India has highest number of children and adolescents living with HIV in South Asia: UNICEF report
6 years, 1 month ago

India has highest number of children and adolescents living with HIV in South Asia: UNICEF report

The Hindu  

An estimated 120,000 children and adolescents aged 0-19 were living with HIV in India in 2017, the highest number in South Asia, according a report by UNICEF which warned that around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day globally by 2030 if progress in preventing transmission is not accelerated. The report noted that South Asia has made substantial progress in reducing HIV risks and vulnerability among children, adolescents, pregnant women and mothers. In Pakistan, this number was 5,800, followed by Nepal and Bangladesh, according to the UNICEF report released Thursday ‘Children, HIV and AIDS: The World in 2030.’ In 2017, the estimated number of children under 5 years old newly diagnosed with HIV was 43% lower than the comparable estimate in 2010 — a decline greater than the 35% recorded globally. “The report makes it clear, without the shadow of a doubt, that the world is off track when it comes to ending AIDS among children and adolescents by 2030,” said UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore.

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Battle won, war continues
1 month, 1 week ago

Battle won, war continues

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Two decades have passed since the global human immunodeficiency virus epidemic peaked in 2004. “Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres on World AIDS Day. However, he cautioned against complacency, urging global leaders to “commit to dismantling barriers to healthcare and upholding human rights”. “One-quarter of people living with …

44.23% dip in new HIV infections since ’10: Minister
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1 month, 1 week ago

44.23% dip in new HIV infections since ’10: Minister

Hindustan Times  

New HIV infections in India declined by 44.23% between 2010 and 2022, surpassing the global reduction rate of 39% during the same period, according to central government data released on World AIDS Day on Sunday. The National AIDS Control Programme phase V focuses on peer-led targeted intervention projects to accelerate reduction in new annual HIV infections across high-risk, at-risk and …

Urgent need to sustain progress made in combating HIV/AIDS, says AIDS Society of India
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Urgent need to sustain progress made in combating HIV/AIDS, says AIDS Society of India

The Hindu  

World AIDS Day is marked globally on December 1, and the theme for 2024, is ‘Take the rights path: My health, my right.’ The AIDS Society of India, in a press release, highlights the fact that while India has done very well in terms of saving lives and reducing new HIV infections along with AIDS-related deaths as well as contributing …

Global HIV rates drop by 20 percent Challenges to end AIDS by 2030 remain
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Global HIV rates drop by 20 percent Challenges to end AIDS by 2030 remain

India Today  

A new Lancet study has revealed significant global progress in reducing HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. However, the 1.3 million new HIV cases reported in 2023 are still more than three times higher than the level needed to meet the United Nations' goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the agency said. Over a million people …

HIV infections in India dipped by 44 % since 2010: Minister
3 months, 3 weeks ago

HIV infections in India dipped by 44 % since 2010: Minister

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: New annual HIV infections in India have decreased by 44% since 2010, outperforming the global reduction rate of 39%, the government said Wednesday. New annual HIV infections have decreased by 44% since 2010, outperforming the global reduction rate of 39%,” she said. “The country currently supplies over 70% of global anti-retroviral medicines, ensuring affordable access for nations in …

Over 6,500 adolescent girls die giving birth every year across South Asia: Study
6 months ago

Over 6,500 adolescent girls die giving birth every year across South Asia: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: Every year, nearly 6,500 adolescent girls in South Asia die giving birth and most of them are minors who have limited power over their reproductive health or lives, according to a joint analysis done by UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA. At the two-day Regional Dialogue on Adolescent Pregnancy in South Asia, which concluded here on Friday, the SAARC countries, UNICEF …

Combating HIV/AIDS: Progress, challenges, and hope on world AIDS day
1 year, 1 month ago

Combating HIV/AIDS: Progress, challenges, and hope on world AIDS day

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: On the occasion of World AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation has announced the theme for the year as "Let communities lead," emphasizing the need to empower communities to combat the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. According to official figures from the National AIDS Control Organisation, India is grappling with around 2.2 million HIV cases, with 65,000 new infections reported …

