Govt identifies 7 districts in Delhi, 11 in Haryana for priority HIV/AIDS interventionsThe Union Health Ministry is prioritising 219 districts for HIV/AIDS interventions. Haryana and Delhi are key focus areas. The National AID...
20 Mar, 2026, 01.41 PM IST
Trump’s foreign aid freeze may put millions of children at HIV risk, warns Lancet reportA Lancet report warns that suspending or limiting funding to PEPFAR could lead to dire consequences in the African region. By 2030, one mil...
09 Apr, 2025, 01.07 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
'End of AIDS by 2030' if frontline services get proper funding: UNThe United Nations said Tuesday it is still possible to reach the "end of AIDS" by 2030 -- but only if communities and services on the grou...
28 Nov, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
AIDS can be ended by 2030 with investments in prevention and treatment, UN saysIn 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. HIV ca...
13 Jul, 2023, 06.11 PM IST
World AIDS Day 2022: What's the theme for this year, when is it?To provide everyone with access to HIV research, communities and countries in the Global South and North must share their technological res...
01 Dec, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
COVID-19 pandemic's long-term impact could lead to more new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths: UNThe UNAIDS is calling on countries to make far greater investments in global pandemic responses and adopt a new set of bold, ambitious but ...
01 Dec, 2020, 07.53 PM IST
A child or young person newly infected with HIV every 100 seconds last year: UNICEFWarning that children are being left behind in the fight against HIV, it said that prevention efforts and treatment for children remain som...
25 Nov, 2020, 10.21 PM IST
Health Ministry seeks inclusion of vulnerable groups in social protection schemesThe Health Ministry received representations from civil society organisations and key population representatives, like injecting drug users...
28 May, 2020, 06.47 PM IST
With Section 377 out, hopes now for renewed efforts of HIV prevention among high risk groupsOne of the key recommendations that global public health organisations like WHO have have stressed on is preventing AIDS among high risk gr...
14 Sep, 2018, 06.43 PM IST
Health Ministry implements HIV, AIDS ActThe act seeks to prevent and control the spread of HIV and AIDS and and creates mechanisms for redressing the complaints of persons infecte...
11 Sep, 2018, 02.37 PM IST
Cabinet approves amendment to HIV/AIDS billThe Union Cabinet approved amendments to 'The HIV and AIDS Bill, 2014' drafted to safeguard the rights of people living with HIV and affect...
05 Oct, 2016, 01.48 PM IST
Suniti Solomon, who woke India up to HIV threat, dies at 76In 1986, Dr Solomon, then a microbiologist at Madras Medical College, and her team for the first time documented evidence of HIV infection ...
29 Jul, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Sports Ministry signs MOU with Department of AIDS ControlThe MoU was signed between Secretary, Department of Sports Ajit M Saran, and Secretary, Department of AIDS Control, Lov Verma.
29 Nov, 2013, 05.01 PM IST
- HIV/AIDS testing services to be set up at major sea ports
Government plans to set up counselling and testing services for HIV/AIDS at major sea ports for the prevention and management of the diseas...
22 Mar, 2013, 08.28 PM IST
- Govt to reduce mother to child HIV transmission by 2011
With a whopping number of over 23,000 children getting HIV from their mothers every year, the government has planned several steps to drast...
02 Aug, 2007, 11.40 PM IST
- Economy contracts AIDS, to lose weight
AIDS could lower India’s real GDP growth rate by as much as 0.9 percentage point reveals a recent study.
21 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST