Centre to bear most of the expenses on AIDS control programme
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announces major steps for improved AIDS treatment to enhance longevity and productivity of patients
Poor countries increase domestic funding for AIDS control programmes
Eighty-one countries increased their domestic investment for AIDS by over 50 per cent between 2006 and 2011
African children are neglected when it comes to HIV treatment: Lancet study
Only 55% of African children living with HIV (including those who were previously undiagnosed) are on antiretroviral therapy and 32.6% have a …
Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: what we found
If sub-Saharan African nations are to reduce mortality, they must have a better understanding of the effect of climate change on mortality rates
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
New treatment against drug-resistant TB successful
Multidrug-resistant TB is a serious public health challenge. It affects vulnerable communities such as migrant workers, refugees, prisoners and …
12 African countries commit to ending AIDS in kids by 2030
Early HIV testing, eliminating vertical transmission and addressing social and structural barriers in plan of action
Why a one-size-fits-all approach to COVID-19 could have lethal consequences
We are putting in place measures that will lead to malnutrition and starvation for millions of people, and for these horrors, children and …
Health in news on May 10
Sugar industry sees red over FSSAI's draft regulations, HC slams government hospital for discrimination of HIV patient
Highlights of 2016 International AIDS Conference in South Africa
South Africa has the highest infection rate in the world with about seven million affected
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
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
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
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