Need to scale up HIV response for those at higher risk, say experts
1 year, 1 month ago

Need to scale up HIV response for those at higher risk, say experts

The Hindu  

There is a need to scale up HIV response for those who are at relatively higher risk, experts have called out ahead of this World HIV/AIDS Day on December 1. In a press release, N. Kumarasamy, who is also the secretary-general, AIDS Society of India, and chief and director, VHS Infectious Diseases Medical Centre, said that according to UNAIDS, India …

HIV/AIDS patients achieving improved outcomes
1 year, 2 months ago

HIV/AIDS patients achieving improved outcomes

China Daily  

China has expanded HIV/AIDS therapy to cover over 90 percent of patients in the country, and for those already in treatment there is a 90 percent success rate, signifying major progress in tackling the disease, according to a recent study. Improving access to effective treatment has resulted in a decrease in the disease's mortality rate and a marked rise in …

India is 1 of 3 countries where confidence in children’s vaccines has increased: UNICEF report
1 year, 8 months ago

India is 1 of 3 countries where confidence in children’s vaccines has increased: UNICEF report

The Hindu  

Only China, India, and Mexico, that is three out of the 55 countries studied for popular perception of the importance of vaccines for children, showed improvement as per data collected by The Vaccine Confidence Project and published by UNICEF on April 20. UNICEF India today released the agency’s global flagship report ‘The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every …

Infographic: World AIDS Day 2022
2 years, 1 month ago

Infographic: World AIDS Day 2022

Al Jazeera  

Around the world, every week about 4,900 young women aged between 15 and 24 become infected with HIV. According to UNAIDS, in 2021, some 1.5 million people became newly infected with HIV, bringing the total number of people living with HIV to 38.4 million. HIV infections by age and gender According to the UNAIDS report, Dangerous inequalities: World AIDS Day …

When India challenged global HIV data and won
2 years, 8 months ago

When India challenged global HIV data and won

The Hindu  

Last week, Union Health Ministry sources stated that India will take up “glaring anomalies’’ in a World Health Organisation report on excess mortality estimates associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. “They are quoting different figures when we ourselves don’t have any data on deaths,” the then health minister C.P. “New, more accurate estimates of HIV indicate that approximately 2.5 million people …

Calculation of India’s Covid Deaths Complex, Changes in Modelling Can Affect Numbers: Ex-ICMR Scientist
2 years, 8 months ago

Calculation of India’s Covid Deaths Complex, Changes in Modelling Can Affect Numbers: Ex-ICMR Scientist

News 18  

The calculation of deaths due to Covid-19 in India is “quite complex” and there are “no definite answers”, former Indian Council of Medical Research scientist Dr Raman Gangakhedkar told News18.com, responding to the latest data released by the World Health Organization, which claims that Covid could have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020-21. Gangakhedkar, who …

85,000 Indians contracted HIV due to unprotected sexual activity in COVID lockdown, Maharashtra tops
2 years, 8 months ago

85,000 Indians contracted HIV due to unprotected sexual activity in COVID lockdown, Maharashtra tops

India TV News  

Highlights According to RTI data, over 85,000 people across the country contracted HIV due to unprotected sex a steady decline was observed in the number of HIV cases between 2011-12 to 2020-21 After the COVID cases surged, a lockdown was imposed all over the world. According to RTI data, over 85,000 people across the country contracted HIV due to unprotected …

Over 17 Lakh People Contracted HIV in India in Last 10 Yrs by Unprotected Sex: RTI Reply
2 years, 8 months ago

Over 17 Lakh People Contracted HIV in India in Last 10 Yrs by Unprotected Sex: RTI Reply

News 18  

Over 17 lakh people contracted HIV in the country in the last 10 years due to unprotected intercourse, according to the data provided by National AIDS Control Organization in response to an RTI query. HIV transmission by unprotected sex was recorded in 2.4 lakh people in 2011-12, while the number reduced to 85,268 in 2020-21. In response to the RTI …

