Full Coverage: AIDS

26.07.2007 The Special Representative, Ms. Hina Jilani, is particularly concerned about the lack of protection for defenders who are engaged with issues that are socially sensitive such as the rights of LGBT persons or public awareness on HIV/AIDS.

24.07.2007 Panos South Asia will reward the 12 best Bangladeshi print and broadcast journalists who are eligible for cash prizes of BDT15,000 (about US$220) each, for investigative reporting on HIV and AIDS.

19.07.2007 The Asian consortium of prominent NGOs, working on drug use, HIV, AIDS and poverty have announced the first Asian Consultation on the Prevention of HIV, related to Drug Use, on 28- 31 January 2008 at Goa, India.

17.07.2007 The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-III), of India shows that the number of HIV-positive people in India has gone down drastically from the previous estimates of 5.3 million to 2.5 million. New figures show that India has fewer HIV cases than South Africa and Nigeria.

16.07.2007 HIV epidemic in Papua and West Papua provinces is spreading at a rate 15 times faster than the national average. Furthermore, the epidemic is now spreading among the general population, including among housewives and children

10.07.2007 More than 2,000 women leaders and many of the world's leading AIDS experts were in Nairobi last week for an international conference to address the unique and devastating impact HIV and AIDS has on the over 17 million women and girls living with the disease.

09.07.2007 According to the NAD Province AIDS Commission, as of March 2006, all provinces had reported cases of HIV/AIDS, including Aceh, a particularly conservative part of the country. But Aceh had no facilities for HIV testing and treatment before the tsunami.

05.07.2007 By 2010, India aims to have 1 million medical tourists a year in its five-star hospitals. "Are we headed towards a system that mobilises incredible resources to protect the lives of the privileged, while abdicating its responsibility towards the poor," asks a doctor who spent a year in the HIV ward of a Chennai hospital.

03.07.2007 A recent parliament committee report claims cancer, malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS as major concerns in North East India. The committee has called upon the state government for effective realization of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

02.07.2007 In Indonesia, to be out and gay remains a taboo. Gay community members are straightforward about their sexual orientation among themselves. However, facing the social pressure of Indonesia's heterosexist society, they hide their sexual orientation when returning to the mainstream.