Full Coverage: HIV/AIDS

08/30/2006 The Indian government’s AIDS awareness drive has clearly not made its mark on the lawmakers themselves, reveals a new survey of parliamentarians. Although 95% of them knew about the existence of HIV/AIDS, most were unaware about how HIV is transmitted

08/28/2006 Akande Adebowale attended the recent Toronto conference and concludes that, amongst the many reservations about the world’s handling of the AIDS crisis, there are some hopeful signs

08/28/2006 The main message the Conference delivered may be that in spite of the progress over the last 25 years, there was no room for complacency. It is time to deliver! There are almost 40 million people living with HIV, including 24.5 million in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2005, 2.8 million people died of AIDS.

08/25/2006

AIDS

Although Sri Lanka is categorised as a low HIV/ AIDS prevalence country, its geographical positioning makes it a future ‘high risk’ nation that may see an AIDS epidemic in the future says Dr. Sujatha Samarakoon,Venereologist and National STD/ AIDS Control Programme.

08/24/2006

Youth Network © Population Media Center

Madhya Pradesh is forming a network of youth, called the Red Ribbon Clubs, to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS as part of the state’s strategy to overcome the deadly disease that has affected 1,806 people so far.

08/24/2006 Extending the much-needed helping hand to HIV-infected women and commercial sex workers who wanted to turn a new leaf, the AP Women's Co-operative Finance Corporation launched a training programme in auto-rickshaw driving for them.

08/24/2006 In a bold move India is backing moves to promote a national needle exchange and drug substitution programme for intravenous drug users in order to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in this high-risk and vulnerable group.

08/23/2006 International Labour Organisation (ILO) in association with the Foreign Employment Bureau OF Sri Lanka will take steps to educate prospective migrants on how to resist from HIV/AIDS, a deadly disease, shortly, ILO Co-ordinating Officer Dr. Indra Hettiarachchi said recently.

08/23/2006 HIV infection is the most devastating new disease to have emerged in recent history. Although, worldwide, approximately as many women as men suffer from HIV, this aggregate figure conceals marked differences in the implications of the disease for men and women. Some of these result from biological differences in sex between men and women, but more result from socially defined gender differences.

08/22/2006 The Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society delivers the means for safe sex along with the morning news as part of the state’s AIDS campaign that has always found unique ways to promote condom use

08/21/2006 La mayor parte de 25 mil delegadas y delegados han puesto su corazón desde que el VIH apareció en el mundo hace un cuarto de siglo, pero ni los gobiernos ricos ponen suficientes recursos para acabar con la pandemia, ni los países pobres ponen suficiente voluntad política, coincidieron aquí diversas voces en la XVI Conferencia Internacional sobre el Sida.

08/21/2006 Las 40 millones de personas que padecen del VIH en todo el mundo enfrentan todos los días la estigmatización y la discriminación en el lugar de trabajo, además de bregar con la mala salud, a menudo sin información, apoyo o tratamientos suficientes.

08/21/2006 Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), announced that the company has received approval to manufacture and market Triviro-LNS kid and Triviro-LNS kid DS, both triple ARV combinations for children, in India. The company has also filed the product with WHO Geneva for pre-qualification.

08/21/2006 The actual number of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in India might be a third lower than the present estimate of 5.2 million, according to a new population-based study by Indian researchers.

08/18/2006 Jo miljoona hiv-positiivista ihmistä saa antiretroviraalihoitoa Saharan eteläpuolisessa Afrikassa. Määrä on kymmenkertaistunut alle kolmessa vuodessa. Maailman terveysjärjestön mukaan työ on kuitenkin vasta alussa, sillä maailman 36 miljoonasta hiv/aidsia sairastavasta ihmisestä 95 prosenttia asuu kehitysmaissa, joilla on suuria vaikeuksia hoidon järjestämisessä.

08/18/2006

AIDS

The promise of new vaccines and more effective prevention programmes will fail to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS unless fear and social stigma can also be eliminated -- including among those living with the disease, experts say at XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto Canada held on 13-18 Aug. 2006.

08/17/2006 Pese a los anuncios optimistas que las grandes figuras mundiales han hecho aquí en la XVI Conferencia Internacional sobre el Sida, la realidad de las mujeres y hombres que luchan por su vida frente al virus y un sistema apático, se alza en protestas intermitentes a lo largo del foro.

08/17/2006 Hiv/aidsiin sairastuneita sekä hiv-kampanjaan osallistuneita pidätettiin viime sunnuntaina Burmassa. Maan sotilashallitus osoitti jo vuosi sitten piittaamattomuutensa hiv-työtä kohtaan, määrättyään hiv-positiivisten hoitokodin suljettavaksi. YK epäilee maan hallituksen olevan kyvytön vastaamaan hiv-ongelmaan. Burmassa arvioidaan olevan satoja tuhansia hiv/aidsia sairastavia.

08/14/2006 Cuatro activistas latinoamericanos hablan de lo que esperan de la XVI Conferencia Internacional de SIDA, a realizarse en Canadá. Más de 400 sesiones, reuniones y talleres abordarán los avances científicos, debatirán temas que diariamente enfrentan quienes trabajan en la lucha contra la epidemia.

08/14/2006 El reportero Jon Cohen, de la revista Science, recorrió, durante nueve meses, a 12 países (América Central, del Sur, Caribe y México) para hacer un reportaje sobre la epidemia de VIH/Sida en la región y la lucha contra la enfermedad.