Articles about AIDS & HIV
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...
A UN programme on HIV/Aids has warned that HIV is fast becoming the leading cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age worldwide. UNAids launched a five-year action plan at the start a 10-day conference in New York, addressing the gender issues which put women at risk. And one of the key issues it said is that...
Preity Zinta has often associated herself with social causes. And the latest addition to her list is her fight against HIV/AIDS. The bubbly actor became the Indian ambassador for the joint United Nations Programme on HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS) . As an ambassador, she will raise awareness on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support with an emphasis on women and children.
Scientists have observed a rise in the number of HIV/AIDS cases among adults 50 and older over the course of the epidemic. Diane Zablotsky, UNC Charlotte Associate Professor of Sociology, pointed out that “historically when you looked at AIDS diagnoses people 50 and older accounted for 10 percent of all diagnoses”, and the number was up to 12.5 by...