Full Coverage: AIDS

30.12.2005 Collector Navin Mittal of Krishna district in Vijayawada announced that the district administration would open special hostels for children of HIV-positive parents from the next academic year. Vidya volunteers would be appointed to take care of the needs of those children at the hostels.

30.12.2005 OneWorld South Asia and another local non-government organization, Aradhya composed two songs on AIDS and was recognized by the Delhi State Aids Control Society.

28.12.2005 Most brides-to-be still shy away from seeking a pre-marital health screening of their suitors for HIV/AIDS, despite growing evidence about women being infected by their spouses.

28.12.2005 After working with commercial sex workers and truck drivers on HIV/AIDS awareness, the non-government organisation, Accept, has turned to autorickshaw drivers.

28.12.2005 Think Positive: The Asia Face of HIV/AIDS is a compilation of productions by 14 national broadcasting companies across the Asia-Pacific region. The productions were officially launched at the Asian Television Forum in Singapore on 30 November 2005.

27.12.2005 Data indicate that Nepal has passed from being a "low risk" country to being one with a "concentrated epidemic", that is, one in which HIV prevalence is consistently over five percent in one or more defined sub-populations. In Nepal, core sub-groups are found among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) nationwide and Female Sex Workers (FSWs) in Kathmandu and the Nepal-India border. The overall goal of the multi-donor project is to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS into the general population.

27.12.2005 Brief project update on HIV/AIDS Harm Reduction among Injecting Drug Users in Nepal. The project is working in close collaboration with the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control, Ministry of Health and other stakeholders.

26.12.2005 Andhra Pradesh government has lauched a programme Called AASHA (AIDS AWARENESS AND SUSTAINED HOLISTIC ACTION) with a goal to bring awareness on HIV/AIDS in the rural masses.

23.12.2005 Bhutan has so far had few reported cases of HIV/AIDS. But no nation is immune. Bhutan is at serious risk given the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in the country and the alarming HIV/AIDS situation in neighbouring countries.

22.12.2005 A large number of HIV-infected people in India are opting for an alternative system of treatment - homoeopathy. This inference can be drawn from a recent report prepared by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, to be submitted soon to the Central Government.

21.12.2005 As part of a programme to create awareness an AIDS/HIV special trains starting from different regions of India will reach Delhi.At each station the special train will halt for two days. During the stay various programmes to create awareness on AIDS by artistes from nearby villages will be organised.

19.12.2005 Sign up and show your support for children living with HIV or those who have lost parents and friends through AIDS-related illness. Back UNICEF's campaign to provide drug treatment, protection and prevention for children affected by the epidemic.

15.12.2005 The training programme for doctors in the state of Namakkal on HIV/AIDS management, treatment and care began recently.

14.12.2005 A report released yesterday warns of HIV crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, if policies protecting sex workers and public are not created. It shows that in this region experiencing one of the fastest-growing and mainly drug use driven HIV epidemics in the world sex work, drug use, and HIV are inextricably linked. Comprehensive action and greater commitment is critical to prevent the spread of HIV among sex workers and into the general population, says the report produced by Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network.

14.12.2005 HONG KONG (Reuters) - While the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong this week may hold promises of more free trade and a better livelihood for mainstream society, for some, it is a matter of life and death.

09.12.2005 HIV/AIDs prevention programme cannot be successful and sustainable in Nepal unless women are financially dependent and are in a position to control what happens to their own bodies - writes Kamala Sarup for NepalNews.

09.12.2005 In Zimbabwe, ABC prevention strategies seem to be working, according to U.N. researchers. Additionally, the epidemic is considered "older" in Zimbabwe, where two key AIDS rates have dropped from about 25% to near 20% in the last several years.

07.12.2005 Email Gareth Thomas, the UK Minister responsible for international policy on HIV and AIDS, to tell him to urge his international counterparts to think about children when they meet in Morocco on 15 December to discuss funding for programmes to fight the pandemic.

06.12.2005 G. Karunanidhi reveals the emotions and trials of living with HIV in Tamil Nadu, India. Reflecting on his own search for support, he founded three "Positive Living Centers," which today serve 1,400 people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The Centers also give Karunanidhi a reason to live.

05.12.2005 Through the bad news on AIDS released last week, there was some very important good: programs that integrate prevention and treatment have been implemented in Uganda, Tanzania, Thailand, and elsewhere. It's time to replicate these programs and begin to take a holistic approach to fighting AIDS, says women's rights advocate Yifat Susskind.