited out of genome
Unlike currently available drugs, a new technology provides tool to target dormant HIV in the body
How Tanzania’s spousal escort policy frustrates antenatal healthcare
Only 51% Tanzanian women make four or more visits during their entire pregnancy, according to a report
Savour the tang: Manipur’s heimang is a versatile ingredient in Asian cuisines and packs a nutritional punch
Despite its extraordinary versatility, heimang has not yet found widespread commercial use
New, more virulent HIV strain reported in the Netherlands 40 years after pandemic began
The new HIV variant is a cause for concern since these are figures for a country with high awareness about and monitoring of the disease
Designer babies can lead to growth of homogenous individuals
A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies but the development may come at a heavy cost
Poor access to healthcare hits HIV eradication goal
UNICEF says its global goal of reducing new HIV infections in children by 90 per cent between 2009 and 2015 is still out of reach
Palliative care not available for majority in developing countries: WHO
Only 20 countries across the world have palliative care well integrated into their health-care systems, says report
Section 377 verdict: Social media erupts with anger but misses HIV link
Section 377 makes gay community vulnerable to HIV/AIDS by making it difficult for institutions to make information and services available to …
What delayed launch of phase IV of AIDS control programme?
Activists say Supreme Court decision criminalising gay sex under Section 377 of IPC may be a reason
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
New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected
While many children who are HIV-exposed and also HIV-uninfected are growing and developing well, some face greater risks
Medicines Pool Swirls
Drug companies are slowly joining the UN effort to offer life-saving patented medicines to poor countries but the terms are sometimes restrictive
Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report
Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report
Gay, bisexual and pansexual men can now donate blood in US
FDA updates discriminatory guidelines; new set of risk-based rules in place applicable on all prospective donors
SAARC ministers adopt Delhi declaration on public health
Supra-national laboratory for TB and HIV/AIDS to come up in Kathmandu with India bearing the major cost of the project
Studies take cue from body’s defence mechanism, target HIV virus
One study recommends enhancing body’s immune response early and controllably, while the other suggests inducing uncontrolled mutation in …
HIV/AIDS Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha
Activists demand its early passage to check discrimination against affected people in education, healthcare, employment, travel and insurance
Current monkeypox symptoms are different from previous outbreaks, finds study
Rectal pain, penile swelling new complaints; Only a quarter of patients had known contact with a confirmed case
HIV positive people in Sri Lanka to now get health coverage
Four insurance firms will bear HIV-related medical costs; move aimed at increasing access to treatment