Red Ribbon Express begins its Journey in Uttar Pradesh

It was a monumental event as the Red Ribbon Express rolled into Chopan a small district in Sonebhadra UP on July 17, 2010. Received with much pomp and show by both locals and the district administration, the train that carried with it messages of "zindagi zindabad" entered...

Only Rights Can Stop The Wrongs

Human rights are fundamentally applicable to all communities irrespective of their sexual orientations and unmindful of their HIV status (or for that matter any other condition). It also means 'righting the wrongs' which have been perpetrated on LGBTs by insensitive societies...

Priority is to up collaborative TB-HIV activities

There is convincing evidence that scaling up collaborative TB-HIV activities, improve TB and HIV programme performances. “In 2008, there were an estimated 9.4 million incident TB cases globally, more than at any other time in history. Of these, there were an estimated 1.4...

Criminalization of injecting drug users (IDU) fuels HIV epidemic

(CNS): The criminalisation of illicit drug users is fuelling the HIV epidemic and has resulted in overwhelmingly negative health and social consequences. Injection drug use (IDU) is one of the main modes of HIV transmission in parts of Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America....

Another HIV+ woman commits suicide: Will XVIII IAC address stigma

Just a week before the world's largest AIDS Conference opens in Vienna, Austria, yet another woman has committed suicide on being told of her HIV positive status. The XVIII International AIDS Conference (XVIII IAC) will open next week on the theme of "Rights Here, Rights...

Red Ribbon Express: On track to good health

It's called the express of hope. After completing a successful run through 100 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu educating and sensitizing over 75000 people about HIV/AIDS and health, The Red Ribbon Express is now Uttar Pradesh bound. As the World's largest AIDS Conference...

Caregivers come with a cost

Caregivers come with a costWhile community home based care is the preferred means of providing care for people living with HIV in many parts of Southern Africa, it comes with massive costs especially to caregivers in terms of time, effort and commitment, according to...

A carrot, an egg or coffee...you be coffee

Remember when stories were told with a moral in the end...Thought it was time we give that a try again !A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cupof coffee the same way again.A young...

AIDS Walk New York Making A Difference

25th Annual AIDS Walk In New York Central Park Sunday May 16th 10:00 AM Launched in 1986 in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, the AIDS Walk New York (AWNY) has become the world's largest AIDS fundraising event. "...

AIDS Community Asks For $126 Million Emergency Appropriation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Poor economy and increased HIV testing efforts leads to unprecedented growth and severe funding shortages for AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) The AIDS community is asking President Obama and Congress for $126 million in...

US Senators Call To End America's Ban On Gay Men Donating Blood

United States Senators are calling to end America's ban on Gay men donating blood. Campaign senators, led by Senator John Kerry, are expressing concerns over a 1983 rule the United States put in place at the...

U.S. Aids Yemeni Raids on Al Qaeda

New Delhi: American Government provided firepower, intelligence and other support to the government of Yemen as it carried out raids this week to strike at suspected hide-outs of Al Queda  within...

Philippe Padieu Story Featured on Oprah December 9th

The story of Philippe Padieu was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show today, December 9th, and five of the women that Philippe infected with HIV were on the Oprah show to talk about how Philippe had tricked them and...

Lessons from H1N1: Anticipate new pathogens

So far, the H1N1 virus did not become the pandemic that some feared it  would be. Its deadliness was not much more than that of the common flu, and most of those who died from it were people with weakened immune systems. That however is no reason for...

Social anxiety in gay & bisexual men may be linked to risky sex

Social anxiety in gay and bi-sexual men may be linked to risky sex according to a Ryerson University HIV researcher who claims to have found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities." Dr. Trevor...

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