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
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06:50 PM, Nov 24, 2009
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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
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