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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Large Budget Allocation For Aids Control (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Jan 30, 2007)
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) proposes to spend 67.2 per cent of the total budget on prevention of HIV/AIDS under phase III of the National AIDS Control Programme on targeted interventions and anti-retroviral treatment.
- Making Rtas Transparent (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 30, 2007)
The new transparency mechanism in the WTO would help present comprehensive information on RTAs to all members. This may not straighten out the `spaghetti bowl' but would definitely help unravel its mysteries.
- Zubin Concert Raises $2 M To Fight Aids (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jan 30, 2007)
Out of the $ 2 million raised, some half a million dollars came from corporate donors such as American Express, Boeing, JP Morgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Oracle and Pepsico.
- Village Shows Way To Tackle Aids (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2007)
The state government may still be thinking about making pre-marital HIV test mandatory, but a remote village in Bagalkot district has already shown the way in tackling the deadly virus.
- Us Gets Deeper Into The Iraqi Mire (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 29, 2007)
It is said that a pathological gambler does not know when to stop. With every disaster, he keeps on raising the stakes with reckless abandon in the fond hope that somehow the tide can be reversed in his favour.
- Rs. 7,786 Crore For Prevention Under Aids Control Phase-Iii (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jan 28, 2007)
It includes Rs. 2,000 crore for condom promotion alone
Total requirement is Rs. 11,585 crore
Budget based on preliminary estimates
- Fight Against Aids (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 27, 2007)
Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy’s act of staying the night in an HIV positive couple’s house in a village near Bagalkote is commendable, as it may have helped to create better awareness and helped in demystifying HIV/AIDS.
- Merciful End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 24, 2007)
For all the sanctimonious platitudes that are reeled off on such occasions as World AIDS Day, the death of a 35-year-old full-blown HIV-positive patient on the outskirts of Kolkata on Sunday raises the wider question of social mores and medical ethics.
- Reviving And Completing The Reform Agenda (Business Line, T. N. Srinivasan, Jan 19, 2007)
The global environment has been remarkably benign since 1980 and output growth has not only been sustained but is also less volatile. Should this change, the adverse consequences of India's high fiscal deficits would come into the open and could . . .
- Cheers From Gujarat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 18, 2007)
Gujarat has long been synonymous with alcohol prohibition. But that may be changing with the Narendra Modi government looking to relax liquor laws. The Gujarat government has issued two orders that indicate a change in policy.
- I For India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2007)
The UPA government has wisely chosen to desist junking a good idea purely to score a political point.
- The Land Of Blues & Greens (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
The district of Dakshina Kannada, with its palm fringed beaches and lush green fields, is also a commercial centre. With its wide range of interesting places for both pilgrimage and pleasure, premier educational institutes, well-developed industries . ..
- Getting Ready For Davos 2007 (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 16, 2007)
It is the sheer concentration of individuals with power, wealth and knowledge that makes the WEF so desirable to its participants.
- Commission Of Omissions (Pioneer, MN Buch, Jan 13, 2007)
The University Grants Commission (UGC) was established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
- `50 Lakh Cases Of Hiv In India' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2007)
Pregnant women urged to undergo HIV detection test.
Deputy Commissioner T.K. Anilkumar said here on Thursday that it was necessary to take preventive and precautionary measures against AIDS, as it was difficult to cure once it was noticed.
- Hiv Intervention Programme For Prison Inmates Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2007)
An HIV intervention programme for prison inmates was launched by M. Naganathan, vice-chairman, Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission, at Reflections, an event commemorating 12 years of service of YRG Care in fighting HIV/AIDS, here on Thursday.
- Kumaraswamy To Stay At Home Of Hiv-Affected Person (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2007)
Project Samastha, a comprehensive HIV prevention scheme, launched
The project will address needs of the underserved rural population
About five lakh people in State are living with HIV
- `Treat Aids-Hit Courteously' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2007)
SP praises media for playing a balanced role on the issue
- Hdk Promises To Stay With Hiv-Hit Family In Bagalkot (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2007)
In what could be seen as a unique demonstration of political commitment to fight HIV/ AIDS, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has vowed to stay with a family of HIV-positive persons during his scheduled village stay in Bagalkot district on January 23.
