How drugs were used to spread HIV among 800+ students in TripuraTripura is grappling with a severe HIV outbreak among its student population, exacerbated by injectable drug use. According to Tripura Stat...
09 Jul, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
Elton John honoured by British Parliament for his work towards HIV preventionSpeaking at the event held in the Speaker's House of Parliament, John, who established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, was acknowle...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.47 AM IST
Scotland's landmark HIV awareness campaign breaks 40-year silenceScotland is set to air a TV ad on HIV for the first time in four decades. Unlike previous campaigns that portrayed HIV as a deadly disease,...
16 Oct, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
Zero Discrimination Day 2023: Everything you need to knowEvery year on March 1, the United Nations and other international organizations observe Zero Discrimination Day.
01 Mar, 2023, 07.26 PM IST
How India can 'PrEP' better for fight against HIVIndia experienced a surge of HIV cases in the 1990s and early 2000s. According to the National Social Marketing Centre (NSMC), during 2001-...
01 Oct, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
Meet Pradipkumar Singh: The man who shed his HIV tag to become a bodybuilder championFrom fighting psychological trauma, stigma and discrimination to becoming a champion, the 45-year-old has proved nothing is impossible.
24 Aug, 2017, 07.24 PM IST
Margaret Thatcher's fears over AIDS awareness made publicThatcher was concerned that an AIDS awareness campaign in the 1980s would "harm" young teenagers, but was overruled, newly-released files s...
30 Dec, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
Hindustan Syringes to partner WHO for auto-disable syringesThe WHO campaign aims to completely eliminate the practice of using re-usable syringes and replace it with auto-disable (AD) syringes.
22 Feb, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Let's create a HIV-free society, says CM PanneerselvamTamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today urged the people to pledge their support to those affected with HIV in the state.
30 Nov, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
HIV model can beat hepatitis, say doctorsOn World Hepatitis Day on Monday, World Health Organization called for using similar strategies and infrastructure to check the spread of i...
29 Jul, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
Law soon to prevent discrimination against HIV patients: Ghulam Nabi AzadGovt today pledged to bring a law soon to ensure that there is no discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients.
01 Dec, 2011, 02.49 PM IST
- Growing moustaches to spread awareness
Choosing the moustache as a symbol for raising awareness is a clever way of getting round a bristly topic.
29 Nov, 2011, 02.42 AM IST
- Government project prevents 1 lakh fresh HIV cases in five years
About 100, 000 fresh HIV cases among the general population were averted in India in five years by targeting the most vulnerable section.
11 Oct, 2011, 09.31 AM IST
- Makers of Smirnoff Vodka launch 'Diageo MTV Guardian Angel'
Liquor company Diageo launched a Pan-Asia campaign 'Diageo MTV Guardian Angel' in partnership with MTV to curb the menace of drunken drivin...
17 Nov, 2008, 08.55 PM IST
- AIHI to launch media campaign on AIDS
Australian International Health Institute (AIHI) has decided to launch a multi pronged media campaign in Nagaland and Manipur to fight stig...
28 Aug, 2008, 03.01 PM IST
- Anti-AIDS blitz sees pharma firms locked in ugly battle
It has now emerged that Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US-based NGO that accused Cipla of over pricing anti-AIDS drug, Viraday, in I...
01 Sep, 2007, 02.17 AM IST
- Govt to launch aids awareness ad campaign
In order to create awareness among people living with HIV/AIDS, the government has planned a series of ad campaigns, starting with informat...
25 Oct, 2006, 11.40 AM IST