China to ease travel restrictions on HIV-carriers

WHO To Launch Campaign Aimed At Improving Nutrition Among HIV-Positive People In South, Southeast Asia

The World Health Organization soon will launch a campaign in South and Southeast Asia aimed at making nutrition programs a central part of HIV/AIDS treatment in the region, Randa Saadeh, a scientist in WHO's Nutrition for Health and Development Department, said recently, Inter Press Service reports. Saadeh was speaking at the end of a weeklong meeting in Bangkok aimed at increasing support for the campaign and ensuring that governments in the region have measures to implement program in place by 2009.

World Bank To Hire Consultants To Investigate Concerns About HIV Testing Kits In India, Washington Post Reports

The World Bank plans to hire two independent consultants to investigate concerns about the reliability of some HIV testing kits in India, Graeme Wheeler, the bank's managing director, and Kees Kostermans, a medical expert who oversees the bank's South Asia public health operations, said last week, the Washington Post reports (Johnson, Washington Post, 10/13).

India’s NACO, UNAIDS Launch Five-Year Campaign To Fight Spread Of HIV/AIDS In Northeastern States

India's National AIDS Control Organization and UNAIDS on Friday launched a five-year campaign that aims to reduce the risk and impact of HIV/AIDS in the country's northeastern states, ANI/DailyIndia.com reports. Panabaka Lakshmi, minister of state in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said the government wants to increase its efforts in the Northeast because of the region's high HIV prevalence.

Families of HIV Patients Ostracised

Eleven years ago, doctors told Kailash Bhagat that he was infected with the HIV virus. He was working as a cook in Bangkok.

When he returned to his native village of Sitamarhi in India's eastern Bihar state and told his family and friends about his condition, they immediately shunned and abandoned him.

Court puts on hold HIV decision

A court in India's Rajasthan state has put on hold a controversial decision by a lower court denying an HIV-positive woman the custody of her daughter.

HIV rise blamed on belief in cure

A false belief among young HIV patients that the virus can be cured is fuelling a rise in infection levels, a specialist has claimed.

Merck abandons HIV vaccine trials

International drug company Merck has halted trials on an HIV vaccine that was regarded as one of the most promising in the fight against Aids.

Bloody Calamity: The reality of HIV in China (Weds, September 12, 4pm)

September 12th, Wake Up Pune presents, Bloody Calamity: The Reality of HIV in China