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PREVENTING HIV INFECTION
Singapore recommends adults to test for HIV once in lifetimeSingapore now advises all adults aged 21 and above to get tested for HIV once in their lifetime. This comes after a rise in infections last...- WHO recommends Gilead's twice-yearly injection for HIV preventionThe WHO's recommendations come at a critical moment as HIV prevention efforts stagnate with 1.3 million new HIV infections occurring in 202...
- 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...
- Twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?Gilead's twice-yearly HIV prevention shot was 100% effective in women and almost as good in men. The company will offer cheap generic versi...
- Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'The shots made by U.S. drugmaker Gilead and sold as Sunlenca are approved in the U.S., Canada, Europe and elsewhere, but only as a treatmen...
- 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...
- COVID-19 pandemic could lead to HIV surge in West & Central Africa, says UNAIDS chiefAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related deaths have been on a st...
- Bill Gates lauds Indian-origin scientist couple for pioneering work in fight against HIV, coronavirusThe Microsoft founder said the couple's motto has impressed him.
- 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...
- South African Indian-origin couple wins top US award for AIDS researchSalim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim received the award from the Institute for Human Virology (IHV) in US.
- Young HIV patients can now live a normal life with the help of new drugsA 20-year-old who began therapy in 2008 can now live up to 78 years, says a new study.
- Bill Gates invests $140 million in HIV cureThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing funding for a groundbreaking new technology which could revolutionise HIV prevention.
- New drug may prevent HIV transmission in women, kidsUp to 45 per cent of HIV-infected mothers will transmit the virus to their child, usually through breastfeeding, researchers said.
- China makes HIV/AIDS prevention first lesson in Beijing collegesBeijing has incorporated HIV and AIDS prevention as the first lesson given to university students in a bid to raise awareness among them.
- 'Tweezer' compound can help fight HIVA compound shaped like tweezer can block HIV & break up proteins in semen that boost infection. It may lead to the development of a safe va...
- Groundbreaking HIV researcher Suniti Solomon passes away at 76Suniti Solomon and her colleagues documented the first evidence of the HIV infection in India in 1986 when blood samples of six commercial ...
- Anti-AIDS medicine project likely to take off at SonagachiUnder the project PrEP, regular medicine would be given to an HIV-negative sex worker engaged in sex with an HIV-positive person.
- 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...
- 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...
- Government project prevents 1 lakh fresh HIV cases in five yearsAbout 100, 000 fresh HIV cases among the general population were averted in India in five years by targeting the most vulnerable section.
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