The Dutch NGO, Text to Change (TTC) and The AIDS Information Centre - Uganda (AIC) have decided to continue their fruitful partnership in fighting HIV/AIDS by using incentive based Mobile Text Messaging. TTC and AIC aim to perform an expansion of the successful and well received Mbarara pilot, executed in February - March 2008, by jointly performing a second program in Arua (Northwest Uganda) targeting an audience of 10,000 mobile subscribers.

Addressing the discrimination against HIV-positive teachers in Africa is a key aim of a new documentary and accompanying book launched in Senegal by the Partnership for Child Development based at Imperial College London. An estimated 122,000 teachers in sub-Saharan Africa are living with HIV, most of whom have not sought testing and do not know their status.

"If ever there was a case for unvarnished sex education in public schools, the ongoing AIDS epidemic in black America ought to be it," columnist Courtland Milloy writes in a Washington Post opinion piece, adding, "[H]ow can we teach [HIV prevention] if we can't talk frankly?" Milloy writes that he is "focusing on women and AIDS ...

The Los Angeles Times and the Journal of the American Medical Association recently published opinion pieces about male circumcision as a method of HIV prevention. Summaries appear below.

The Arkansas HIV/AIDS Minority Task Force on Monday released its final report and said it will request $3 million in state funding over the next two years to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in minority communities and establish testing sites, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (Frago, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 12/2).The 19-member task force was formed in January by Gov.

Several hundred African HIV/AIDS advocates on Tuesday marched in Senegal's capital of Dakar to urge U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to fulfill funding commitments for HIV/AIDS efforts, Reuters reports. The advocates demonstrated ahead of the

Early treatment for HIV-positive infants can significantly increase their chances of survival, according to a report released Monday by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, UNAIDS and the United Nations Population Fund, the

Thousands of HIV-positive people in Myanmar are dying because not enough funding is being allocated by the government for treatment, Medecins Sans Frontieres said last week, the New York Times reports.

Kentucky's AIDS Drug Assistance Program -- which provides medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive people -- has lost a significant portion of its federal and state funding over the past three years and may be forced to reinstate a waiting list by April, state health officials said Monday, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.

The Washington Post on Tuesday examined the Washington, D.C.-based homeless care center Joseph's House, which provides nursing services and support to homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.

.A new study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has clarified how two major variants of HIV differ in their ability to cause neurologic complications. The finding, published in Journal of Neuroscience, highlights a new target for drugs that could prevent HIV-associated dementia, an incurable and increasingly common complication in people with AIDS.

Tibotec Pharmaceuticals announced today that the European Commission adopted the decision to broaden the indication for PREZISTA® (darunavir), a protease inhibitor, in combination with ritonavir and other antiretroviral medicinal products to the treatment of HIV-1 infection in all treatment-experienced adult patients. Darunavir was developed by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Cork, Ireland.

The AP/International Herald Tribune on Sunday examined how "after years of despair, Africa is making progress in protecting unborn [infants] from AIDS -- and in prolonging the life of the parents." According to a United Nations report titled "Children and AIDS" and published for

Although Egypt has a low HIV prevalence at 0.02%, numerous risk factors and misconceptions about the virus could lead to a "rapid spread" of the disease, Egypt's Daily News reports.

Members of India's community of hijras -- pre- and post-operative transsexuals and cross-dressers -- who work as commercial sex workers are helping to promote awareness about safer sex and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, AFP/Google.com reports. According to AFP/Google.

The American College of Physicians on Tuesday released guidelines urging physicians to begin routine HIV screening among patients at age 13, regardless of whether they engage in risky behaviors, the New York Times reports.

Men who have sex with men are the most affected by HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts, according to a report released by the state Department of Public Health ahead of World AIDS Day, the AP/Worcester Telegram reports.

President Bush on Monday in honor of World AIDS Day highlighted "his dramatic and widely praised overhaul of U.S. efforts to combat the deadly disease, particularly in Africa," AFP/Google.com reports.

