Travel expense to ART centres continues as a deterrent for AIDS treatment in Karnataka Pooja2 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 savita2 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 savita2 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...
Leading Indian actors lend voice to AIDS awareness content savita1 Dec 2015 11:30 AM ISTHyderabad: Global NGO TeachAIDS Â said it has roped in 22 leading Indian film actors to create instructional animated multi-media content to promote...
Cipla ready to launch low dose HIV drug 'Efavirenz' savita1 Dec 2015 10:27 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 30: Drug major Cipla Ltd today said it is ready to launch low dose 'Efavirenz' used in treatment of HIV infection.On the eve of World...
Get tested for HIV before matching Kundalis Meghna A Singhania30 Nov 2015 2:02 PM ISTMumbai: Â With December 1st being observed as World AIDS Day, it becomes imperative to gauge the status of the nation with regards to this global...
Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: Unicef savita28 Nov 2015 4:24 PM ISTNew York: The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of the patients having acquired the disease when they...
HIV infection surged to record numbers in Europe in 2014: WHO savita28 Nov 2015 3:39 PM ISTCOPENHAGEN: A record number of people - over 142,000 - were diagnosed with HIV in Europe in 2014, the World Health Organisation, WHO announced on...
Indian scientist Yusuf Hamied appointed to high-level panel on health Meghna A Singhania22 Nov 2015 3:16 PM ISTUnited Nations: An eminent Indian scientist has been named by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to a high-level panel on health technology innovation and access,...
Diabetes experts tell G20 to tax sugar to save lives and money Pooja12 Nov 2015 9:58 AM ISTDiabetes experts called on world leaders on Thursday to use sugar taxes to fight obesity, arguing such a move would save lives and slash healthcare...
Johnson & Johnson, ViiV Healthcare: Two injections every month or two could control HIV Pooja5 Nov 2015 9:07 AM ISTJohnson & Johnson and partner ViiV Healthcare, which specializes in HIV drugs, has recently shared results from the first 32 weeks of the...
We can end AIDS by 2030 in India and Africa: JP Nadda Meghna A Singhania31 Oct 2015 12:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today pledged to work closely with African nations on building a regulatory framework to make pharmaceuticals "accessible and...
