Full Coverage: AIDS

27.07.2006

26.07.2006 "Let the infection end with us," and "We will not spread the infection" are the two zealous motives that keep the Society of Visakha Network of Positive members (SVNP Plus) go ahead with its work.

26.07.2006

UN Study

A new U.N. report in India has warned that the country's booming economic growth could slow if HIV-AIDS continues to spread unchecked. The United Nations says 5.7 million people are infected with HIV in India - the largest number in any country in the world.

24.07.2006 The independent body will carry out an objective analysis of the impact of AIDS on human resources, labour productivity, poverty reduction, social stability and household savings in the Asia-Pacific region. Based on its findings it will recommend measures to mobilise adequate governmental responses to the disease.

24.07.2006 The study, undertaken by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and supported by the National AIDS Control Organisation and the United Nations Development Programme, has found that not only enrolment of children from HIV households is lower than those from non-HIV households but also the dropout rates are higher and attendance is lower.

21.07.2006 India's economy could suffer if the country fails to check the spread of HIV and Aids, a new report says. Economic growth currently at 8% could fall by nearly 1% if the disease is not contained, it says.

21.07.2006 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $287m (£155m) in a bid to speed up the development of a vaccine for the HIV/Aids virus.

20.07.2006 An independent commission launched in New Delhi aims to get leaders of Asia-Pacific countries to stand up and take note of the daunting challenge posed by the spread of HIV/AIDS - including increased poverty and development setbacks.

13.07.2006 Using song and skit the DISHA team at the Loni Highway Truck Station delivered an important message about awareness, prevention, and control of HIV.

13.07.2006 UNESCO, in collaboration with NACO/ Delhi State AIDS Society / is implementing a project on Preventive AIDS Education in 100 Government Schools of Delhi, with the help of 10 NGOs.Prerana one of the partners NGO has undertaken this project to plan and implement AIDS Training Programme in 10 Government Senior Secondary Schools located in South Delhi.

06.07.2006 A migrant population and proximity to States with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS cases are the main reasons for north Karnataka districts becoming vulnerable to the epidemic, Vandana Gurnani, Executive Director of Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, has said.

05.07.2006 As many as fifty HIV positive cases have been detected and two persons have died due to the infection so far in Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, India in the current year, said the district Chief Medical Officer RK Gupta.

05.07.2006 With number of HIV cases in the country rising at an alarming rate, the Indian government has embarked upon an ambitious project to spread AIDS awareness in the country.To make the country's youth more informed about the disease, quiz shows will be organised in 2016 schools in 252 districts of the country.

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