Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has initiated a massive awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS, through its School of Social Work (SOSW). The program will mainly focus on spreading awareness on HIV/AIDS in India. Through the awareness program, all the fresh students will be mailed with a folder titled ‘HIV/AIDS Prevention guide for students’, carrying basic facts regarding HIV/AIDS. Every...
The indomitable human spirit never ceases to surprise.When Pradipkumar Singh stepped forward to receive his silver medal at the 50th Senior National Bodybuilding Championship in Margao on Sunday it was one such moment.What set this 39-year-old from insurgency-ravaged Manipur apart was his HIV positive status.And,of course,his sheer grit and determination. The story begins in 1984,when as a teenager Pradipkumar...
Ulaganayagan Kamal Hassan, project ambassador of Hridayaragam 2010, announced the details of the upcoming event that is a fund raiser to set up an orphanage for HIV Aids affected children. Held at the Green Park hotel this morning, the media interaction saw representatives from the World Malyalee Council and the Madras Medical Mission who have been involved with Hridayragam...
n a medical breakthrough that may help prevent spread of HIV among women, scientists have claimed to have solved the mystery behind how HIV virus cross epithelial cells — that keeps out infection — and find its way into the female reproductive tract. “What it (HIV virus) does is that it makes the electrical barrier resistance of epithelial cells...