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India Records A Significant Decline In HIV: 49% Fewer Infections With 81% Drop In Mortality Rates
Between 2010 and 2024, India achieved 48.7 per cent decline in annual new HIV infections, 81.4 per cent reduction in AIDS-related deaths and 74.6 per cent decline in mother-to-child HIV transmission, the government said on Sun
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Every-2-Month HIV Prevention Breakthrough Shot Approved By UK: Will India Follow?
The UK has approved a long-acting injection for HIV prevention, administered every two months. Experts say it marks a major step in public-health tools, but complex issues of access and cost raise questions for India.
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1,790 People Infected With HIV/AIDS In Tripura In 2023-24
Tripura government on Wednesday said that 1790 persons were infected by HIV/AIDS with a positivity rate of 0.92 per cent during 2023-24.
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Latest UN Report Shows Major Drop In Rate Of HIV Infections In India
India saw a major reduction in the number of new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths and people living with HIV from 2010 to 2017 on the back of sustained and focussed efforts, according to a UN report which warned that the epidemic was growing in Pakistan.
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More Than 50% AIDS Victims Get Treatment Now
A recent UNAIDS report has stated that more than half of the patients, who are living with AIDS, have access to treatment now. But as always, there is some bad news accompanying this glimmer of hope.
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Goa Hopes To Achieve Zero Rate Of HIV Infections By 2025: Chief Minister
Awareness drives have resulted in decline in HIV infections in the coastal state of Goa and the state hopes to achieve zero rate of infections by 2025, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Tuesday.
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'Riskiest City' For HIV, Miami Opens First Needle Exchange
Homeless men curl up on mattresses along a broken sidewalk littered with trash and syringes in Miami, a city struggling with the highest rate of new HIV infections of any big American metropolis.
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HIV Infections Level Off At Worrying 2.5 Million A Year: Study
Some 2.5 million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year even as drugs have slashed the death rate and virus-carriers live longer than ever, a global AIDS study said today.
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HIV Infection Can Prematurely Age Patients By Five Years
Although a combination of antiretroviral therapies has led to a decrease in the mortality rates in people with HIV infection, a new study has found that these patients often show signs of premature ageing.
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TV Host Reveals HIV-Positive Status Live on Air
A well-known Russian television host announced live on air that he is HIV-positive, an unprecedented revelation in a country with rising infection rates but where HIV/AIDS remains a largely taboo subject.
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India Records A Significant Decline In HIV: 49% Fewer Infections With 81% Drop In Mortality Rates
Between 2010 and 2024, India achieved 48.7 per cent decline in annual new HIV infections, 81.4 per cent reduction in AIDS-related deaths and 74.6 per cent decline in mother-to-child HIV transmission, the government said on Sun
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Every-2-Month HIV Prevention Breakthrough Shot Approved By UK: Will India Follow?
The UK has approved a long-acting injection for HIV prevention, administered every two months. Experts say it marks a major step in public-health tools, but complex issues of access and cost raise questions for India.
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1,790 People Infected With HIV/AIDS In Tripura In 2023-24
Tripura government on Wednesday said that 1790 persons were infected by HIV/AIDS with a positivity rate of 0.92 per cent during 2023-24.
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Latest UN Report Shows Major Drop In Rate Of HIV Infections In India
India saw a major reduction in the number of new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths and people living with HIV from 2010 to 2017 on the back of sustained and focussed efforts, according to a UN report which warned that the epidemic was growing in Pakistan.
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More Than 50% AIDS Victims Get Treatment Now
A recent UNAIDS report has stated that more than half of the patients, who are living with AIDS, have access to treatment now. But as always, there is some bad news accompanying this glimmer of hope.
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Goa Hopes To Achieve Zero Rate Of HIV Infections By 2025: Chief Minister
Awareness drives have resulted in decline in HIV infections in the coastal state of Goa and the state hopes to achieve zero rate of infections by 2025, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Tuesday.
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'Riskiest City' For HIV, Miami Opens First Needle Exchange
Homeless men curl up on mattresses along a broken sidewalk littered with trash and syringes in Miami, a city struggling with the highest rate of new HIV infections of any big American metropolis.
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HIV Infections Level Off At Worrying 2.5 Million A Year: Study
Some 2.5 million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year even as drugs have slashed the death rate and virus-carriers live longer than ever, a global AIDS study said today.
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HIV Infection Can Prematurely Age Patients By Five Years
Although a combination of antiretroviral therapies has led to a decrease in the mortality rates in people with HIV infection, a new study has found that these patients often show signs of premature ageing.
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TV Host Reveals HIV-Positive Status Live on Air
A well-known Russian television host announced live on air that he is HIV-positive, an unprecedented revelation in a country with rising infection rates but where HIV/AIDS remains a largely taboo subject.
