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Asha Kirana: A ray of hope for AIDS victims
Better healthcare and increased awareness have helped control the spread of HIV/AIDS, once feared as an epidemic, according to doctors attending to AIDS victims at the Asha Kirana Hospital here,...
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World AIDS Day is December 1. TeachAIDS has been universally feted for producing HIV/AIDS material that bypass the stigma of the disease and sex and provide life-saving tips. It has proved to be one...
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Battle against HIV/AIDS stigma still on
Usha Desai, a sex worker in Maharashtra’s Parbani district, has been successful in fighting AIDS, but it is the struggle against social exclusion and stigma related to the disease that has cost her...
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India winning battle against HIV/AIDS
India, as a nation usually performs worse than its South Asian neighbours when it comes to basic healthcare parameters – the infant mortality rate of Bangladesh (37) and Sri Lanka (11) are lower than...
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Ten HIV/AIDS myths busted
The theme for World AIDS Day from 2011-15 is ‘Getting to Zero’ – zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. Many people are gravely misinformed about the disease and...
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Living with HIV – diagnosis, treatment and prevention
How is the disease diagnosed? The only way to diagnose HIV is to take a test which looks for signs of the virus in the blood. Presence of the virus in the blood is termed as HIV positive (HIV+). If no...
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HIV/AIDS – causes, symptoms and complications
HIV/AIDS has claimed over 25 million lives in the last 30 years. It’s estimated that over 34 million people are living with HIV. One of the biggest problems associated with HIV/AIDS is misinformation....
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Prevention of transmission of HIV-virus to the child during pregnancy
According to the latest report by the UNICEF, 14000 Indian children were infected with HIV in 2011, a 13 per cent decline from 2009. The number of estimated deaths among children (0-14 years old) due...
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HIV stigma – husband HIV-positive, wife, three kids ostracised in Rajasthan
After the identity of an HIV-infected member was disclosed in a letter sent by the state government a family of five has been socially ostracised in a Rajasthan village, a social activist said. The...
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Together we can end HIV/AIDS
Since the late 80s, no disease has quite gripped public imagination like HIV/AIDS. We tend to fear anything we do not understand or comprehend and before the human immunodeficiency virus was pinned...
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Breakthrough of the century – Mississippi baby cured of HIV!
In what could be termed the biggest medical breakthrough in the last century, a baby born with the AIDS virus has been cured of the diseases after following an aggressive regime of drugs. This is the...
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Could bee venom be the AIDS cure we are looking for?
A new study suggests that bee venom might have the potency to kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have demonstrated that a toxin...
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Was the Mississippi baby even HIV positive?
A doctor has poured cold water on what was termed ‘the greatest medical breakthrough of the century’ about a Mississippi baby being cured of HIV with a dose of heavy antiretroviral treatments. Dr Mark...
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Testing for HIV and other STDs
Infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes the destruction of certain blood cells that play a vital role in the body’s defence system against diseases. While some people with HIV...
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WHO’s new guidelines to fight HIV/AIDS
The WHO’s new guidelines to deal with HIV/AIDS includes offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier. Scientific evidence suggests that ART will help people live longer, healthier lives and...
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Can I get HIV from a sex worker?
Hi I am a 26-year-old male and I had sex with a prostitute yesterday and I’m worried that I might get HIV. I am worried about getting it in the following ways: We had sex twice – first time I used two...
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Living with HIV – diagnosis, treatment and prevention
How is the disease diagnosed? The only way to diagnose HIV is to take a test which looks for signs of the virus in the blood. Presence of the virus in the blood is termed as HIV positive (HIV+). If no...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day 2012: TeachAIDS video
World AIDS Day is December 1. TeachAIDS has been universally feted for producing HIV/AIDS material that bypass the stigma of the disease and sex and provide life-saving tips. It has proved to be one of...
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International AIDS Conference 2012: Scientists hope to find HIV cure
Scientists gathered at the International AIDS Conference 2012 look to achieve something that would have seemed preposterous five years ago – curing HIV. Major strides have been taken against the virus...
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Together we’ll end AIDS
A new report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) shows that domestic funding for HIV has exceeded international investments. The report, Together we will end AIDS, states that...
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