Aiding AIDS

Why the disease progresses quickly in Indians

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Malaria can double concentration of HIV

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Local film on AIDS in Uganda

AIDS in 1908

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Scientists figure out molecular mechanism behind latent TB

Kolkata researchers think protein molecule MPT63 secreted by TB bacteria might have a role in its release into body from granuloma 

Rajya Sabha passes HIV Bill amid protests over crucial clause

As per the Bill, treatment will be provided "as far as possible" removing legal obligation to tend to patients

Crying out for aid

With one of the highest growth rate of AIDS cases in the world, India sees a boom in 'opportunistic infections' baffling doctors

Communities can make – or break – strategies to curb HIV

They need greater recognition as equal partners in the fight against HIV as well as resources to continue doing the critically important work …

Africa’s children need help coping with a myriad of stresses, not just HIV

The global health community has made significant progress over the past 15 years to understand how to keep HIV-positive children alive and …

AIDS drug trial leaves bitter taste behind

AIDS victims the world over are dismayed by the discovery that taking azidothymidine as soon as HIV infection is confirmed does not delay death …

AIDS hits prime time on Doordarshan

Prostitutes are shown more frequently in TV programmes as culprits, whereas they are mostly victims of AIDS.

Cocktail aid

An exorbitant wonder 'double-drug' developed for improving survival chances from AIDS may elude needy patients in Africa and Asia

Is HIV harmless?

A group of scientists believe that HIV does not cause the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Two hoots to AIDS

A controversial marrow transplant operation in the US, a faulty gene in a dormant strain of the HIV isolated in Australia, the Zinc Finger …

Hope for the living

Documentary film maker, Doordarshan newscaster, theatre artist and radio broadcaster, Ramesh Venkataraman's latest docu-fiction video, Zindagi …

AIDS messages: tell-all, or nothing?

What do Sushma Swaraj and George W Bush have in common? A mutual contempt of condoms, for one. The us president is known to prefer spreading the …

Azad calls for support from ministries, civil society to fight HIV

Civil society calls the move an eyewash; NACO seeks more budgetary allocations by ministries and signing of MoUs before March next year

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