Bihar’s Grim Picture of People With HIV; Despite Dip in Cases, State Ranks Third After Maha, UP: Report
2 years, 8 months ago

Bihar’s Grim Picture of People With HIV; Despite Dip in Cases, State Ranks Third After Maha, UP: Report

News 18  

Bihar ranks third, after Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, in people living with HIV, with around 8,000 new cases recorded annually, a report by Hindustan Times showed, quoting Dr S Siddhartha Shankar Reddy, health specialist of UNICEF Bihar. Despite a 27% dip in PLHIV cases, most youngsters, including gay men, intravenous drug users, men who have sex with men accounted for …

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study
2 years, 10 months ago

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: More than 1.9 million children in India lost a parent or caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a modelling study of 20 countries published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. “We estimate that for every person reported to have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, one child is left orphaned or loses …

Over 19 Lakh Indian Children Lost At Least One Parent to Covid-19, Highest in World: Study
2 years, 10 months ago

Over 19 Lakh Indian Children Lost At Least One Parent to Covid-19, Highest in World: Study

News 18  

Around 19.2 lakh kids lost at least one parent or caregiver to Covid-19 in India during the first 20 months of the pandemic, that is between March 2020 and October 2021, a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health said. The peer-reviewed medical journal said that India accounted for the highest number of Covid orphans or children who …

These 253 Million Indians Should be Next in Line to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Now
3 years, 1 month ago

These 253 Million Indians Should be Next in Line to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Now

News 18  

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 spread as a pandemic. The 2011 Census data reveals that about 35 per cent of the population falls in the age group of 0-14 years and another 10 per cent between 15 and 19 years. More significantly, India has the largest adolescent population in the world, 253 million, and every …

Why do African children lack HIV treatment?
3 years, 5 months ago

Why do African children lack HIV treatment?

The Hindu  

On the African continent, many children are left behind when it comes to HIV treatment: If untreated, around fifty per cent of children living with HIV die before they reach their second birthday - this is the bleak outlook of a new UNAIDS report published in July. The reductions in treatment numbers among children also occurred in some countries because …

India has highest number of unvaccinated, under-vaccinated kids worldwide at 3.5 mn: UNICEF
3 years, 5 months ago

India has highest number of unvaccinated, under-vaccinated kids worldwide at 3.5 mn: UNICEF

India Today  

India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICEF said. At nearly 4.4 million, South Asia recorded the highest number of children having failed to receive any routine vaccination in the past ten years, in 2020. “India - particularly hard hit …

At 3.5 Mn, India Has Highest Number of Children Who Have Received No Vaccines: UNICEF
3 years, 5 months ago

At 3.5 Mn, India Has Highest Number of Children Who Have Received No Vaccines: UNICEF

News 18  

India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICEF said. “More than 3 million of these ‘zero-dose children’ in 2020 lived in India,” the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, said in a statement. India – particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 …

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report

News 18  

The number of children in child labour has risen to 16 crore worldwide — first increase in two decades — with millions more at risk due to COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization and the UNICEF. The report — 'Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward' — released ahead of the World …

Myths, Stigma, Barriers: Report Answers Why India Ranks Low on Condoms Usage
3 years, 7 months ago

Myths, Stigma, Barriers: Report Answers Why India Ranks Low on Condoms Usage

News 18  

To harness youth and ensure their health and well-being, Condom Alliance – a shared value collective of condom market players and other stakeholders to improve the well-being of young people in India, launched India’s first ever Condomology report. A nation with 50 per cent of population under the age of 24 and 65 per cent below the age of 35 …

Are more young people dying from coronavirus in India?
3 years, 7 months ago

Are more young people dying from coronavirus in India?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr VK Paul, who sits on the Indian government’s …

mRNA vaccines appear effective vs India variant; people with HIV at higher risk for severe Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

mRNA vaccines appear effective vs India variant; people with HIV at higher risk for severe Covid-19

