Iran's Herbal Remedy against AIDS (February 06, 2007)
Iran announced that its scientists have produced a herbal medicine that boosts the immune system but "not medication to kill the virus" and is intended to be used as an alternative to "anti-retroviral drugs."<More>

HIV Drug Trial Stopped (February 05, 2007)
Joint trials of a microbicide to prevent HIV infections during sex conducted in India and Africa were aborted after safety reasons cited by an independent scientific committee concluded that there was increased risk of HIV infection for women.<More>

Large Budget Allocation for AIDS Control (January 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.<More>

Is US Global AIDS Program Effective? (December 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.<More>

Reasons for HIV Propagation (December 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.<More>

AIDS Deaths Can be Lower (November 29, 2006)
A recent paper by World Health Organization scientists say that 28 million lives can be saved by 2030 if newer HIV infections are curbed and access to life-prolonging anti-retroviral cocktails increased but warn that 117 million will die if these are not done.<More>

AIDS Patients to Get Protection (November 28, 2006)
The Federal Government is planning to introduce legislation that will make “stigmatization and discrimination” of/against HIV/AIDS infected patients at work place, education institutions, and hospitals a crime.<More>

Community-Based AIDS Initiative (November 27, 2006)
A Canadian experimental project is partnering with an Indian non-governmental organization to motivate sex workers and devadasis in Bagalkot district in a community-based initiative to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and provide care for those infected.<More>

High AIDS in Adolescent in Rich States (November 13, 2006)
A grass-root Non-Government Organization working on HIV/AIDS eradication said that lack of awareness among both rural and urban adolescents has increased the incidence of this infection among 10 to 19 year olds in prosperous states.<More>

Modest AIDS Allocation (November 06, 2006)
At the valedictory function of a three-day national workshop on HIV/AIDS for teachers Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi says that the Federal Government had allocated Rs. 906 crore (USD 196 million) to combat AIDS.<More>

Additional Gates Foundation Commitments (October 26, 2006)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed an agreement with India committing an extra USD 23 million over the next 3 years in addition to USD 58 million focusing on HIV Prevention Response and intervention to key populations.<More>

NHAI Plan to Tackle Highway HIV (October 16, 2006)
Migrant population living along highways suffer higher rates of HIV infection because of poor family support, lack of healthcare, unsafe sex, easy access to brothels, and lack of awareness but a new plan is being created to specifically target this population.<More>

More HIV Treatment Centers (October 04, 2006)
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) announced that it has increased the number of free anti-retroviral treatment (ART) centers from 54 to 91 complete with specially trained doctors, counselors, and laboratory technicians.<More>

Study Says Human Gut Hosts HIV (September 08, 2006)
A new study by researchers from the University of California revealed that the human gut hosts twice the amount of HIV virus as a person’s blood stream confirming medical suspicion that current anti-retroviral therapy alone is insufficient to cure an individual.<More>

Contrarian HIV Estimates in New Survey (August 22, 2006)
A study of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) has proposed a contrarian view that the number of those living with this infection may be a third lower than current estimates of 5.2 million but warned that a nation-wide survey is required for a more accurate estimate.<More>

Unchecked AIDS Will Deplete Workforce (August 10, 2006)
Confirming results of a recent study by 3 premier institutions, International Finance Corporation Principal Strategy Officer Sabine Durier warned that India’s booming economic growth will decelerate drastically if it does not check spread of HIV-AIDS.<More>

Collateral Damage of HIV - AIDS (July 25, 2006)
A recent study by three premier institutions predicted that a continued unchecked spread of HIV/AIDS epidemic can adversely impact macro-economic parameters including growth rate, educational levels, and labor shortages.<More>

Focus on Children with AIDS  (July 11, 2006)
National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) Director-General Sujatha Rao said that her organization has “finalized the treatment protocol for pediatric AIDS” and “awaiting Government clearance” to “train doctors to start the program in medical colleges.” <More>

AIDS Campaign Launched (June 29, 2006)
A joint operation by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports have launched a 5-year Youth Unite for Victory on AIDS (YUVA) plan aimed at reaching out to adolescents and youth.<More> 

Indian woman faces high risk of AIDS (June 20, 2006)
New survey data show that a majority of HIV-infected women did not report a history of multiple partners, intravenous drug use, or blood transfusions and seem to have been infected through sex with their infected husbands.<More>

Measures to Control AIDS on Highways (May 23, 2006)
Analysts believe that better highway facilities could reduce incidence of AIDS among high-risk truck drivers and helpers and that would consequently bring down the number of incidence in non-risky population such as the wives and children of this mobile group.<More>

AP is AIDS Capital of India (May 12, 2006)
Bad sexual practices, low condom usage, and lack of awareness has earned Andhra Pradesh (AP) the dubious distinction of being India’s AIDS capital with over 20% the country’s 5.1 million.<More> 

Major Opposition to AIDS Patent Application (May 11, 2006)
Several groups opposed the patent application by Gilded Sciences to patent the AIDS cocktail Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) and accused the company of filing a “frivolous claim” on the drug without actually enhancing it.<More>

AIDS Case Numbers Dip in South (March 31, 2006)
An Institute of Medical Education and Research of Chandigarh study concluded that the number of AIDS cases in South India is lower because of the use of condoms and more awareness of infections than good medical practice or testing processes.<More>

Novel HIV-AIDS Train To Educate Villages (March 30, 2006)
India will soon host a novel project that will allow artists, doctors, and counselors will travel by a special train that will make 40,000 stops to educate villages about the dangers of HIV-AIDS. <More>

India Could Lead HIV Cocktail Market (February 16, 2006)
A Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Hans Hogerzeil said that India has the perquisites to become the leading supplier of HIV fixed-dose combinations for children.<More>

Awareness & Ed Could Reduce AIDS cases (February 06, 2006)
A British team of scientists from Imperial College, London said that awareness, education, and changed sexual behavior caused huge declines in AIDS infections in East Zimbabwe.<More>