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Fresh FIR in Gujarat HIV-infected children case
The CBI on Tuesday registered a fresh FIR in a case of 23 Thalassemia-affected children allegedly contracting HIV infection during blood transfusion at Junagad civil hospital last year, a senior officer said. "We have registered an FIR in the case today at Gandhinagar and after modifying original complaint we have added a charge under section 304 (...
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Four-year-old HIV positive child starved, abandoned
After her mother died from AIDS two months ago, a four-year-old girl in Assam was entrusted to her paternal uncle and aunt who live about 60 kilometres away from Guwahati in Lower Assam. Two weeks ago, she was discovered by an NGO in a shed along with goats. She was made to eat from their bowl. She weighed less than eight kilograms. The...
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HIV stigma: 4-year-old was made to stay with animals
Orphaned and infected by HIV, this four-year-old girl from Guwahati has nowhere to go. She has been abandoned by her family members, who have also threatened to poison her. After she lost her mother two months ago, members of an NGO found she was being kept in a shed with domestic animals. What's worse - she was even sharing her food platter with t...
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Campaign against HIV stigma in Maharashtra village
After they pulled their children out of the school in protest over the admission of HIV positive children, a majority of villagers in Hasewad continue to hold out.
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Fresh FIR in Gujarat HIV-infected children case
The CBI on Tuesday registered a fresh FIR in a case of 23 Thalassemia-affected children allegedly contracting HIV infection during blood transfusion at Junagad civil hospital last year, a senior officer said. "We have registered an FIR in the case today at Gandhinagar and after modifying original complaint we have added a charge under section 304 (...
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Four-year-old HIV positive child starved, abandoned
After her mother died from AIDS two months ago, a four-year-old girl in Assam was entrusted to her paternal uncle and aunt who live about 60 kilometres away from Guwahati in Lower Assam. Two weeks ago, she was discovered by an NGO in a shed along with goats. She was made to eat from their bowl. She weighed less than eight kilograms. The...
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HIV stigma: 4-year-old was made to stay with animals
Orphaned and infected by HIV, this four-year-old girl from Guwahati has nowhere to go. She has been abandoned by her family members, who have also threatened to poison her. After she lost her mother two months ago, members of an NGO found she was being kept in a shed with domestic animals. What's worse - she was even sharing her food platter with t...
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Campaign against HIV stigma in Maharashtra village
After they pulled their children out of the school in protest over the admission of HIV positive children, a majority of villagers in Hasewad continue to hold out.