India Today  

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. mRNA vaccines likely effective against India variant Both of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are likely effective against the coronavirus variant that is rapidly spreading throughout …

World AIDS Day 2020: All you need to know about virus that infected over 1.7 million people in 2019
4 years, 1 month ago

World AIDS Day 2020: All you need to know about virus that infected over 1.7 million people in 2019

Firstpost  

AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a life-threatening condition that is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, which attacks a person’s immune system and makes them susceptible to other diseases World AIDS Day is observed every year on 1 December to bring attention to the HIV, make people aware people about the virus and speak out against the stigma associated …

World AIDS Day | India must gear up to end HIV/AIDS by 2030: experts
4 years, 1 month ago

World AIDS Day | India must gear up to end HIV/AIDS by 2030: experts

The Hindu  

The theme of World AIDS Day, to be observed on December 1 is ‘Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic: resilience and impact.’ The method to achieve this by 2030 is to ensure life-saving anti-retroviral therapy reaches all those who are infected and that all persons living with HIV know their status. “The 2020 global target is to achieve reduction in new HIV …

Covid-19 limited 25 million Indian couples’ access to contraceptives: UNAIDS
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 limited 25 million Indian couples’ access to contraceptives: UNAIDS

Live Mint  

NEW DELH: Covid-19 pandemic has limited access to contraceptives for more than 25 million couples in India, according to a report released by UNAIDS on Thursday. The World AIDS Day report 2020 also pointed out that among people living with HIV, approximately 35% of women aged 15 to 49 years faced discriminatory attitudes between 2014 and 2019. The report showed …

Every 100 Seconds, a Child or a Youth is Infected with HIV: UNICEF
4 years, 1 month ago

Every 100 Seconds, a Child or a Youth is Infected with HIV: UNICEF

The Quint  

Health facility deliveries and maternal treatment were also reported to have reduced by 20 to 60 per cent, maternal HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy initiation by 25 to 50 per cent, and infant testing services by approximately 10 percent. Though the easing of control measures and the strategic targeting of children and pregnant mothers have successfully led to a rebound …

India’s child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UN
4 years, 4 months ago

India’s child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UN

The Hindu  

India’s child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019 but the country, along with Nigeria, still accounted for almost a third of all under-five deaths last year, according to a new UN report which warned that COVID-19 pandemic threatens to undo decades of progress in eliminating preventable child deaths globally. The infant mortality rate in India declined from …

Why are more young people infected with Covid-19 in India?
4 years, 4 months ago

Why are more young people infected with Covid-19 in India?

India Today  

In March this year, the World Health Organisation in a message to the world's youth said: You are not invincible, this virus could put you in hospital for weeks. Now, the latest ICMR data shows that nearly 34 per cent infected people in India are under the age of 30 years, six per cent higher than the first week of …

Covid-19 might push 120 mn children into poverty in South Asia, including India: UNICEF
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 might push 120 mn children into poverty in South Asia, including India: UNICEF

Hindustan Times  

An estimated 120 million children living in South Asian countries, including India, could slip into poverty within the next six months due to the COVID-19 crisis, taking the total number of such kids in the region to 360 million, according to a new UNICEF report. The report -- Lives Upended - How COVID-19 threatens the futures of 600 million South …

COVID-19 impact may kill 8 lakh kids in South Asia: UNICEF
4 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 impact may kill 8 lakh kids in South Asia: UNICEF

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to disrupt services critical to children’s welfare and well-being in South Asia, including India, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund has said in its latest report ‘Upended Lives,’ released on Tuesday. The pandemic is “unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia and governments must take urgent action …

UN: Sub-Saharan Africa AIDS deaths could double due to COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

UN: Sub-Saharan Africa AIDS deaths could double due to COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

More than 500,000 could die if the provision of healthcare to HIV sufferers is disrupted during pandemic, UN says. The number of deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa could double if the provision of healthcare to HIV sufferers is disrupted during the coronavirus crisis, the United Nations has said. Modelling conducted for the agencies said a six-month disruption in …

