London, August 19 (ANI): The BBC World Service Trust has launched a ringtone campaign to promote the use of condoms in India, where about 2.5 million people are living with HIV
India: Kerala Reserves post for HIV Positive
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This is a quota that is unlikely to be embroiled in a debate about merit dilution and fairness. Kerala became the first Indian state on Tuesday to reserve a government job for HIV positive candidates, marking a new sensitivity for those afflicted with the killer virus.
Sleeping with the enemy:
Nearly 98 per cent of women with HIV have been infected by their husbands, AIDS Society of India secy general Dr I S Gilada tells Ronita Tarcato.
AIDS stigma Kills family of 5
MUMBAI: An HIV-positive couple committed suicide and killed their three children at link apartment in Mulund on Tuesday night after discovering that their daughter too was infected with the deadly virus.
Indians more prone to HIV-AIDS than others, says study
New Delhi: The biggest ever gene mapping exercise of the "people of India" has shown that Indians are more vulnerable to HIV-AIDS than many other population groups around the world. This is because a protective gene marker against HIV-1 is virtually absent in India, making the population more at risk.
8 million new HIV infections in Asia by 2020 unless prevention stepped up
Eight million people could become infected with HIV between now and 2020 unless Asian governments mount more effective HIV prevention programmes, according to the report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia, issued last week.
30% of new HIV infections in Asia associated with injecting drug use
Thirty percent of all new HIV infections in Asia are associated with injecting drug use, estimates the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
HIV/AIDS and the Tibetan Diaspora: The time to act is now
The exiled Tibetan community has survived for 46 years as a stateless minority group living in the most populated democracy in the world ? India, which, according to UNAIDS and India fs National AIDS Control Organisation, has the second highest number of HIV infections by country in the world. South Africa has the highest.
LIFE AND HEALTH: HIV-AIDS AND THE TIBETAN COMMUNITY TIME TO ACT
How many with HIV/AIDS?: There are several major risk factors for the Tibetan community concerning HIV.
AIDS in India and its Potential Impact on the Tibetan Refugee Community