Michel Sidibe will succeed Peter Piot as the next executive director of UNAIDS on Jan. 1, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday to coincide with World AIDS Day, Bloomberg reports (Varner, Bloomberg, 12/1).

Early diagnosis and treatment can significantly improve the prospects for survival of newborn babies exposed to HIV, according to a report released today by four United Nations agencies. The report, titled Children and AIDS: Third stocktaking report, was jointly prepared by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and released on World Aids Day.

Nine out of ten children with HIV do not have access to life-saving antiretroviral drugs. Governments and donors need to be more ambitious in bringing existing pediatric HIV tests and drugs to the children who need them, said the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Although wealthy countries might be better equipped to provide antiretroviral treatment to HIV-positive people than some developing nations, wealthy nations often are less effective at collecting the data necessary to understand and curb HIV/AIDS, according to a study released last week by AIDS Accountability International, the

Indonesia's National AIDS Commission last week said a provision that would require some people living with HIV/AIDS to be implanted with microchips in the province of Papua is unworkable and a violation of human rights, Reuters India reports.

Several newspapers have published editorials and opinion pieces in response to World AIDS Day. Summaries appear below.EditorialsArizona Daily Star: World AIDS Day is a "good time to issue a wake-up call," a Daily Star editorial says, adding, "This scourge has not gone away. It still cannot be cured. No one is known to be immune.

The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The discovery, to be published online on Dec. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could provide insight into why non-human primates don't get AIDS and lead to treatments for humans.

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India will soon launch a unique train that will travel all over the country with volunteers who will from each station f

The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar assured that the Bihar Government would do all that it can in restricting the

According to a study many Americans are affected by insomnia, not able to get good sleep in the night, and most of them

Nairobi - The WHO has revealed that Africa's TB crisis has its origin in HIV/AIDS, weak health systems and poverty. Stat

At Chennai, Tessa Brewer, wife of the London Mayor inaugurated the Rs. 1.75-crore one-year project. The main aim is to c

The incidence of HIV/AIDS in the Indian armed forces is a mere 0.028 percent as compared to the national average and eff

Patients on non-selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or COX-2-selective NSAIDs, have reduced risk of

The Ministry of Health in China has revealed that just over 67 per cent of Chinese college students have accurate knowle

An UN official has said that the AIDS/HIV population has been consistently increasing in Swaziland with nearly 43 percen

At an HIV/AIDS workshop held on Tuesday speakers have raised an appeal to clerics to increase awareness about the diseas

The Government of Korea will soon enforce legal regulations against any sort of discrimination against people with AIDS

America is marking its first National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day today. Commenting on the occasion, Anthony

The District of Columbia and Maryland may stand to lose heavily in federal AIDS grants if they persist in disallowing lo

In a bold and good step a Chinese lawmaker has proposed to make a law that considers "the intentional spread of HIV/AIDS

In an attempt to spread awareness about AIDS/HIV, the Rotarians of Malda and the district health officials of the State

In an attempt to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, that has been haunting Papua New Guinea, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Despite the widespread awareness being propagated by the Indian government many AIDS patients are put to hardships, as s

The highlight of the AIDS awareness program, scheduled to take place in New Delhi next week would be rock band performan

It has been proposed to initiate a HIV/AIDS trial in Kericho, as a collaborative work between Kenya Medical Research Ins

Reduced duties for a range of goods including small cars, anti-AIDS drugs, anti-cancer drugs would ensure easy access an

Circumcision makes it comeback in Swaziland, years after it was banned by a king who reigned during the 19th century T

Chinese scientists have announced that they are staring human trials for testing the efficacy of a drug that has proved

London - Sexual Health occupies an important position on the National Health Service's Mandate, as per the Government's

Dar Es Salaam: Princess Mathilde of Belgium, the UNAIDS and UNICEF Special Representative for Children and AIDS, has st

The Indian Government has proposed the launch of an awareness program to alert AIDS patients regarding the healthcare fa

In an attempt to curb the spread of AIDS/HIV, which is haunting the world for over two decades now, health officials and

It has been proposed to raise the financial grant for the South African AIDS program from the existing 187 million U.S.

