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WUPY session & Special topic bootcamp
New Program Schedule
Starting in June, there will be an HIV Bootcamp 1st Sunday of every month. These will be held at Deep Griha at 2 pm unless otherwise announced. On the 3rd Sunday of every month, there will be a special bootcamp on a variety of topics. These special bootcamps will include capacity building as well as in-depth education on HIV-related topics.
Also starting in June will be WUPY Sessions, held on the second and fourth tuesday of every month. WUPY stands for Wake Up Pune Youth, which will we define as anyone between 16-30. These more informal gatherings will include a lot of discussion, some education, as well social events, outreach, and exposure visits.
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Waking up to false claims
NGOs, govt body promise action on firm claiming AIDS cure.
By: Alifiya Khan Date: 2010-06-15 -
In long, lonely battle against HIV, Benson has lost sister Bency
Shaju Philip
Posted: Mon Jun 07 2010, 03:36 hrs
Thiruvananthapuram:In Bensons 14 years of existence, the one constant companion has been death. Apart from his sister Bency. Last month, he lost her too.
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What is India’s real HIV story?
By: Alifiya Khan
While official estimate says 23 lakh HIV+ people, study by international experts says 17 lakhs
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Caring communities in India
In India where an estimated 2.4 million people are living with HIV, life can be tough. The epidemic has created a substantial burden for children and families, but as well as hardship there is hope, as these three case studies show.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
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HIV+ pregnant woman denied treatment
A 28 year-old woman in India, in labor outside of Hyderabad in the town of Suryapet, birthed in the street on Sunday evening covered by saris, with only the assistance of the woman who brought her to a hospital initially along with some local women who stepped up to help.
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New hope for HIV vaccine efforts
By Helen Briggs
Health reporter, BBC News
US researchers say they are a step closer to understanding why some people have natural protection against HIV.
They believe rare individuals who progress very slowly to Aids when infected make white blood cells that are better at fighting the virus.
The findings, published in Nature, may help international efforts to design an effective Aids vaccine.
But the research team at MIT and Harvard says any such vaccine is at least a decade away.
The findings relate to so-called "elite controllers" - a small number of people who, when exposed to HIV, progress very slowly to Aids or never develop it at all.
" It shows another piece in the puzzle of what we want a vaccine to do "
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Insurance scheme for HIV/AIDS patients
Supriya Shelar
Thursday, May 06, 2010 AT 12:00 AM (IST)PUNE: Here is a good news offering some relief for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). A unique health insurance scheme for PLHA in Maharashtra has successfully completed a year, in partnership with Network of Maharashtra by PLHA (NMP+), Population Services International (PSI)- a NGO and insurance company Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI).
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HIV Information
Dear Doctor, I have some doubt of hiv , i had sex with a lady about 7 months and because of hiv fear i had take a tridot test after 4 months and after 6 months also, both are negative and , some one said tridot is outdated and then i took an elisa also from a lab after 7 months ,it is also negative, but they put a remark that "its a screening test and it has to confirm with WB Test" this make me more confuse ,pls advise me , what is the window period and about the test.
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