Shisha Cafe Awareness Event

On Thursday 13th October, Wake Up Pune held a fundraising and awareness event at Shisha Cafe (ABC Farms, Koregaon Park). There was a stall on the ground floor providing information about Wake Up Pune, selling HIV positive t-shirts and taking …

HIV Bootcamp at Santulan

On the 12th October Wake Up Pune ran a HIV bootcamp at one of Santulan’s De-Addiction Programs. 21 people attended the bootcamp and discussed HIV/AIDS biology, transmission, prevention, HIV and drug use and stigma. Deep Griha’s DISHA project have arranged …

HIV Bootcamp for Wake up Pune Volunteers

On Sunday 9th October, Wake Up Pune held a HIV bootcamp for new and current volunteers. 9 people were in attendance. As part of the session, statements we read out and volunteers were asked to indicate to what extent they …

Steer-On Rally

Contact with a used razor blade, is there a risk of HIV?

I am living in a hostel with friends and one morning my friend was shaving and I was standing near him. Suddenly, his hand which had the razor blade in it came in to contact with my arm. I don’t …

Maharashtra launches multi-pronged drive to curb HIV-AIDS

Pune, September 17, 2011

A staggering number of around one lakh HIV-AIDS positive people are availing the anti-retro viral therapy (ART) in government medical facilities of Maharashtra, which is the number two state in the country in prevalence of the …

Non-hijra transgenders struggle for identity

Published: Sunday, Sep 18, 2011, 10:00 IST
By Gee Ameena Suleiman | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Hijra isn’t the only transgender identity. There are others, such as female-to-male transgenders, who don’t draw attention to themselves, and struggle to find …

Overcoming barriers through technology

Can technology help surmount the major barriers to effective learning of HIV/AIDS — cultural and sociological?

This question took founder and CEO of TeachAIDS Piya Sorcar, …

Risk of HIV transmission high in Rajasthan: WHO

TNN Sep 9, 2011, 03.06am IST