WHO (World Health Organisation) today projected that by 2020 road accidents will be the third highest threat to public h

WHO (World Health Organisation) today projected that by 2020 road accidents will be the third highest threat to public h

A nine year saga of HIV Positive patient Shenequa Flucas is an eye opener to the benefits of HIV education, known to hol

The manufacturer of the experimental AIDS drug GS 9137 Gilead Sciences Inc. has revealed that the results of the drug ex

If appropriate steps are not taken to restrict spread of the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, it is predicted that m

Zimbabwe in Africa is a country worst hit by AIDS. But now after bringing in changes in their sexual behavior, by limiti

Heart transplanted infants immune system may act as a model for developing better treatment options to patients with AID

A South Australian Supreme Court jury has found a South African man guilty of spreading HIV/AIDS by having unprotected s

A report released by China's Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS on the number of HIV/AIDS case

A University of Washington study has revealed that those women who use vaginal washes run a higher risk of contracting H

A single tablet which is taken once a day for treating AIDS is sought to be developed by two drug firms Bristol-Myers Sq

India is among those countries where corporate bodies are by and large are not proactive vis-a-vis the threat of HIV/AID

People of Indian origin (PIO) and Non-Resident Indians (NRI) have been called upon by Oscar Fernandes, the Minister of S

Scientists at the University of Bonn in Germany have come up with what could be a potential AIDS drug. They have found t

This is the age of information and health and combining the two does wonders. In the same vein Mao Qun'an, the spokesman

Alarming reports of AIDS patients being robbed off their pockets to pay for expensive anti-HIV medication, only reflect

A Wilmington-based HIV/AIDS community outreach program in Delaware has thought of an offbeat salon approach to enhance a

The Indian State of Gujarat has registered a fall in the number of AIDS patients. The decline has been to 3.6% in 2004 f

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has announced that the number of AIDS-related deaths in the country declined from 5

There is more bad news about effects of HIV/AIDS. According to a report by NPR titled "All Things Considered", Ugandan F

AIDS strategies designed to detect and contain the spread of the disease are clearly not working and much more needs to

There is a dramatic shift in attitudes toward circumcision in Swaziland, which has one of the world's lowest rates o

A Summary Report by Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune According to a report by the Chicago Tribune, HIV-p

The Ramanathapuram District Collector, K. Sellamuthu, has ordered distribution of AIDS/HIV awareness calendar to all pub

New Delhi: A startling study indicates that almost 40 percent of India's truck drivers and their helpers are infected w

Botswana is perhaps one of the worst AIDS affected countries in the world, with an infection rate of 35%. The Government

HIV/AIDS, the disease is increasing day by day and the mortality rate is also directly proportional to the raise. <

The government of china in Beijing told the press that it has taken all possible measures to reduce the ever increasing

The US Food and Drug Association (FDA) has approved Aurobindo Pharma Limited to produce the generic version of oral Stav

Under the shade of a tree or by the side of a bus stand, they snap up conversations with customers while giving them a s

A group of five AIDS victims who have been trying to gain special access to the much sought unapproved anti- HIV drugs (

In Vancouver Health Canada gives access to the usage of two drugs in a rare medical trail. These drugs were necessary to

The attention of the entire world appears to be focused on the bird flu pandemic that is expected to break out across th

Indian Muslims in South Africa who displayed stigmatization and discrimination against AIDS victims, are now becoming op

A website has been unveiled by the Los Angeles County health officials which will facilitate the sending of e-mails to k

The UN Childrens' Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that as many as 1,000 children in Venezuela may be infected with the HIV vi

The IT department raided on Wednesday doctors and hospitals in the global healthcare destination of Chennai to net an es

