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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>
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