Wedding Bells Ring on World AIDS Day

By: Alifiya Khan Date:   2010-12-02              Place: Pune

On Wednesday, as a middle-aged couple exchanged marital vows, a motley crowd of curious onlookers gathered around to see the reason behind the modest looking couple receiving so much media attention. What set this marriage apart was the fact that they were a couple living with HIV/AIDS and decided to marry each other on the occasion of World AIDS Day.

Source: Mid-Day

State children protection scheme to focus on HIV+ ones

Published: Wednesday, Dec 1, 2010, 2:18 IST
By Somita Pal | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Deputy Commissioner, Child Development, Maharashtra, Harish Rathod on Monday said the focus of the proposed integrated children protection scheme will be on children living with HIV and those who had mental retardation.

Source: Indian Express

Series of events planned for AIDS awareness

Ahead of World AIDS Day (December 1), Wake Up Pune, an awareness campaign of Deep Griha Society that has been sensitising the public about HIV, said there was a demand for sex education at schools. Children are clueless as they do not get information at schools or homes, says Ryan Beck Turner, coordinator of the Wake Up Pune campaign.

Source: Indian Express

Maharashtra makes good progress in dealing with HIV

PUNE: Maharashtra has reported significant strides in assisting HIV+ patients, in terms of treatment and counselling, as well as in reducing the number of new infections. While the number of people who accessed the state-run Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs) rose from 93,650 in 2008 to 11,53,810 in 2010, the rate of HIV prevalence showed a decline from 16.42% in 2002 to 4.72% in 2010, said Dilip Deshmukh, additional project director of the Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS), on Monday.

Source: Times of India

Parent-to-child transmission of HIV high in India

Bangalore:   While India may have stemmed the AIDS epidemic 'it miserably failed in prevention of parent to child transmission of HIV', says the AIDS Society of India (ASI), a professional body of doctors in HIV care.

Source: Sify News

Marathi street play to dispel myths about AIDS/HIV

Kalyani Sardesai | TNN

Pune: A Marathi street play organised by Wake Up Pune, Deep Griha Societys Aids Awareness programme has five foreign student volunteers urging Puneites not to discriminate against the HIV positive.

Source: Times of India

Girls struggling against odds in Maharashtra honoured

Bhumika Kumare (16) knows how painful sickle cell anaemia can get. She has seen her mother, who has the disease, go through excruciating phases, when the blood thickens and the veins become distended. "Winters are unbearable. My mother needs blood transfusion every week," she explains.

Source: The Hindu

Man, what a condom!

Very soon therell be a reason for the gay community in Pune and Mumbai to rejoice, as specially modified gay condoms will be launched in the two cities by the first week of January, 2011.

Source: Pune Mirror - Times of India

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