NCUI and India HIV/AIDS Alliance sign MoU to enhance livelihood opportunities of transgender community“It's a historic step in the direction of empowerment of transgender community in India that aims to fulfill the economic, social and cultu...
23 Feb, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
Head of UNAIDS unpacks the knock-on effects of COVID-19. And what needs to be doneCOVID-19 has also derailed progress against diseases that affect poor people. .
30 Sep, 2021, 12.31 PM IST
India marching to ensure working-age population equipped to seize job opportunities: VardhanInaugurating the first 'The Grand Finale of the Red Ribbon Quiz Competition' organized by the National AIDS Control Organization and Minist...
12 Jan, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
World Aids Day today: Anti-HIV programmes shrank 33% in one yearFor 2014 to 2016, the national budget for the HIV-AIDS control programme was slashed from Rs 1,700 crore to Rs 1,300 crore.
01 Dec, 2016, 02.03 PM IST
- Biomarkers of cognitive impairment found in HIV patients: Study
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Using reliable biomarkers, researchers have found a unique epigenetic footprint which offers them insight into how ...
25 Sep, 2016, 07.00 PM IST
80% drugs to combat AIDS supplied by India: JP NaddaThe UN General Assembly adopted a new political declaration that emphasised on the critical importance of affordable medicines to combat th...
09 Jun, 2016, 03.58 PM IST
How APJ Abdul Kalam saved HIV affected siblingsAn orphaned girl from a far flung village of Odisha remembers the gesture of APJ Abdul Kalam towards her HIV positive siblings ten years ag...
29 Jul, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
Rural Development Ministry, NACO sign pact to aid HIV-affected peopleIn a bid to reach out to people affected by HIV/AIDS and those vulnerable to it, the Rural Development Ministry today inked a pact with NAC...
10 Jun, 2015, 10.58 PM IST
Global funding dips by 90 per cent, may cripple war on AIDSMany organizations, mainly bilateral and philanthropic donors, have shifted focus to other diseases such as tuberculosis and family plannin...
23 May, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
HIV fears rise as six states face severe shortage of condomsThe matter was recently raised with the Union health ministry, following which the health secretary met senior officials from the NACO.
30 Jan, 2015, 11.39 AM IST
Over one lakh new HIV cases reported in China in 2014China has reported 104,000 new HIV/AIDS infections in 2014, up 14.8 per cent from the previous year- Central health authority
16 Jan, 2015, 10.27 AM IST
Social media may help fight AIDS: studyResearchers said social media can prompt high-risk populations to request at-home testing kits for HIV, suggesting a way to potentially boo...
29 Dec, 2014, 05.56 PM IST
Huge success in fight against HIV, but more needs to be done: WHO officialIn the WHO South-East Asia region, as of 2013, there were around 3.4 million people living with HIV and 1.1 million of them are currently o...
30 Nov, 2014, 02.34 PM IST
India not promoting Tenofovir, an HIV treatment drug that can also prevent the diseaseThe recommendation opens up a new debate on the use of ARVs as a preventive drug and how it will be perceived among those who engage in uns...
26 Jul, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
- Drugs by Indian cos reduces cost of HIV first line treatment
Generic anti-retroviral drugs manufactured by Indian cos have brought down the cost of first line treatment for HIV patients from $800 to $...
25 Aug, 2010, 09.24 PM IST
- After setbacks, hunt for AIDS vaccine pushes on
One year after a puzzling setback in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine, researchers say their defeats have forced them to look for entirely new ...
19 Oct, 2008, 08.39 AM IST
- Rangarajan talks condoms & licensing of HIV drugs
As chairman of a pan-Asian commission studying HIV/AIDS,Chakravarti Rangarajan has been meeting sex workers across the continent.
01 Dec, 2007, 12.02 PM IST