Search For "world aids day"

Leading National Global and Experts came together to Discuss HIV R
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Mumbai District AIDS Control Society (MDACS), I-TECH India, and Aastha Parivaar hosted a virtual event to commemorate the World AIDS Day 2020 observed earlier in the month. The event titled "Advancing HIV Response for Fast Track City
Read More
As COVID Delays HIV Targets, Experts Emphasize Implementing Effect
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) / Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): As a follow up to the World AIDS Day and to commemorate the Human Rights Day 2020, on December 10, Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy (C-SHaRP) and The Humsafar Trust (HST) hosted a virtual even
Read More
Need to prevent AIDS by taking precautions, raising awareness: Kar
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 1 (ANI): Karnataka Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said that AIDS must be prevented from spreading by taking precautions and conducting awareness programmes.
Read More
World AIDS Day: Drop in HIV screening amid pandemic can take colla
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The screenings for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have dropped by over 40-45 per cent approximately since April, just around the time the COVID-19 pandemic hit India, as compared to previous years, said a senior doctor on Tuesday, the World AIDS Day.
Read More
On World Aids Day, here are some lessons from fight against AIDS f
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): While there are different ways in which the coronavirus impacts human health and body, a major system of the human body that it affects directly is the immune system
Read More
Odisha artist creates sand sculpture to spread awareness on World
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], December 1 (ANI): Taking a step forward on the occasion of World AIDS Day to spread awareness against the disease, Odisha sand artist Subal Moharana created a sand sculpture highlighting a red ribbon, the universal symbol of global solidarity and shared respons
Read More
World AIDS Day: Antonio Guterres commits on ending HIV/AIDS in a d
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Dec 1 (ANI): Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, took a step forward on the occasion of World AIDS Day to spread awareness against the disease which affects around " 38 million people".
Read More
Rally organised in Siliguri to mark World AIDS Day
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India] Dec 1 (ANI): A street rally was organised in West Bengal's Siliguri on the occasion of World AIDS Day on Sunday.
Read More
Manushi Chillar aims to spread AIDS awareness among women in India
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Former Miss World, Manushi Chillar, who founded non-profit organisation Project Shakti with the aim of improving the menstrual hygiene in India, has announced the expansion of her awareness programme on the occasion of World AIDS Day.
Read More
'India has potential to eradicate HIV'
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): India has the potential to eradicate the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diseases if all strategies are put well in place, said Bilali Camara, Country Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Read More
'Lets Talk' campaign kicks-off on World AIDS Day
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI):In the early 1980s, when the Time magazine blared, 'No one is safe from AIDS', the concern about arguably one of the most dreaded diseases of the humankind - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - shifted to homosexuality.
Read More
World AIDS Day: Where do we stand on HIV-AIDS?
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Our country has the third highest number of estimated people living with HIV in the world. The estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India was 2.08 million (20.9 lakhs in 2011) out of which an enormous 86% of whom were in 15-49 years age group.
Read More