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40 Years Back When First Few People In Mumbai And Bangkok Were Diagnosed With HIV
Monday, 30 June 2025, 7:23 am | CNS
Global AIDS response is slipping and is off the mark. With recent funding cuts, it becomes even more challenging to ensure that HIV response gets on track to end AIDS. More >>
Gender Equality And Human Rights Are Indivisible, Foundational And Unconditional
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 8:47 pm | CNS
Let us hope that at the upcoming UN intergovernmental High Level Political Forum where UN Sustainable Development Goals for health (SDG3) and gender equality (SDG5) are under review, governments commit to get on track to deliver on all SDG goals ... More >>
SHE & Rights Media Awards To 8 Journalists In African And Asia Pacific Regions
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 5:00 pm | CNS
Universal health coverage cannot be truly universal if it does not prioritize gender equality and human rights. More >>
Design Health Services Around People, Not The Disease
Monday, 23 June 2025, 8:57 pm | CNS
With regards to TB, follow the science – screen everyone in high-risk settings in people-centred manner. More >>
Legalising Key Population Led Health Services In Thailand Is A Gamechanger
Friday, 20 June 2025, 10:49 am | CNS
"Key population led health services (KPLHS) is a bottom-up approach in providing healthcare. It speaks to the needs and willingness of the community which will increase the value of the effort as compared to some thing being given to them passively (top-down ... More >>
Unite Health Systems With Community-led Health Services To Deliver On UHC
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:05 pm | CNS
Despite mounting evidence of how key population or community-led health services have bridged the gap between public health system and those unreached, we are yet to optimally integrate community-led health service delivery model into public health ... More >>
To Be Or Not To Be? Daily Oral Versus Long-Acting Injectable Medicines For HIV Prevention
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 5:23 pm | CNS
Arguments in favour of long-acting injectable PrEP dwelt upon the current dismally low use of oral PrEP in the Asia Pacific Region - as of end 2023, around 204,000 individuals were actively using PrEP - just 2% of the 8.2 million target set for ... More >>
Will We Rise To #endAIDS Challenge Or Stumble Withering Away The Gains In HIV Response?
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:44 am | CNS
The recent funding cuts by the US have further exacerbated the problems. UNAIDS projects that there would be an additional 6.6 million new HIV infections and 4.2 million deaths by 2029 just because of the shortfall created by US funding cuts. More >>
Include Males Too In Addressing Human Papilloma Virus And Related Cancers
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:31 am | CNS
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection. Since an effective HPV vaccine exists and HPV screening and treatment of pre-cancer lesions can save lives, no one should be suffering from any of the HPV related cancer or ... More >>
We Can Do Better So That All People With HIV Live Healthy Normal Lifespans
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 7:47 am | CNS
People living with HIV must take care of one’s mental health and wellbeing, adhere to HIV treatment to stay undetectable and take care of life-style related diseases and ageing-related issues. More >>
Despite Being Preventable And Curable Cervical Cancer Remains 4th Biggest Cancer In Women
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:53 am | CNS
Prophylactic vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) - which is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and which causes cervical cancer - and screening, and treatment of pre-cancer lesions are very cost-effective strategies ... More >>
Commitment To End Tobacco Must Translate To Bold Actions On The Ground
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:21 am | CNS
Commitment to end tobacco must translate to bold actions on the ground, said Dr Tara Singh Bam. He exhorted the new government of Indonesia to sign and ratify the global tobacco treaty (formally called the World Health Organization Framework Convention ... More >>
Toxic Politics Of Selling Addiction To Children
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 8:50 pm | CNS
Through the use of artificial flavours, excessive sugar, colourful packaging, character branding, catchy advertising, and digital marketing campaigns, these products exploit children’s developmental impressionability and normalise harmful consumption patterns ... More >>
Point-Of-Care Health Technologies Make A Difference When Deployed At Point-Of-Needjob
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 6:03 pm | CNS
Based on scientific evidence, World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines of 2021 endorsed the use of AI-CAD based TB screening (without immediate need of a radiologist’s interpretation) and offering upfront molecular testing to all those with presumptive ... More >>
During Conflicts And Humanitarian Crises, Women And Gender Diverse Persons Face More Brunt Of Gender-based Injustices
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:58 pm | CNS
“Bringing gender justice in health policies and programmes and practices is important. The report has highlighted how in various countries if programmes have promoted gender equality, they have had much better and wider positive outcomes than just about dealing ... More >>
Conflicts And Crises Intensify The Need For Gender Equality And Health Equity
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:33 pm | CNS
Let us work together for a feminist and gender-just inclusive world order where everyone has equal rights, equal dignity and equal access and control of resources, irrespective of their caste, creed or gender identity. Gender inequality and toxic masculinity ... More >>
We Cannot Turn A Blind Eye To Preventable Epidemics If We Are To Deliver On SDGs
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 7:48 am | CNS
Dr Bam called for building result oriented political leadership that translates into effective TB and tobacco control legislation; accountability and sustainability of TB control and tobacco control programmes; and inclusion of smoking cessation through ... More >>
Will All Children Be Born Free Of HIV, Syphilis And Hepatitis-B By 2030?
Friday, 18 April 2025, 1:31 pm | CNS
Strong evidence since years has repeatedly proven that it is possible to ensure that all children born to parent(s) with HIV, hepatitis-B or syphilis, can be born free of these three infections. More >>
Gender Justice And Health Equity Are Inextricably Linked But Are Programmes Linked?
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:58 am | CNS
The Lancet Commission report comes at a very timely moment - right on the heels of the recently concluded 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), and ahead of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2025). More >>
Half Of Women Cannot Make Decisions About Their Reproductive Health And Bodily Autonomy
Friday, 4 April 2025, 9:39 am | CNS
But it also means that when it comes to these fundamental aspects of their lives, 44% of partnered women cannot make these essential decisions about their own healthcare, contraceptives, or their sexual health and rights,” said Dawn Minott, Advisor on ... More >>
