Thirty years since the first reported case of a person infected with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus or HIV and 25 million deaths later, there's still no realistic prospect of a vaccine against the disease, AIDS. ...
11:20 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was named the UN Goodwill Ambassador for AIDS, said she doesn't want to be just a poster girl for UNAIDS. ...
06:17 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Aishwarya said she was approached by the UN ten years ago to work with it on select causes but she decided to put it on hold as she was busy with the movie projects then. "I feel I can focus on the work of the UNAIDS today. As a mother, I have taken time out from my career for the last 10 months. I can now plan my time ahead,"...
06:32 PM, Sep 25, 2012
United Nations: The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as its International Goodwill Ambassador. She will raise global awareness on protecting children from HIV infection and increasing access to antiretroviral treatment. The appointment came a day before the start of the annual debate at the UN General Assembly. Aishwarya has been involved in humanitarian issues for many years and will now have a...
11:30 AM, Sep 25, 2012
As a part of her campaign, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will help advocate better access to anti-retro-viral drugs and treatment. ...
09:19 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New York: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the newly appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS, says she does not want to be just a "poster girl" for the organisation but will help break social barriers and stigmas that are attached with the disease. In her new role, Aishwarya will help raise awareness on issues related to stopping new HIV infections in children and advocate for increased access to anti-retroviral treatment....
09:07 AM, Sep 25, 2012
Mumbai: Thirty years since the first reported case of a person infected with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus or HIV and 25 million deaths later, there's still no realistic prospect of a vaccine against the disease, AIDS. One of the main reasons is that HIV is such a complex virus! There are two strains - both with three subtypes each and different continents see different sub-types. So far, scientists have identified...
09:21 AM, Dec 01, 2011
New Delhi: Just a few days before the World AIDS day, an eye-opening report says at least 2.3 million people in the country are living with the virus. Many survivors have been fighting for quality of life. At least 2.3 million Indians live with HIV/AIDS, though the latest UNAIDS report states that the rate of infection in India has come down. It's no longer a death sentence, as survivor and...
09:27 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Use protection and spread awareness, suggested a few Bollywood celebrities on World AIDS Day on Wednesday. "On World Aids Day I want to appeal to you all today not to fear HIV. Just be safe, use protection and do not stigmatise people living with HIV," actress Preity Zinta posted on her Twitter page. "Mother-to-child transmission of HIV really upsets me. We should be able to protect every child...
06:28 PM, Dec 01, 2010
New Delhi: Calling mother-to-child transmission of HIV particularly "upsetting", Bollywood actress and UNAIDS goodwill ambassador Preity Zinta on Tuesday said action must be taken now to ensure further spread of the infection is checked. Wednesday is World AIDS Day. "On World AIDS Day, it is important to remember two facts - HIV is preventable, but even so in 2009 nearly one and a half lakh Indians got infected, including 18,000...
06:07 PM, Nov 30, 2010
New Delhi: The AIDS epidemic is for the first time showing a reverse trend which has been attributed to high investment in HIV prevention programmes by India and other most affected countries over a decade. "Investments in HIV prevention programmes are producing significant results in many of the highest burden countries. India is one of them. The incidence rate of new HIV infection fell by more than 25 per cent...
11:10 PM, Nov 23, 2010
Cocktails of life-saving drugs can control HIV but there is no cure. ...
06:50 PM, Nov 24, 2009
The UNAIDS India office is now on a mission to convince all states that want to ban sex education to re-introduce it. ...
09:51 PM, May 15, 2007
Out of the 59,000 HIV patients under ARV programme, most are at a critical stage and require advanced treatment to survive. ...
07:24 PM, Dec 01, 2006
UNAIDS country chief Denis Broun says "puritan" colonial law that bans homosexuality is against human rights. ...
08:01 PM, Nov 30, 2006
India must get on top of its HIV epidemic by next year or risk seeing it spiral out of control. ...
04:31 PM, Nov 20, 2006
