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Reaching The Unreached Migrants In Unorganised Workforce With Health Services
Monday, 26 August 2024, 9:04 pm | CNS
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment of Government of India, the workers in the unorganised sector constitute about 93% of the total workforce in the country. A lot of them are informal migrant workers who live in difficult conditions and are ... More >>
AIDS Deaths Declining Globally Except In Eastern Europe And Central Asia
Monday, 26 August 2024, 8:37 pm | CNS
AIDS-related deaths have declined worldwide except in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. The latest data from joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released last month shows that as compared to 2010, AIDS-related deaths have declined ... More >>
AIDS Response Caught In A Debt Trap
Saturday, 17 August 2024, 7:11 pm | CNS
Debt trap is forcing countries to repay the interest on their debt instead of investing in health, education and social protection, jeopardising the progress towards SDG goals and targets. More >>
No One Is Immune To Antimicrobial Resistance
Saturday, 10 August 2024, 6:16 pm | CNS
Resistant microbes can pass between animals, plants and food, and in the environment. A "One Health" approach which recognises that the health of animals, humans, plants and the environment are interlinked is therefore essential to respond to AMR. More >>
AIDS Is At A Crossroads: Would Governments Expand The Proven Key Population-led Services?
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 6:33 pm | CNS
The latest UNAIDS report released last month at the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024), contains evidence that most HIV transmissions occur with people who do not know their status. More >>
Youth-led Initiatives Spark Hope For Children And Adolescents Living With HIV
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:54 am | CNS
"As a young person living with HIV, I had self-stigmatised myself due to the fear of discrimination… fear of discrimination if I dare disclose my HIV positive status to others… this fear had stopped me from living life like a normal person,” said ... More >>
If Some Countries In Asia Pacific Can Be On Track To End AIDS Then Why Cannot All?
Sunday, 28 July 2024, 5:01 am | CNS
Not just richer nations like New Zealand are meeting some of the 2025 HIV-related targets but also low- and middle-income countries like Nepal, Cambodia and Thailand in Asia and the Pacific region. More >>
Alarm Rings In Asia Pacific For Not Making U-equals-U And HIV Prevention Accessible To All
Friday, 26 July 2024, 4:45 am | CNS
The latest 2024 data from United Nations joint programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) show that highest number of people who got newly infected with HIV in Asia and the Pacific region in 2023, were linked to those who do not know that they were HIV positive. More >>
A-for-Accountability Is Missing In Responses To HIV, Hepatitis, STIs And TB
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:00 am | CNS
We have the science-based tools to prevent, diagnose, treat and manage all four infections: HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and TB. Despite this, TB has been the biggest infectious disease killer in the world till COVID-19 had hit us. More >>
Beyond The Shadow Of Stigma: Internal Stigma Is Out Of The Shadows At AIDS 2024
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 3:59 am | CNS
All forms of HIV-related stigma and discrimination must end so that all people can access full spectrum of health and social services in a rights-based, people-centred and gender transformative manner. More >>
Advanced HIV Disease Threatens To Wither Away The Gains Made In Fight Against AIDS
Monday, 22 July 2024, 4:45 am | CNS
No one needs to die of AIDS because, thanks to science, lifesaving antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression can gift all people living with HIV a healthy and fulfilling life. More >>
We Have More Infection-prevention Options Now But Are They Actual Choices For The People?
Monday, 22 July 2024, 4:29 am | CNS
The deadly delays between developing pathbreaking health technologies, and benefitting those for whom these were developed (the most at risk and marginalised and least likely to access care) must end. More >>
Why Are Key Populations On The Blindspot In The Global HIV Response?
Monday, 22 July 2024, 4:13 am | CNS
Christine Stegling, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director said: "We need to empower communities to advocate for prevention at both national and global levels. This is crucial for realizing human rights. More >>
Putting People First Means Following Gandhi's Talisman
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 5:03 am | CNS
Responses to HIV and TB, and for that matter any other health condition, must be built keeping the most vulnerable in mind. Quality health services should be made available to all, and the healthcare delivery systems should keep in mind people’s ... More >>
Goa To Munich: Growing Call For 100-100-100 To End TB And End AIDS Before 2030
Monday, 15 July 2024, 4:35 am | CNS
Over 1500 people from 73 countries are unequivocally demanding that all people with HIV or TB must have access to full cascade of standard health services and social support in people-centred, rights-based and gender transformative ways. More >>
Will #PutPeopleFirst Mantra Drive HIV Responses?
Sunday, 14 July 2024, 5:01 am | CNS
Science has gifted us proven tools to stop the spread of HIV infection, as well as to ensure that all people living with HIV live healthy and fulfilling lives. But we failed to save 630,000 people with HIV who died in 2022. More >>
Another Feather In The Cap Of Treatment As HIV Prevention
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:59 am | CNS
Many countries have not yet fully rolled out existing PrEP (or not rolled it out at all in public services). Every new HIV infection that occurs, is a grim reminder we could have done better in terms of prevention. More >>
Are We On Track To End AIDS, End Viral Hepatitis And End STIs By 2030?
Monday, 17 June 2024, 4:32 am | CNS
Well, it seems to be a mixed bag of gains and losses. While there are reasons to celebrate, significant gaps remain to be plugged. The latest Global Health Sector Strategies Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that while there has ... More >>
From The Frontlines: Homeless Person Won Over Alcoholism, Survived Floods And Defeated TB
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 7:36 pm | CNS
A month before the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) opens in Munich, Germany, here is a real-life story from the frontline that makes a clarion call to #PutPeopleFirst. More >>
Right Diagnostic Test And Right Treatment At The Right Time Can Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 4:38 am | CNS
“Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a problem driven by misuse and overuse of antimicrobial medicines, including antibiotics and antivirals, and results in critical medicines losing effectiveness to treat infections,” said Thomas Joseph,Head, AMR Awareness, ... More >>