AIDS patients from Sri Lanka are preferring treatment in India to avoid social discrimination and to avoid others in the

New AIDS drugs produced by Pharmaceutical companies which are proved to be better than older drugs are still not availab

The article is a plea on behalf of the HIV positive people of Mizo society to treat them as normal people during their l

Bill Gates, Chief of Microsoft, will visit India on 6 December 2005, along with his wife Melinda. Chennai and Bangalore

The 14th International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) aimed at combating t

On behalf of the World AIDS day, the Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) and the Confederation of Indian

The grassroots leadership with regard to combating AIDS is being honored by the United Nations which has created a new a

The State of West Bengal in India is witnessing an alarming increase in the number of HIV/AIDS cases. The State has a to

Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of Britain has pledged to continue his campaign against the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus

People across the seven North Eastern States of India have taken a pledge to spread awareness with regard to combating A

In a message for World AIDS Day, the Vatican has condemned a culture of sex that is encouraging the AIDS epidemic and as

The Asia-Pacific nations have been called upon by the World Health Organization (WHO) to review the progress made by the

With the World AIDS Day fast approaching, alarming results have been projected by various health reports across differen

There is an alarming increase in the HIV/AIDS cases in India's West Bengal State with 0.5% of its population belonging t

Peter Pilot of UNAIDS expressed concerns over the alarming increase of spread of HIV infection in Asia and in particular

Tamil Nadu has to some extent attained success in curtailing the spread of AIDS and has many a times been in headlines f

The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that even though preventive measures like use of condoms, delay of first

A workshop held recently in Chennai has brought out the wide spread ignorance of the general public regarding modes of H

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of India on Monday conducted raids in various hospitals and pharmaceutical compani

A new project, launched with the aim to combat AIDS will exploit the unused power of thousands of individual and busines

The number of new H.I.V. cases in India is probably much higher than official data shows, the director of the United Nat

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out simultaneous raids on some government hospital doctors and pharmac

India ranks second only to South Africa with respect to the number of AIDS/HIV victims. A recent survey conducted on the

The UN has made a global appeal for implementation of various projects to combat the dreaded AIDS/HIV. 'There is a cri

The evening chill was just starting to set in when the world's most beautiful women, headed by Miss Universe Natalie Gle

HIV/AIDS awareness education will be soon part of the school curriculum from Class IX in all schools as 35% of HIV patie

While experts have reacted with skepticism to a British man's claims that he has been cured of HIV/AIDS, patients from I

Golfers unite hands to help the paramilitary Assam Rifles combat HIV/AIDS in the region. India, next only to South Afric

Drug users in Cambodia have adopted a new way of marketing their blood to hospitals to pay for their habits. Health expe

AIDS remains one of the significant problems haunting India over the past decade. The problem is particularly large in O

Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy Union Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Culture, India has asked the Indian Media to increas

Attempts made towards increasing awareness regarding safe sexual practices is the need of the hour rather than advocatin

Richard Gere with many Kollywood stars like Kamal Hassan, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Vikram, Sarath Kumar, Ra

Health Minister of Uttaranchal Tilakraj Behad has revealed for the first time the AID statistics from the newly formed s

In response to the global burden imposed by the widespread incidence of AIDS, Zambia has initiated clinical drug trials

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and UNICEF would collaborate on spreading awareness regarding the transmission and prot

India has an estimated 5.1 million HIV positive people and we are ranked the second largest country with highest amount

Researchers from Norwegian Radium Hospital and National Hospital, Oslo and other collaborating Universities from many ca

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has outlined the procedure to gauge the

Dr. Eric Artz and team from the Institute of Tropical Medicine has published the results of the work in the journal AIDS

Hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS in Manipur have hope at hand with an international aid agency deciding to set up

It is estimated that India has an estimated 5.1 million HIV-infected people, next only to South Africa. President A.P.J