- Unique Management Course For Hiv-Affected Youth Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2007)
Governor inaugurates first induction programme
Course redesigned to suit needs of PLHIV
UNDP, Xavier join hands to launch the course.
- New Test To Detect Drug-Resistant Virus In Aids Patients (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Jan 09, 2007)
Doctors will soon be able to better and more accurately prescribe medicines that will work on patients infected with HIV.
- No Charity Please (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 08, 2007)
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become the buzzword in boardrooms and the media. But more often we misunderstand it as giving back to the society and consider it to be synonymous to corporate philanthropy.
- Is Growing Up Today A Trauma Or A Trial? (Deccan Herald, Manika Ghosh, Jan 08, 2007)
Adolescence, a stage of life between the ages of 12 to about 22 years, down the ages has been described as turbulent, terrible and traumatic.
- Non-Discrimination, Governmental Initiative Vital To Check Aids (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Jan 08, 2007)
"Disclosure by celebrities that they live with HIV will help"
- Future For Hiv Patients: A Pill A Day (Indian Express, ANURADHA MASCARENHAS, Jan 07, 2007)
HIV patients can look forward to consuming pills only once a day. Studies underway at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) to determine the efficacy of anti-HIV drugs taken just once a day so far have proved ‘safe’ .
- India Poised For Pharmaceutical Boom (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2007)
During a lifetime spent treating AIDS patients from Asia to the deepest reaches of Africa, Chinkholal Thangsing has noticed something extraordinary. Whenever patients learn that he is from India, their response is almost universal.
- Relatives Of Aids Patients Complain Ill Treatment (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2007)
Despite a number of AIDS awareness campaigns being run by the Government and volunteer organisations across the country, many rural parts in Uttar Pradesh have not had any impact.
- Ardh Kumbh Mela Begins, Millions Take Holy Dip At Icy Confluence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2007)
Braving biting temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Hindus took a dip at the confluence of three rivers here as the 42-day Ardh Kumbh festival, the once-in-six-years spectacle of spirituality, devotion and stoicism got underway on Wednesday.
- Cheap Nutritional Supplement For Aids Patients (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2007)
Tested on 150 persons: NGO
- Scientists On A Mission To Bring Cheap Drugs To The World's Poorest Countries (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2007)
Until recently, hepatitis C, a potentially fatal blood-borne infection that could affect as many as 500,000 people in the UK, was treated with the antiviral drug ribavirin, together with interferon.
- Fasting To Lose Weight Very Fast (Deccan Herald, Lola Ogunnaike, Jan 03, 2007)
It's almost like a religious experience. The first few days you're obsessing about food and by the fourth day, you get this inexplicable burst of energy.
- Private Sector Will Join The Battle Against Aids (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jan 03, 2007)
Partnership in phase III of national control programme
Steering panel to strengthen mechanisms for government-private linkages
NACP for providing services as part of staff welfare.
- When Economics Orbits Space Missions (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 02, 2007)
The time is right for India to undertake a manned mission. Thus suggested the 80-odd scientists who congregated in Bangalore in the first week of November 2006.
- New Un Chief Makes 2 Appointments On First Day In The Job (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2007)
The new UN secretary general, Ban Ki Moon, has appointed a veteran Indian diplomat, Vijay Nambiar, as his chief of staff and an award-winning Haitian journalist, Michèle Montas, as his spokeswoman.
- Prices Of Food Items, Medicines To Come Down Under Vat (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Jan 02, 2007)
Tamil Nadu switches over to the new tax regime on Monday
- Rate Of Infection Of Aids Higher Among Paramilitary Forces, Reveals Study (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2006)
Patterns indicate a propensity towards high-risk behaviour
- Army Plans To Hire 400 Shrinks To Cut Stress (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2006)
The Army plans to recruit 400 psychiatrists to cope with stress within its ranks that has led to an increase in fratricidal killings and suicides.
