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Mumbai: MDACS’ Samvad for mental health to help all HIV patients

Mumbai: MDACS’ Samvad for mental health to help all HIV patients

After the pilot project launched in 2021 to provide counselling to 9,000 was successful, the society will now reach out to all the 36,000 patients in Mumbai

23 March,2023 07:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
India to be hit as pharma giant pulls plug on AIDS vaccine

India to be hit as pharma giant pulls plug on AIDS vaccine

Mosaico trial, which began in 2019, failed to yield desired results

23 January,2023 08:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
Maharashtra: State sees major drop in HIV patients who ditch treatment midway

Maharashtra: State sees major drop in HIV patients who ditch treatment midway

Figure declined from 1,012 in 2017 to 171 in 2021; officials cite counselling given by NGOS, medication with fewer side effects as reasons

17 January,2023 06:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
Mumbai: Testing camps at railway stations help find 88 HIV positive people

Mumbai: Testing camps at railway stations help find 88 HIV positive people

All the health initiatives that were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, the testing and case detection rate had gone down in HIV too. However, things are under control now and the programmes are getting back on track

05 January,2023 07:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
'Progress in HIV care for kids, pregnant women nearly flat over past 3 years'

'Progress in HIV care for kids, pregnant women nearly flat over past 3 years'

Around 1,10,000 children and adolescents died from AIDS-related causes during 2021 while another 3,10,000 were newly infected, bringing the total number of young people living with HIV to 2.7 million

01 December,2022 02:35 PM IST | United Nations | IANS
Protest by people with HIV alleging shortage of drugs continues

Protest by people with HIV alleging shortage of drugs continues

The protestors are alleging complete unavailability of certain drugs including those for children living with HIV and random shifting to another class of drugs for most of the patients

12 August,2022 06:36 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Monkeypox spread leading to queer stigma?

Monkeypox spread leading to queer stigma?

Recent study indicating that virus is spreading fast among male homosexual population has left experts divided. While health specialists say targetted messaging helps with early intervention, activists fear it may cause further marginalisation

31 July,2022 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges | Yusra Husain
Twitter launches dedicated search prompt for HIV

Twitter launches dedicated search prompt for HIV

A notification prompt will provide valuable and authoritative resources around HIV and encourage people to reach out and get help when they need it

01 December,2021 12:49 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS

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