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

HIV positive children’s treatment in Africa not on par with adults: UN Report

Only six African countries provided antiretroviral therapy to children living with HIV in 2020, a report by UNAIDS has said

Crackdown on LGBT people leading to HIV-AIDS crisis in Indonesia: Report

HIV rate among gay men in Indonesia has increased five-fold from 5% in 2007 to 25% in 2015

HIV: 1.35 million new cases can be prevented in South Africa till 2030 with higher financing

Investing in HIV response will also increase educational outcomes, reduce gender inequality & boost economic growth

In a first, immunotherapy that pulls HIV virus out of hiding to kill it

Latest findings offer relief to HIV-positive patients taking medicines daily

HIV+ patients protest months-long drug shortage outside NACO office

The patients have demanded fixing irregular supply of everyday antiretroviral therapy medication   

World AIDS Day: Communities can lead way to ending public health threat, says UNAIDS

Suggests integrating, elevating and engaging communities at all stages of HIV-related decision-making

Health in news on June 8

Here's a round-up of today's news reports and debates in health

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 …

India’s HIV-affected community ends protest over alleged shortage of drugs

Control office to be set up to work on forecasting, availability, supply chain, dispensing antiretroviral drugs  

Cipla shows the way, again

The pioneer of inexpensive AIDS drugs made a paediatric medicine that will save thousands of children

Global AIDS fight ‘in danger’ after setbacks due to COVID-19

Number of new infections dropped by only 3.6 % between 2020 and 2021, the smallest annual decline since 2016

Ensuring home for those abandoned with HIV: Meet Noori Amma

A transgender woman diagnosed with HIV in 1987 has run a home for children living with the disease for nearly two decades now

Telemedicine useful for HIV treatment: Study

Anti-retroviral therapy through telemedicine is better than conventional method in terms of average cost, treatment compliance, follow up visit …

‘World at highest risk of losing control of AIDS epidemic'

Mark Dybul, an American AIDS researcher and diplomat warned of a situation where the AIDs epidemic could spiral out of control, at the ongoing …

Being gay in India no longer a crime

Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court repeals Victorian Era law criminalising gay sex

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Father of South Africa’s ‘rainbow nation’

Archbishop Tutu didn’t stop his fight for human rights once apartheid came to a formal end in 1994. He continued to speak critically …

No evidence to show CRISPR babies will die early: Scientists

The erroneous conclusion, made earlier, was caused by technical errors in how the mutation was identified in a population-health database

38 years on, AIDS now a successful public health story

The convergence of multiple factors have ensured that almost four decades since the epidemic broke in the US there are now several ways of …

HIV-related stigma, discrimination persists in work world, reveals global survey

Less than half of people surveyed in India said people living with HIV should be allowed to work directly with people who do not have HIV

How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobi’s sex workers from accessing vital healthcare

Unfortunately, COVID-19 has made it harder than usual for sex workers all over Africa to access healthcare

Gene variant in people of African origin helps control HIV, says study

Between 4% and 13% of people of African origin could be carrying a particular variant that decreases the viral load

AIDS claimed 1 life every minute in 2022; 9.2 million patients sans HIV treatment: UNAIDS

While the number of AIDS-related deaths among children was reduced by 64% in 2010-2022, HIV still claimed the lives of approximately 84,000 children

Acquired shortage: India’s HIV drugs are in short supply, which could have been averted 

This risks undoing India’s hard-won gains against HIV/AIDS and further derails the global progress, which is not on track to meet the goal …

Antiretroviral therapy coverage for HIV in low- & middle-income countries to grow 25% by 2025, says WHO

Presently, only half the children living with HIV receive ART; may fall short of UNAIDS treatment coverage target for 2025