Injecting drug users main reason for spread of HIV in NE: J P Nadda Meghna A Singhania7 Feb 2016 9:39 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 6: Union Health Minister JP Nadda today said injecting drug users continue to be the prime factor for the spread of HIV-AIDS in...
Phase 1 result of National Family health survey 2015-16 out savita thakur thakur20 Jan 2016 9:14 AM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the results from the first phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16. These are...
Modeling shows a vaccine is essential to conclusively end HIV/AIDS savita thakur thakur9 Jan 2016 10:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: A new modeling paper has revealed that adding a vaccine to the comprehensive HIV/AIDS response is essential to conclusively end the...
Health ministry plans social media campaign for HIV Pooja Bhatia Bhatia6 Jan 2016 10:48 AM ISTSet with a strong objective to do away with the social stigma associated with HIV, the ministry of health and family welfare is now resorting to...
Govt medicare units to offer free diagnostic tests from 2016 Pooja Bhatia Bhatia30 Dec 2015 9:38 AM ISTThe public healthcare service across India will start offering free diagnostic tests service, starting 2016. In a special request made by the health...
India’s HIV AIDS Drugs List Just Got Revised savita thakur thakur26 Dec 2015 11:12 AM ISTIndia has revised its list of essential medicines to add drugs for diseases ranging from cancer and HIV AIDS to hepatitis C, in a move aimed at making...
GSK to buy HIV drugs from Bristol-Myers Squibb for initial $350 mln savita thakur thakur19 Dec 2015 1:05 PM ISTLondon: Pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline said its majority-owned HIV drugs business would buy drugs at different stages of development from U.S....
Uttar Pradesh has 80% untreated HIV cases Pooja Bhatia Bhatia16 Dec 2015 4:30 PM ISTOf a total estimated HIV population of 1.25 lakh people in Uttar Pradesh, more than 80% are yet to receive treatment. This figure accounts for only...
RIMS Ranchi to probe wrong HIV reports at its diagnostic centre Pooja Bhatia Bhatia12 Dec 2015 1:55 PM ISTRajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims Ranchi )has come under the scanner of The National Health Mission in Jharkhand, after its diagnostic...
Travel expense to ART centres continues as a deterrent for AIDS treatment in Karnataka Pooja Bhatia Bhatia2 Dec 2015 1:57 PM ISTA travel reimbursement scheme for HIV patients was launched in Karnataka to ease the burden of expense to approach Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART)...
India restores federal funding for AIDS program after criticism savita thakur thakur2 Dec 2015 9:18 AM ISTIndia will fully fund its AIDS control program federally, the health minister said on Tuesday, restoring support months after it was criticized for...
Drug price cut yielded Rs 2,772 crore benefit to public: Government savita thakur thakur2 Dec 2015 8:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government's decision to reduce prices of drugs, including those of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, AIDs/HIV and diabetes, has...
