How empathy can improve care for HIV patients and reduce the stigma

In addition to medical treatment, patients need support and compassion to help them believe that they can lead a happy life.

Purnima Jain

· Aug 25, 2022 · 11:30 am

Act against officials for not ensuring supply of drugs for HIV treatment, NGO urges Manipur HC

The court had in 2019 told the Centre and the Manipur government to provide medicines and treatment in an affordable and efficient manner to HIV patients.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 26, 2022 · 06:14 pm

HIV patients protest about shortages of life-saving drugs outside NACO office in Delhi

The patients blamed the government for the delay in procurement of the medicines, and said that access to treatment was their right.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 21, 2022 · 07:30 pm

‘Playing with the lives of HIV patients’: Drug shortages force many to change medication regime

Taking available medicines instead of what has been prescribed could lead to drug resistance and even death.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Jul 01, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘This is hell,’ say HIV patients as government body stops supply of life-saving drug

The National AIDS Control Organisation has passed the buck to state governments, many of which are unable to procure Dolutegravir and other crucial drugs.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Jun 28, 2022 · 06:30 am

Researchers eliminate HIV from DNA of infected mice for the first time

The researchers used a combination of CRISPR technology and a LASER ART that led to the elimination of the cells.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 03, 2019 · 06:02 pm

A cure for HIV? It’s feasible, but still some time away

Headlines around the world declared that a second person was cured of their HIV. But while the results are encouraging, we're a long way from a cure.

Allison Webel, The Conversation

· Mar 09, 2019 · 11:30 pm

London patient ‘functionally cured’ of HIV after he has been in remission for over a year

The ‘London patient’ is the second case of a person cleared of HIV after undergoing a bone marrow transplant.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 05, 2019 · 10:41 am

India wants to tackle AIDS by screening high-risk people at their doorsteps

But activists say lack of skilled manpower will scuttle the ambitious plan to detect hidden HIV cases.

Priyanka Vora

· Dec 06, 2016 · 02:30 pm

India produces 80% of drugs used to fight AIDS, JP Nadda tells UN

The health minister was addressing a General Assembly meeting on HIV/AIDS.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 09, 2016 · 07:35 pm

Acute shortage of HIV drugs hits patients in five states

Study finds that many patients are returning empty-handed even after several visits to the clinic.

Scroll Staff

· May 19, 2016 · 06:30 am