End to AIDS in sight, says UN report
As the numbers infected with incurable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) keeps falling, experts are hopeful that AIDS could be eradicated in future due to better access to drugs that can both treat a
Condom test machine goes dud, raises HIV risk
The government may be spending crores on AIDS awareness and prevention, but its officials are taking things easy. This is especially so in matters like random quality checking of condoms in the market
Condom test machine goes dud, raises HIV risk
The government may be spending crores on AIDS awareness and prevention, but its officials are taking things easy. This is especially so in matters like random quality checking of condoms in the market
Just not poster girl for UNAIDS, will do ground work: Aishwarya
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the newly appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS, says she does not want to be just a ‘poster girl’ for the organisation but will help break social barri
Pink umbrella to promote female condoms
The Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society has begun promoting a ‘Pink Umbrella’ campaign to popularise the use of female condoms and is offering it at a subsidised rate of Rs 5 per piece to give women the p
WHO: On track to 15 million on AIDS drugs by 2015
The World Health Organization says the global target of 15 million people taking life-saving AIDS drugs by 2015 is just a first step.
With 8 million people in poor countries taking them now, WHO's Dr
Sex, drugs, stigma put Thai transsexuals at HIV risk
From a cafe near the go-go bars of a Bangkok red light district where she campaigns for safe sex, Gigi gives an unvarnished view of how she joined Thailand's growing ranks of transgender people with H
AIDS deaths declining steadily but ‘too slowly’, finds UN report
The global AIDS epidemic is on the decline, but progress is worryingly slow, according a new United Nations report.
34.2 mln people globally living with HIV: UN report
Around 2.5 million people became newly infected with HIV last year, taking the total to 34.2 million people globally living with the deadly virus, a new United Nations report has said.
With almost 1
STDs: ICMR to instil fear of death
After failing to control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), through medical interventions, scientists will now take psychological and