Tag: HIV
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HIV outbreak sparks panic in southern Pakistan
With about 20,000 new HIV infections reported in 2017 alone, Pakistan currently has the second fastest growing HIV rates across Asia, according to the UN.
May 16, 2019 -
Controlling TB
To go by the Global Tuberculosis Report 2017 report, incidence of TB in India (including HIV) is 27,90,000, incidence referring to the number of new cases during a certain time period (usually a year).
March 24, 2019 -
Patented knowledge~II
From 1972 to 2005, because of the lack of patent laws for drugs, Indian drug companies were able to use alternative legal processes to manufacture generic versions of drugs. These generic drug companies were able to produce low-priced drugs that were considered among the cheapest in the world. This allowed India to provide free antiretroviral treatment to 340,000 HIV infected persons in the country.
March 21, 2019 -
Nearly 40 individual HPV types linked to HIV infection
The findings showed that a person with any HPV type, more than one HPV type, or high-risk HPV are more likely to test positive for HIV.
October 6, 2018 -
China sees rise in AIDS, HIV cases
By June end, there were 8,20,756 living with HIV and AIDS -- an increase from 7,20,000 since June 2017.
September 29, 2018 -
Tracing HIV victim’s struggleful journey to leadership
It took her years of struggle to come out of darkness. But she gathered the courage to beat the trauma and stigma to traverse the tough journey and become a torchbearer for HIV victims. This is how a documentary film traces the touching and inspiring story of a 40-year-old HIV positive widow from a village …
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May 25, 2018 -
Breaking the HIV stigma
n a unique and unprecedented effort to bring science and arts together to break the perceived stigma about HIV in India, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), Delhi-based ‘PULSE’ and New York-based ‘Delhi Dance Theatre’ are organising a collaborative dance theatre performance about working and living with HIV in India and the quest to find …
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May 16, 2018 -
EDM party-goers at high opioid dependence risk
Not just common party drugs like ecstasy, more and more EDM party attendees are misusing opioids.
March 30, 2018 -
HP reaches out to pregnant women for HIV screening
With focus on ‘next generation’ the Himachal Pradesh (HP) State AIDS Control Society is reaching out to pregnant women for HIV screening up to sub-centre level across the state. “If we are able to screen the pregnant women in first trimester and start medication, it reduces the risk of transmission of HIV to the child …
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February 8, 2018 -
Unnao: Quack accused of using HIV-infected syringe arrested
An unlicensed self-styled doctor, who is accused of infecting nearly 50 with HIV in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district, was arrested by the police on Wednesday. The quack, Rajendra Yadav, allegedly used the same syringe to inject all patients after which reports surfaced that almost 50 people have been infected with HIV. Rajendra was reportedly arrested …
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February 8, 2018 -
UP: 40 people infected with HIV in Unnao after use of same syringe
In yet another case of medical negligence, it is reported that at least 40 people have been infected with HIV in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao following the use of a common syringe by an unlicensed self-styled doctor. The syringe was used to administer injection, an official said on Monday. A case has been registered against the …
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February 6, 2018 -
Himachal launches nutrition scheme for HIV positive children
Himachal Pradesh government on Monday launched nutrition scheme for children affected by HIV under which they would be provided nutritional supplement. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched nutrition scheme on Monday during a state level awareness campaign which was organised by HP State AIDS Control Society on the occasion of National Youth Day. Thakur said …
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January 22, 2018 -
‘It’s time we shed the taboo’
India accounts for the third highest number of people living with HIV in the world. Despite the availability of free anti-retroviral treatment, uptake remains low as many individuals face difficulty in accessing clinics. Sonal Mehta, chief executive, India HIV/AIDS Alliance shares various stigma and discrimination faced by this section of people. Excerpts from an interview: …
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December 2, 2017 -
HIV patients at risk of heart, kidney diseases
A study shows that the risks of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease in people with HIV infection occur simultaneously.
November 8, 2017 -
Opioid use behind spike in HIV, Hepatitis C cases
A study found evidence of injected drug use in 179 countries that contain 99% of the world's population aged 15-64 years, up from 148 countries in 2007.
October 26, 2017 -
Farhan Akhtar urges people to get rid of stigma attached to HIV
Bollywood actor-producer Farhan Akhtar has urged people to get rid of the stigma attached to the HIV virus. Farhan was at the launch of Vespa RED here on Tuesday. He said: “The fact is that you can continue to live and have a normal life as long as there is no stigma attached to it. …
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October 4, 2017 -
New method to track HIV infection developed
Scientists have developed a new way to track HIV infection that can identify how individual particles infect each cell, and lead to novel therapies for prevention and treatment of the disease. It has become routine to visualise the movement and progression of individual virions – individual infectious particles – in cells, but the relevance of …
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August 21, 2017