- Aids Control Programme To Be Expanded To Tribals (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 29, 2006)
Social assessment shows low awareness
- Is Us Global Aids Program Effective? (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
Investigators say that US President George Bush's ambitious USD 15 billion AIDS-fighting program in poor countries was pushed too hard that has ended up in unintentional misrepresentation of patient data to a point where it is unusable.
- Stricken But Not Beaten By Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2006)
Two victims help awareness campaign in Churachandpur district.
- Fog And The Air Traffic Chaos (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Dec 27, 2006)
Every year, the air traffic disruptions out of Delhi due to fog make the headlines.
- With These Negative Hiv Results I Thee Wed (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2006)
Engaged couples in India may have to take HIV tests before they can marry.
- Under Hiv Shadow, Oriya Labourers In Gujarat To Get Aid From Kiosks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
To raise the level of awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among migrant labourers from Orissa, working in Gujarat, Gujarat State AIDS Control Society (GSACS) has set up six Information Communication Technology (ICT) kiosks across Surat, Alang and Sosiya.
- Helmets Keep Heads Safe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2006)
Among the least expensive aids that give a motorcycle or scooter rider a "second chance" in an accident is the crash helmet.
- With These Negative Hiv Results I Thee Wed (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
Engaged couples in India may have to take HIV tests before they can marry.
- More Aids Counselling Centres Proposed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
Plans to establish 4,955 ICTCs that will carry out 21 million AIDS tests a year
- Ram Takes On Doss, Prescribes Good Health To Ministry (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
Baba Ramdev slammed Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday and urged him to consider his Ministry a holistic entity and not run it on an "Allopathic mode".
- Now, Ramdev Draws Flak From Aids Control Body (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
Yoga guru Ramdev's claim that HIV/AIDS can be cured is the red rag for the National AIDS Control Organisation. A day after Health Minister Ramadoss rubbished the teacher's claims, NACO said such claims could mislead the people.
- Ramadoss Junks Yoga Guru’S Aids Cure (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Dec 22, 2006)
Yoga expert Swami Ramdev is the latest to draw flak from the Union health ministry for claiming to cure diseases such as AIDS and cancer through yoga and ayurvedic drugs sold by his Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Law Isn’T Medicine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2006)
Mandatory HIV testing for couples who want to get married hasn’t yet become law in Andhra Pradesh.
- Ramadoss Contests Ramdev Claim On Cancer, Hiv Cure (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2006)
Joining issues with Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss rubbished claims that traditional system of well being can cure HIV/AIDS and cancer. The claims are without any scientific basis, he said.
- Testing A Bad Idea (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 22, 2006)
Measuring the socio-economic burden of any disease on an economy is devilishly difficult. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has done just that.
- Unsafe Circumcision Can Kill: Unaids Chief (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Dec 21, 2006)
It's well-known that circumcision cuts the risk of HIV infection but an improper surgical procedure without local anaesthesia can kill, due to excessive blood loss or systemic infection from the circumcision wound.
- ‘Uncircumcised Men 8 Times More Likely To Catch Aids Virus’ (Indian Express, ANURADHA MASCARENHAS, Dec 21, 2006)
Two recent studies at the National Institutes of Health Clinical trials in Kenya and Uganda demonstrated that adult male circumcision could effectively halve the risk of HIV infection.
- Compulsory Hiv Tests For Couples (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2006)
The government of India's Andhra Pradesh state says a new law will soon make it compulsory for couples to take an HIV test before marriage.
- The Two Pillars Of Growth (Business Line, Nirupam Bajpai and Jeffrey D. Sachs , Dec 20, 2006)
Human and economic development
- `Breaking News' Forces Aids Patient To Hide (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2006)
Woman disappears with 4-year-old son after TV channels reported that the boy was sent away from school since he had AIDS
- Liberalise Immigration, Pm Tells Developed World (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2006)
Farm subsidies affecting livelihoods elsewhere
- 344 Affected By Aids In The Nilgiris (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2006)
A World AIDS Day workshop for the benefit of the elected representatives of various local bodies was organised by the district administration and the district AIDS control society here on Friday.
