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Achieving 100:100:100 + zero HIV transmission is must
Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 3:13 pm | Shobha Shukla
It has been 38 years and 1 month since the first case of HIV infection was detected in 1981, reminded Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (#IAS2019) ... More >>
Self-stigma: Let us do more than just 'talk about it'
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 2:49 pm | Shobha Shukla
Self-stigma: Let us do more than just 'talk about it' Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) Photograph is online at: http://bit.ly/2a26KIB Senior HIV activists who have not only helped shape HIV responses on the ground over the years, but also ... More >>
MDR-TB treatment regimen: Short indeed is beautiful
Friday, 8 July 2016, 3:22 pm | Shobha Shukla
MDR-TB treatment regimen: Short indeed is beautiful Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS Photograph is online at: http://bit.ly/29l1kYn WHO recently announced new recommendations to speed up diagnosis and improve treatment outcomes for multi ... More >>
Asthma: We can beat it but not kill it
Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 12:00 pm | Shobha Shukla
Asthma: We can beat it but not kill it Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS Image is online at: http://bit.ly/1NihcwA More >>
What does it take to beat drug-resistant TB?
Friday, 18 March 2016, 4:38 pm | Shobha Shukla
What does it take to beat drug-resistant TB? Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS More >>
Dialogues for justice, public interest and the common good
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 11:03 am | Shobha Shukla
(CNS): A day after 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) together with grassroots activists, faith-based groups and NGOs organized a side event at ... More >>
Join hands to make the dream of smoke-free society
Monday, 5 October 2015, 3:55 pm | Shobha Shukla
Join hands to make the dream of smoke-free society, a reality! Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service Recently tobacco control representatives from 6 countries-- Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Nepal - met in Bali, Indonesia, to take ... More >>
Dams and Development
Monday, 5 October 2015, 3:51 pm | Shobha Shukla
Dams and development: Corporate interests and Manipur's struggle for justice Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service 29th September More >>
Whither Future Development Goals?
Friday, 19 September 2014, 11:47 am | Shobha Shukla
Abused by her own family in childhood, Bela (name changed) was sold by a relative and trafficked to India. She eventually came out of her harrowing ordeal, turned her life around and became a peer counsellor and educator with Family Planning Association ... More >>
Negotiations around post-2015 development agenda
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 4:32 pm | Shobha Shukla
'Watch your step': Negotiations around post-2015 development agenda By Shobha Shukla 26 August, 2014 More >>
Prevention technologies for HIV and STIs at AIDS 2014
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 5:03 pm | Shobha Shukla
Women of reproductive age have a need for prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and family planning methods. More importantly, women need prevention tools/methods that are under their control and do not leave them at the mercy of ... More >>
'Every TB-HIV case is a public health failure...'
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 5:15 pm | Shobha Shukla
So said Helen Ayles. She was quoted by Dr Diane Havlir who was speaking in the plenary of the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Diane Havlir who is a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, ... More >>
Break the silos: drug use, HIV, HCV, TB, laws and funding
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 5:03 pm | Shobha Shukla
Viet Nam is one of the countries in the world that has made remarkable progress over the last decade in not only making harm reduction and HIV services available and accessible for people who use drugs but also reforming laws for supportive health ... More >>
Unhealthy diets are threatening global health
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 5:09 pm | Shobha Shukla
An estimated 65% of the world’s population lives in countries where obesity leads to more deaths than underweight. In 2012, over 40 million children under the age of five were considered overweight or obese, 30 million of who were living in developing ... More >>
It Is Time To Control Asthma
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 4:56 pm | Shobha Shukla
This is the sub theme of this year’s (2014) World Asthma Day (WAD), which was first celebrated in 1998 in conjunction with the first World Asthma Meeting in Barcelona. It is an annual event aimed at improving asthma awareness, diagnosis, treatment, ... More >>
Translational Research For The Benefit Of Public Health
Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 10:49 am | Shobha Shukla
Translational research is scientific research that helps to make findings from basic science useful for improving human health and well-being. It is basically a three steps process: (i) doing laboratory research on a medical issue like cause of a medical ... More >>
Rise in global health financing but funding priorities shift
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 3:51 pm | Shobha Shukla
A new research done by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), at the University of Washington, indicates that globally the total development assistance for health (DAH) hit an all-time high of $31.3 billion in 2013 (a year-over-year ... More >>
Break the silence around cancer
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 12:55 pm | Shobha Shukla
The focus of this year's World Cancer Day (4 February 2014) is on Target 5 of the World Cancer Declaration: Reduce stigma and dispel myths about cancer, under the tagline 'Debunk the myths' (the 4 myths of-- we do not need to talk about cancer; ... More >>
Long road to justice and equality for LGBTI people
Thursday, 30 January 2014, 3:35 pm | Shobha Shukla
The recently concluded 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (7th APCRSHR) in Manila saw some interesting discussions on protecting and advancing Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity (SOGI) rights and improving ... More >>
A call for urgent regulation of e-cigarettes
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 12:18 pm | Shobha Shukla
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) issued a position statement at the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Paris, warning about the potential health impact of e-cigarettes (ECs) and electronic nicotine ... More >>
