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Hospital-Acquired Infections Are Fuelling Antimicrobial Resistance
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 8:51 pm | CNS
Empowering people who deal with AMR and are surviving it will help humanise the issue as everyone is at risk if medicines stop working. More >>
Choices For Women And Girls For HIV Prevention: So Near And Yet So Far
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 11:38 pm | CNS
To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, women must be able to choose among a range of HIV prevention options that address their different needs and preferences, at different stages of their lives and lived ... More >>
Are We On The Path To End AIDS By 2030?
Friday, 4 October 2024, 4:08 am | CNS
World leaders had pledged to reduce annual new infections to below 370,000 by 2025, but new HIV infections are still more than 3 times higher, at 1.3 million in 2023. New HIV infections are rising in three regions- the Middle East & North Africa, Eastern ... More >>
My Body, Is It My Own?
Monday, 30 September 2024, 5:41 am | CNS
The lack of bodily autonomy- the right to make free and informed decisions about one’s own body, without coercion or violence- has serious implications for the health and wellbeing of women and girls. More >>
Feminism Is The Bedrock For A Socially Just And Ecologically Sustainable World
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 8:45 pm | CNS
This is the first article as part of CNS trilogy series on envisioning a feminist world that is free, just, and able to support all of us on this planet. More >>
Rocking Chair Syndrome Gripping The TB Response?
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:34 am | CNS
Importance of whole of government and whole of society approach can never be overemphasised when it comes to addressing the deadliest of infectious diseases – TB. Time to unite and act is now. More >>
One Step Towards Making The World Free Of TB
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:08 pm | CNS
Based on a real-life testimony of a homeless person who (despite living within a km of one of the best government hospitals in Delhi) would not have got TB services without the support of a frontline community health worker. More >>
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 >>
