Home is where AIDS care is in Uganda
Instead of treating AIDS patients in hospitals, an organisation in Uganda is effectively extending health care to them in their own homes
Progress report on promises made to improve South Africa's health services
In a bid to improve health care in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has made several promises in the last three years. Some have …
At least 46 HIV cases in Uttar Pradesh after quack used single syringe for injections
Matter came to light after the health department launched a probe following reports of high number of HIV cases
Dead silence on AIDS
The recently-concluded AIDS conference did not hold out even the slightest hope for those afflicted with the disease
Three pronged attack
Promising results from new drug developments were discussed at the Vancouver AIDS conference but questions about their long-term benefits and …
Raiding the AIDS citadel
Genetic intervention in the AIDS virus takes researchers closer to a possible victory over 'God's wrath' of the 20th century
For a cause
Healthy people in the US are lending their bodies to help researchers develop a vaccine for AIDS
Ode to the resurrected
Now that low-income minorities are becoming the target of AIDS, service agencies are redefining their role
AIDS, the beginning
The discovery of a 50-year-old blood sample from Africa, which contains HIV, is throwing new light on the spread of AIDS
A virtual takeover
A set of electronic postings on the subject of AIDS on the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) website are making AIDS researchers see red
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 …
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
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 …
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
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
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
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
Rural South Africa has a high burden of undiagnosed non-communicable diseases: Study
A health-screening programme in KwaZulu-Natal showed that most seniors, especially women were living with a chronic health condition
Developed, urbanised districts have high HIV prevalence: Study
The research finds that there’s high prevalence of HIV in 63 districts in south and north-east regions of the country