Since the first diagnosed case of HIV in 1981, it is estimated that globally 39 million persons are now living with HIV. The World Health Organization has developed guidelines for Advanced HIV to prevent and diagnose these opportunistic infections. People with HIV who are on these antiretroviral medications can lead a normal, healthy lifestyle without developing opportunistic infections. India’s capacity …
The United States has announced that it will expand the ability of gay and bisexual men to donate blood, moving to a single set of criteria for all prospective donors. On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration said it updated federal guidelines for blood donations to do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain …
On this World AIDS Day, it’s time to use the successes in the fight against that scourge to fight other conditions, too. Led by South Africa and India, developing nations sought flexibility within the 1994 Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement to produce cheaper generic medicines when public health emergencies threatened. Those of us who have fought AIDS for decades know …
Andhra Pradesh has led the table in terms of highest number of HIV transmissions in India with 3, 18,814 followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka respectively. Over 17 lakh people contracted HIV in the country in the last 10 years due to unprotected intercourse, according to the latest data provided by National AIDS Control Organisation.. Also, 15,782 people contracted HIV by …
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic treatment 12 years ago. “Timothy proved that HIV can be cured, but that's not what inspires me about him,” said Dr Steven Deeks, an AIDS specialist at the University of …