Complacency a concern as AIDS treatment improves in Africa
5 years, 1 month ago

Complacency a concern as AIDS treatment improves in Africa

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — AIDS has no cure. In Uganda and neighboring Kenya, countries with two of the world’s highest AIDS rates, campaigners point to lower-than-satisfactory HIV testing rates among adult men, early sexual experiences among many adolescents, inadequate knowledge of HIV and reproductive health and even what UNAIDS calls “a crippling fear of buying condoms” among many Ugandans. Now Ugandan …

Over 300 children die everyday from AIDS-related causes: UNICEF
5 years, 1 month ago

Over 300 children die everyday from AIDS-related causes: UNICEF

India Today  

Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, or 13 every hour, according to a global snapshot on children, HIV and AIDS released by the UN International Children's Emergency Fund on Tuesday. Low access to antiretroviral treatment, in addition to limited prevention efforts, is a leading cause for these deaths, with only 54 percent of …

People have a higher chance of contracting HIV in developed, urbanized districts
5 years, 6 months ago

People have a higher chance of contracting HIV in developed, urbanized districts

Firstpost  

The study found that if people knew that using a condom prevents HIV, there are lesser cases in the district. Of them, “better developed, urbanised districts with large population size, better socio-economic status of population are more likely to have consistently high HIV prevalence levels.” While planning HIV control strategies, the focus should be on districts which are showing signs …

Odisha AIDS Control Society launches programme to make adolescent school students aware of HIV-AIDS
5 years, 11 months ago

Odisha AIDS Control Society launches programme to make adolescent school students aware of HIV-AIDS

India Today  

The Odisha AIDS Control Society has launched a programme to sensitize adolescent students in schools on HIV, AIDS and sexual transmission diseases, an official said Monday. The children will be made aware of the cause of the spread of STDs by the teachers in the district, AIDS control programme officer in Ganjam, Hemant Sahu, said in Odisha. HIV positive cases …

World AIDS Day: It's time we knew our status, risks and chances of contracting HIV
6 years, 1 month ago

World AIDS Day: It's time we knew our status, risks and chances of contracting HIV

Firstpost  

Testing for HIV & treating AIDS is oh-so-important – there are many ways you can/can’t contract it. As per data gathered by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in 2018, India after South Africa, and Nigeria has the world’s third largest HIV populations – an estimated 2.1 million people. Symptoms of an HIV positive person and an AIDS victim …

In 2017, India had nearly 21.40 lakh people living with HIV, over two-fifths of them women, says NACO report
6 years, 4 months ago

In 2017, India had nearly 21.40 lakh people living with HIV, over two-fifths of them women, says NACO report

Firstpost  

India had an estimated 21.40 lakh people living with HIV in 2017, with slightly more than two-fifth of them being women, the National AIDS Control Organisation said on Friday. New Delhi: India had an estimated 21.40 lakh people living with HIV in 2017, with slightly more than two-fifth of them being women, the National AIDS Control Organisation said on Friday. …

HIV infections and AIDS related deaths decline in India sine 2010: UN report
6 years, 4 months ago

HIV infections and AIDS related deaths decline in India sine 2010: UN report

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: Data released by the United Nations in 2017 brings to light that new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infections in India have decreased by 46 per cent, and AIDS-related deaths have declined by 22 per cent since 2010 in the country. Dr Senthil Raj, project director of the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society said, “Tamil Nadu is witnessing …

HIV infections reduce in India, increase in Pakistan: UN Report
6 years, 5 months ago

HIV infections reduce in India, increase in Pakistan: UN Report

India Today  

The scars of HIV infections are fading away from the Indian soil. Countries in Asia where HIV related cases have reduced: Cambodia India Myanmar Thailand Vietnam Countries in Asia where HIV-related cases are growing: Pakistan The Philippines The Joint UN Agency on AIDS report titled 'Miles to go closing gaps, breaking barriers, righting injustices' provides the figures for India: In …

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