Hiv Aids

COVID-19 outbreak refocuses need to shift public health from State to Concurrent List; move won't harm decentralisation but enhance Centre, state coordination

COVID-19 has shown us how the current constitutional framework impedes cooperative federalism on the subject of public health.

AIDS Day: Busting common misconceptions about HIV and AIDS

In the run-up to World AIDS Day on Sunday, we debunk some of the oldest, most noxious myths around HIV and AIDS.

World AIDS Day 2019: The AIDS memorial quilt returns home

The movement aims to convey the human toll of the disease and to express the reality of what would become one of the worst pandemics in history.

The Bare Naked Truth About Gay Men And Barebacking

With the advent of PrEP – or a pill that makes it difficult (but not impossible) to contract HIV – it’s no surprise that more queer men are barebacking. It is your choice to have unprotected sex, yes, but you need to make sure you have all your facts in place.

World AIDS Day 2018: A new book speaks of HIV positive sex workers, their fight for agency

Ashok Alexander, the author of the book and founder-director of the organisation Avahan, spent a minimum of four days in the field every week, to understand and build relationships with sex workers

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

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 (NACO) said on Friday.

US witnesses alarming rise in STD 'epidemic': California on front line with over 300 cases of congenital syphilis in 2017

Sexually transmitted diseases have made an alarming resurgence across the United States, where 2016 saw a record two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, including 628 cases of congenital syphilis. But California, the most populous US state, stands out for its willingness to tackle the crisis head-on, with cases of the three ailments up 45 percent in 2017 from five years ago.

HIV prevalence rate highest in Manipur, finds study; Nagaland has over 22,000 cases

Nagaland has 22,878 'People living with HIV' and AIDS cases, an official of Nagaland State AIDS Control Society said.

How Safe Masti's providing men a safe, non judgmental space for obtaining information on HIV/AIDS

At a time when more people gravitate towards dating apps and social media, Safe Masti is disseminating information about HIV and ways to prevent it in the digital space | #FirstCulture

Call Me By Your Name sequel will tackle the AIDS crisis, reveals director Luca Guadagnino

Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino hopes the movies develop as a decades-long Before Sunrise-like series.