“You guys are useless”

I had contacted Wake Up Pune for assistance with the treatment of my maid, who is not being hospitalized by her family due to the stigma attached to this disease. Your person “Prakash” just sent a counsellor “Niharika” who was …

Maharashtra has most new AIDS cases in India

Mumbai: "A true AIDS epidemic is not a future possibility for Maharashtra; it is a present reality", warns a pamphlet brought out by an NGO fighting against the spread of HIV. And this is not an alarmist tirade. In the last three years, Maharashtra has registered the largest number of new AIDS cases in India. The 98,578 fresh cases registered in the state since 2007 make up 23%-almost a quarter-of the 4,19,982 AIDS patients registered across the country.

Times of India

Prevention or Treatment: A False Dichotomy?

by Dina Mikdadi  for Global Health Council, March 31, 2010

“Medical reimbursement bill”

A Govt Employee died in Dec 2008 (due to HIV+) at local hospital. He was working with Zilha Parishad. His medical Reimbursement Bill File lying with DHO, Zilha Parishad from couple of months. Is there any Govt. Resolution about not …

Bootcamp 13 June 2010

Our next HIV Bootcamp will be on Sunday 13th of June 2010 at 2:00 pm until 4-5 pm. It will be held at Deep Griha Society (2nd floor) at 13 Tadiwala Road (turn right at the end of Dhole Patil Road).

This event is free and is open to anyone interested in learning more about HIV. It will be in English with Marathi/Hindi translation.

Fireball Basketball Tournament 2010

From March 12 to March 21 was Pune's Fireball Tournament. This yearly event is Maharashtra's biggest inter-collegiate and inter-corporate basket tournaments organized by the Leo Club of Pune Bharati Vidyapeeth, a non-profit social organization in Pune.

The humble banana may help prevent HIV spread

University of Michigan scientists have identified a chemical in bananas as a potent inhibitor of HIV infection.

Times of India, March 16, 2010

Protect the drug giants’ patents – and harm the health of the poor?

India has become "the pharmacy of the world", home to dozens of generic copycat drug companies that have been producing expensive medicines at dirt-cheap prices that the poorest countries can afford.

By Sarah Boseley for The Guardian, March 12, 2010

Support groups make life easier for women living with HIV

It's not easy being a woman living with HIV. But as the world celebrated International Womens Day on Monday, several HIV positive women have been declaring their status and a strong network of over 1,000 has been setting up self-help groups and initiating savings schemes for them

The Indian EXPRESS (Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - Pune)