The number of people on antiretroviral therapy has doubled to 1 million worldwide and tripled in Africa and Asia. Asia a

Expiry of Patent period for branded Zidovudine in US has lead to approval of FDA for new generic version of AZT, which w

India has the second largest number of HIV/AIDS afflicted people in the world after South Africa and now threats to th

In a massive AIDS/HIV control drive, Chinese authorities have bought 305 million condoms for free distribution at hotels

Increasing criticism is faced by AIDS generic drugs usage to treat HIV infections, due to non-compliance with clinical a

Terming the disease as "virus enemy number one", the Indian armed forces will make testing for HIV/AIDS compulsory for n

Love probably meant embracing death together for a married couple in West Bengal. The duo preferred to end their miserie

Researchers from University of California, San Diego, had discovered that a single molecule is responsible for helping b

Africa has been the nation of high discussion during the G8 Summit. WHO has started its campaign "Treat 3 Million by 200

Multinational soft drinks giants Coke and Pepsi may soon become part of the Indian government's efforts to reach out to

It is one of the tragedies of our society that persons infected with HIV/AIDS not only have to bear the burden of their

Red Fort, New Delhi. Aug 15. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh now has declared that AIDS had to be fought on 'war footing'

Scientists from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a step that encourages buildup of the key protein called

An AIDS patient in West Bengal was first refused treatment by government hospitals and then chained to a hospital bed

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Saturday administered a "defeat AIDS pledge" to people in a major

Trial in Zambia led by Dianne Gibb reported that administrating the antibiotic Co-trimoxazole to HIV-infected children

FDA has approved the first generic version of the AIDS drug Retrovir (AZT). This generic drug is manufactured by Ranba

East Africa as an estimated population of 35 million of whom two million people have been infected with HIV. About 14,

While India and US jointly trying to develop defense against the growing menace of HIV/AIDS, UN officials are aware th

Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus caused by the virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus has caused more than three million de

The Indian Government has recently approved human volunteer trials for the country's second preventive vaccine against

In a unique initiative a railway station - Ongole town in Andhra Pradesh has started using its public address and anno

Male circumcision is likely to reduce the risk of contacting HIV from intercourse with HIV infected women by about 70%

Asia has always been looked at by outsiders as the land of mystic magic, serine breath taking beauty, and the harmoni

Physicians treating HIV/AIDS patients with highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) needs to be careful of the c

Consuming over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory pills, will not do much to relieve knee pain associated with

Researchers say they discovered an anti-viral drug that helps reduce the risk of reactivating the hepatitis B virus in w

1 December 2003 | GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS today release detailed and concrete relea

A new study shows the best time to make a prognosis for someone with HIV is six months after treatment begins. Researche

The AIDS epidemic in South Africa is entering the "death" phase as mortality outstrips new infections, say scientists.

Researchers at a California-based company announced the initial results of the three-year trial. The FDA has said it w

John Moore of Cornell University in New York and his colleagues are enthused by their finding of a new viral blocker tha

Dr. Roberto Giraldo, an American physician who addressed a Southern African Development Community (SADC) claimed that ma

An article published in an online issue of Nature Medicine by researchers in Rene Descartes University has reported a st

Nurses who are specialzed with specific skills do home care which is advantageous for people with lung disease. Chronic

According to a new research, people with severe respiratory disease can walk further, and are less disabled, if they lis

A diet rich in alpha-linoleic acid reduced cardiac events in Asian people at risk.Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a maj

According to new type of study it was observed that the valve helps patients with advanced esophagal cancer swallow wi

Researchers in Hong Kong are observing the effect of Chinese herbal extracts along with cancer chemotherapy. Chinese her

Early therapy for early outset glaucoma appears to slow the advancement of the disease. Researchers report immediate tre

Relief from Arthirits through Chinese therapy is effective. An ancient Chinese herbal remedy helps relives the painful s

A mesh jacket positioned around the heart improves function in patients with advanced heart failure. Researchers at the