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27-10-2009
The food crisis in Uganda is taking its toll on the fight against HIV/AIDS. Those living with the dreaded disease are beginning to reduce their dosages of antiretroviral drugs, as these are harmful if taken empty stomach.
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Image: Antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS/ Photo credit: Krista Kennell/ZUMA/Corbis
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08-10-2009
A number of individuals continue to be hounded from their jobs because of their HIV/AIDS status in India. On the World Day for Decent Work, the ILO and the India Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS came together to release a unique advocacy guide that sensitises people on the disease.
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Image: Supporting the rights of people living with HIV in the workplace/ Photo credit: ILO
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22-09-2009
UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages Project, together with local governments in African countries, have joined hands to curb mother-to-child HIV transmission. In 2007, there were 370,000 cases of such transmissions in Sub-Saharan Africa in comparison to less than 100 in the whole of Western Europe.
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Image: Efforts to curb HIV transmission from mothers to their children in Africa have received a boost/ Photo credit: UN
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11-09-2009
ILO launched a three-day workshop in the Indian capital earlier this week to share the experiences from its project on tackling HIV/AIDS at workplace. It has recommended integration of prevention programmes with other welfare strategies to make them sustainable and cost-effective.
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Image: Minister of Labour and Employment M. Mallikarjun Kharge and Director General NACO Sujatha Rao/ Photo credit: Manasi Singh/ OWSA
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11-09-2009
Muslim religious leaders in South and Southeast Asia may seem too conservative to promote the message of safe sex to combat HIV/AIDS, but community-based organisations with the help of imams and young social entrepreneurs are now working hard to change that image.
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09-09-2009
In southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 20 HIV positive women are toiling the land in the hope of promising dividends. Suzlon Foundation, a multinational company, under its corporate social responsibility initiative, has given the user rights to till 46 acres of land to these women.
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Image: Women living with HIV/AIDS on their farm/ Photo credit: Nitin Jugran Bahuguna
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12-08-2009
A new UNAIDS report, released yesterday in Bali, has estimated that 50 million Asian women carry the risk of infecting HIV from their husbands. In Asia, national plans and programmes have yet to focus on the female partners of men with high-risk sexual behaviours.
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11-08-2009
Asia-Pacific’s biggest challenge in coping with HIV/AIDS lies in reaching out to the neediest in times of financial crunch, noted health experts at the ongoing international AIDS conference in Indonesia. Before the meltdown, the region had made major headways in expanding access to treatment to those living with HIV and AIDS.
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31-07-2009
In a joint letter to Cambodia's prime minister and health minister, more than 100 international organisations and experts have urged the government to urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto ‘AIDS colony’. They also asked for immediate action on improving the living conditions of infected people and their families.
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Image: A Borei Keila resident packs up on eviction day/ Photo credit: Human Rights Watch
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30-07-2009
Expanded testing facilities across India have shown a whopping increase in the number of HIV cases among children. From 2,253 in November 2006, the number of children infected by the deadly virus has gone up to a cumulative total of 52,973 in May this year.
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