HIV stigma: 4-year-old was made to stay with animals

Guwahati:   Orphaned and infected by HIV, this four-year-old girl from Guwahati has nowhere to go. She has been abandoned by her family members, who have also threatened to poison her.

Source: NDTV

Drunk HIV+ men put sex workers at risk

Published: Tuesday, Dec 21, 2010, 2:50 IST
By Menaka Rao | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

A recent study that can pave way for a policy change in HIV prevention states that affected men, who are heavy drinkers, are 2.4 times more likely to have unprotected sex.

Source: DNA India

Low awareness of drug-associated HIV transmission among children of sex workers

PUNE: A study undertaken by the D Y Patil Medical College, Pimpri, has found that the children of sex workers are relatively well informed about HIV, causing decreased immunity and its spread through unsafe sex. However, the study underlines the fact that the children have very little awareness about the transmission of HIV   through other routes like infected syringes, needles etc. This, researchers say, is an important gray area that needs to be addressed.

Source: Times of India

Corruption threatens to cripple state’s war on HIV

MUMBAI: While the state is working hard to contain HIV/AIDS, it seems to have failed to immunize its medical programme against corruption and mismanagement of funds. At least three high-level inquiries are currently underway, in addition to several undercover operations to nab corrupt medical officers.

Source: Times of India

Shortfilm fest to spread message on keeping fit

PUNE: In order to educate the masses on various health problems, some 10 shortfilms - on issues ranging from diabetes and cervical cancer to HIV/AIDS and schizophrenia - made by various filmmakers will be showcased at the two-day Aarogya Film Festival, at the National Film Archive of India   (NFAI), on December 4 and 5. The film festival, organised by PM Shah Foundation, will be inaugurated by Magsaysay awardee, Padma Bhushan Rajnikant Arole, at 1pm on December 4.

Source: Times of India

HIV couple who met at matrimonial meet ties knot

PUNE: It was at a matrimonial meet for the HIV-positive in Pune on August 1, that 36-year-old Santosh S and 34-year-old Geetanjali P   decided to marry each other. They tied the nuptials in the presence of close family and friends in the city on Wednesday, that was World AIDS Day.

Source: Times of India

Happily ever after

INPUTS BY JYONITA DESHMUKH AND K. MAMTA MURAL

As the famous quote goes, "And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years." On 1st December, widely regarded as World AIDS Day, Mangesh Chaudary, 36, and Meena Shinde, 34, (names changed to protect privacy) both HIV positive, were married in the presence of friends and family, in the district court of Pune.

Source: Times of India

Better care for newborns, mothers with HIV demanded

PUNE: Prompt availability of anti-retroviral therapy, facilities like community-care centres, improved post-natal care to newborn babies of HIV positive mothers, setting up of second line ART link centres at civil hospitals across the state, letting HIV positive mothers benefit from the Sanjay Gandhi pension scheme, and providing a consistent source of livelihood to needy HIV positive people, are some demands of the Life Process Help Foundation. It works for the treatment and rehabilitation of HIV/AIDS patients in Pune

Source: Times of India

MDACS to increase distribution of free condoms due to demand

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

Maharashtra District AIDS Control Society (MDACS) plans to increase its distribution of free condoms in the city, after seeing a rise in number of users in the city. MDAC in association with NACO had placed condom vending machines at strategic public places.

Source: DNA India