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Launched in November 2006, Wake Up Pune is a coalition of NGOs and representatives from civil society working to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS in the city of Pune, India.

Silence, Ignorance, Fear, Stigma and Discrimination fuel the spread of the virus in this community. So many people are dying of a preventable and treatable condition because they are afraid of accessing the correct information and resources that can save their lives! Stigma and discrimination - from peers, colleagues, friends, family - lock people living with HIV (PLHIV) into a state of denial and silence about their condition. Often, this prevents PLHIV from seeking help until it's too late.

Pune needs to wake up and change its attitude. We need to become more positive about HIV, not only to prevent further transmission, but to also better the lives of the many neglected and stigmatized individuals living with and affected by HIV.

HIV does not discriminate. We do. Let's put an end to this vicious cycle.

SPEAK OUT! BE POSITIVE! LET'S WAKE PUNE UP!

What's Wake Up Pune doing?

June 26th saw Wake Up Pune host a talkshow for the "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficing". Read the whole report here.

Join fight for Patent PoolWake Up Pune supports the Stop Aids Campagin's push for the patent pool!

6000 people are dying every day from AIDS-related illnesses, unable to access the treatment they need to stay alive. There are many reasons for this but a key barrier is the high cost of anti-HIV drugs. Join Wake Up Pune and help to push for the patent pool. Click on the video to find out more.


Join the fight!!!
Become a volunteer with Wake Up Pune - Volunteer
Or join our free interactive HIV training sessions for young Puneites - Details

The details of all our past events can be found here.

Dr Punewali banner

"Inspiring civil society to challenge the misconceptions,
ignorance, fear and stigma surrounding HIV."

World AIDS Day 2007

 

HIV News Stories

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22 May 2009
Category: Events

Wake up Pune conducted a school awareness session on Wednesday the 22nd of April at  Bhojwani school, a private school on the outskirts of Pune. The students of one of the 10th standard classes were continuing their education about the risks and stigma that are associated with sexually transmitted infections especially in regards to HIV/AIDS.

 


22 May 2009
Category: Events
On Friday 17th April ‘Wake Up Pune’ hosted a film festival at the Deep Griha Centre on Tadiwala Road in order to document and expend awareness of HIV and AIDS in the community.  The festival attracted a crowd of around forty men, women and children who gathered to watch both ‘My Brother Nikhil’ and ‘Ek Alag Mausaum’ (shown in Hindi and Marathi).

24 April 2009
Category: General

NEW DELHI: "If all Indians are bramhcharis, then how come 30% of all HIV infections at present are within the age group of 15-24 years?" 


This was the reaction of K Sujatah Rao, director-general of National Aids Control Organisation K Sujatha Rao, to Rajya Sabha's Committee on Petitions' argument slamming the HRD ministry's Adult Education Programme (AEP).

Comprising RS members and headed by BJP's Venkaiah Naidu, the committee has recommended that there should be no sex education in schools. According to the committee, AEP is a "cleverly used euphemism whose real objective was to impart sex education in schools and promote promiscuity".

The Times of India

 


24 April 2009
Category: General

India's Maharashtra state has banned the introduction of sex education in schools after protests from legislators who say it will corrupt young minds.

The move is being seen as a setback to central government efforts to introduce sex education in schools countrywide.

Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh states recently announced similar decisions.

India has the highest number of Aids patients in the world. However sex is still a taboo subject in many parts of the country.

The Maharashtra government also said it will not be introducing sex education books as part of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus.

Monica Chadha, BBC News


22 April 2009
Category: General

The AIDS epidemic is spreading faster than previously thought, even as the American public's concern about it declines. That dangerous disconnect underscores the urgency of a new campaign announced by the Obama administration to combat complacency about the disease and its potential to strike the unwary.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2006, 56,000 people around the country were newly infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, a hefty boost from previous estimates of 40,000.

The New York Times


21 April 2009
Category: General

NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary committee has disfavoured introduction of sex education in schools and suggested inclusion of appropriate chapters in 
Biology syllabus, but not before plus two stage.

"Message should appropriately be given to school children that there should be no sex before marriage which is immoral, unethical and unhealthy," the committee on petitions of Rajya Sabha said in its latest report which said "there should be no sex education in schools".

The Times of India


20 April 2009
Category: General
"When it comes to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, there is an alarming complacency among Americans," a Washington Post editorial says. It adds, "Perhaps it's the success of antiretroviral drug treatments. In the eyes of many, those drugs have transformed the disease from one with no cure to a manageable ailment." It might be the "view that AIDS is more of a worry in Africa or Southeast Asia," the editorial says, adding, "But it's not just happening 'over there.' And the Obama administration took a first step last week to remind people that it's happening right here, right now."

20 April 2009
Category: General

Mbabane - Anecdotal evidence that entrenched cultural beliefs among Swazis actively encourage the spread of HIV/AIDS has been confirmed by a joint government and UN report.

The study by UN the Population Fund (UNFPA) and Swaziland's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare - The State of the Swaziland Population - echoes warnings by local NGOs that "AIDS cannot be stopped unless there is a change in people's sexual behaviour."

allafrica.com



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