- Mixed-Up Couple (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2006)
Just what kind of education is being imparted in Government-run schools is evident from the crude manner in which four-year-old Vasmikrishna was expelled on testing HIV positive by authorities in Alwal, near Hyderabad.
- Circumcision Halves Hiv Risk, Says New Us Study After Africa Trials (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2006)
Circumcision appears to reduce a man’s risk of contracting AIDS from heterosexual sex by half, United States government health officials have said, and the directors of the two largest funds for fighting the disease said they would consider paying . . .
- H.I.V. Risk Halved By Circumcision, U.S. Agency Finds (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2006)
Circumcision appears to reduce a man’s risk of contracting AIDS from heterosexual sex by half, United States government health officials said yesterday, and the directors of the two largest funds for fighting the . . .
- Circumcision May Cut Hiv Risk (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2006)
Two major studies released Wednesday confirmed that circumcision can dramatically slow the spread of HIV among African men, suggesting that widely offering the procedure could prevent millions of deaths in countries most seriously affected . . .
- Be Positive On Hiv (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 14, 2006)
Come to the aid of Vasmikrishna
- Uproar Over Call For Mbeki’S Aids Test (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
South Africa's Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge on Tuesday denied calling upon President Thabo Mbeki to take a public AIDS test, but repeated that she believed it was important for national leaders to be tested.
- Bid To Help Hiv+ Children Gathers Momentum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
The State AIDS Control Society authorities launched the second phase of the campaign on Tuesday in a bid to bring back to normality the life of the five HIV+ children at Pampady.
- Lecture On Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
Sonia M. Kandathil, research and programme analyst, American Foundation for AIDS Research, will deliver a lecture here on December 19 on `Corporate social responsibility — HIV/AIDS awareness'.
- Indian School Throws Out Hiv Boy (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
A four-year-old boy has been thrown out of nursery school in India because he has been found to be HIV-positive.
- Reasons For Hiv Propagation (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
A UNAIDS and World Health Organization (WHO) study has found that "poor knowledge of HIV" especially "among homosexual groups," male prostitution, and unsafe drug abuse practices are main drivers of HIV propagation.
- Secularism, Science And The Right (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
The book seeks to expose the fundamentalist agenda of the religious Right in India and the U.S.
- Musharraf Beyond 2007 (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 11, 2006)
IT is a very disturbing statement. Speaking to Dawn, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Friday that the PML would support Gen Pervez Musharraf as . . .
- Talking About Aids (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 11, 2006)
It is encouraging to know that an association bringing together people afflicted with Aids and HIV has been formed in Islamabad with plans to establish provincial chapters.
- English Syllabus To Teach Liberal, Human Values (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 11, 2006)
The liberal values of tolerance, humanism and peaceful coexistence have been made central to the new English curriculum to be implemented countrywide from the next academic session.
- Fight Terror With Whom? (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Dec 10, 2006)
The India-Pakistan, Secretaries-level talks, held mid-November against the backdrop of high expectations created by the Havana declaration, did not end on a positive note.
- Complex Challenge (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Dec 10, 2006)
The red ribbons on channel logos and the back to back special programming on December 1 each year affirm that media in general is alive to its role in fighting HIV-AIDS.
- Malaria Helps Spread Aids, Says Study (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2006)
Malaria is fueling the spread of AIDS in Africa by boosting the HIV in people's bodies for weeks at a time, says a study that pins down the deadly interplay between the dual scourges.
- Need To Intensify Aids Awareness Campaigns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2006)
Even as the Government and the State AIDS Control Society are planning a high-budget publicity campaign, a foolproof mechanism to test and certify blood meant for transfusion seems to be eluding the private sector and the government sector.
- Now, Managing Hiv Infection Among Children Becomes Easier (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2006)
Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection among children in southern districts has become easier with recent advances in management of paediatric HIV.
- Fight Terror With Whom? (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Dec 09, 2006)
The India-Pakistan, Secretaries-level talks, held mid-November against the backdrop of high expectations created by the Havana declaration, did not end on a positive note.
- New Aids Drugs Soaring In Cost (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 07, 2006)
Drugs for HIV/AIDS is moving away from the reach of victims of the dreaded disease.
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