India forms monkeypox taskforce after patient's death

A task force on monkeypox has been constituted to closely monitor the emerging situation in the country and decide on response initiatives to tackle the spread of the disease, official sources said......

Intervention with male sex workers to be scaled up

With an estimated 2.3 million homosexuals and another 2.35 lakh male sex workers, the government is planning to scale up its intervention with this "hidden population" to reduce their exposure to......

Govt working to repeal law against homosexuality

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is working with the home ministry to repeal Section 377 of the Indian Penal Codethat outlaws homosexuality."We have already held two meetings with the......

Number of AIDS cases is declining in India

In good news for the fight against HIV/AIDS, government studies show that the prevalence of the pandemic amongst the adult population across the country has seen a steady decrease over a four-year......

India's first health policy for HIV launched

A group insurance plan for HIV positive people, covering their treatment cost among others, waslaunched in Bangalore on Wednesdayin a first such effort in India.The pilot initiative will provide Rs......

GDP growth rate may fall due to HIV spread

Unskilled labour-intensive industries like tourism will suffer a loss of up to 18 per cent and the annual GDP growth rate will fall by 1 per cent in the next 14 years if the present rate of HIV......

India set to run out of critical free drug for HIV/AIDS programme

A sand sculpture created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik to create awareness about AIDS. Photograph: Reuters India could run out of a critical medicine in its free HIV/AIDS drugs......

$130 m grant to fight AIDS, tuberculosis

India has got the largest single-country grant in Asia of $130 million to fight HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.In the second round of funding......