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“I have a doubt regarding masturbation.”
Dear Dr Punewali, I am a software engineer in a company. I have a doubt regarding masturbation. I masturbate daily. Is it good? Or bad? Will it affect my sexual life?. I married recently. I have a problem in sex… …
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“I recently had sex with a sex worker with a condom.”
Dear Dr Punewali, I recently had sex with a sex worker with a condom. After sex I had checked the condom, also it was completely fine. Still, will I get AIDS and where can I get a freee HIV test …
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“In the last month I had protected sex with a prostitute”
Dear Dr Punewali, In the last month I had protected sex with a prostitute. She asked me to use two condoms. But after that I am very scared. I am not able to concentrate on work and I am feeling …
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Past Events 2008
18 December 2008
Magna Steyr becomes HIV Positive!
On 18 December, more than 60 Magna Steyr employees attended HIV awareness sessions at their workplace as part of Wake Up Pune’s ‘HIV Positive’ campaign. The HIV awareness sessions … -
Are We Honest About HIV & AIDS?
Press Release: WAD 2008: Are we honest about HIV & AIDS?
Asian People's Alliance for Combating HIV & AIDS (APACHA)
Asia is facing an unprecedented challenge of HIV&AIDS, with possibly huge economic and social consequences. Despite series of claims and commitments of the governments, donors and civil society in seriously pursuing the epidemic, large numbers of people continue to face a crisis of existence.
The debilitating human rights condition, increasing democratic deficit, unabated conflicts and increasing religious fundamentalism in most of the countries of Asia, pose great challenges to address the causes and consequences of HIV&AIDS. To add, increasing inequalities, mass exodus and exacerbating violence, particularly against women make the issue of HIV&AIDS more complex.
Families, particularly poor families, with HIV cases have started to face serious and multiple crises. They have not been able to meet treatment costs and are compelled to sell their land and properties hence trapped into the vicious circle of poverty and illness. Children are compelled to drop out of schools. Stigma and discrimination on the other hand is challenging people's right to lead a dignified life. Women and children are among the hardest hit.
Weak Public Health Care systems in the region do not have capacity to bear the burden of the disease. Governments are still reluctant to allocate sufficient budgets in this sector. Most of the ongoing programs are donor funded which constraint the liberty of national institutions as well as putting them under the fear of psychosis. In the mean time, most of the ongoing programs in the region are not sustainable.
Governance is another serious area which needs immediate attention. Money is not reaching the communities and this raises BIG and ethical questions- Are there quality funding mechanisms? Are there effective monitoring and evaluation systems? Are there enough and transparent governance mechanisms at global to local levels?
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Second-line treatment for HIV patients at PGI
Even as the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) reached the crucial benchmark of providing first line treatment to more than thousand persons living with HIV/AIDS in the city, it has plans to provide second line treatment in PGI from December 1 - the World AIDS Day.
Second-line treatment is required for patients who are resistant to the first line. As of now, out of 150 anti-retroviral centres across the country, only two centres were offering these drugs. Now, PGI will offer this treatment, said care support and treatment consultant, State AIDS Control Society (SACS).
As per the NACO figures, over 1.62 lakh persons living with HIV+ are enrolled in 150 anti-retroviral centre for the treatment across the country. Till now, only 15 per cent were getting second line treatment, as this drug therapy was available only in Mumbai and Chennai. President of Chandigarh Netwok, Pooja Thakur, said almost 3,500 persons living with HIV/AIDS were registered at ART, the PGI and out of those, 100 needed second-line drug therapy.
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NACO Statistics Advertisement 1st Dec 2008
The following are some statistics released through advertisement on 1st December 2008 to coincide with World AIDS Day by the National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India; www.nacoonline.org
National AIDS Control Programme III (2007-2012) is on.
The Red Ribbon Express (special train) has completed its 27,000 kilometer long journey to spread awareness across the length and breadth of India. It halted at 180 stations in 24 States and reached out to over 62 lakh (6.2 million) people with messages, over 1.1 lakh people have been counseled and about 68,000 resource persons trained.
Prevention achievement since July 2007
· 5,100 new Condom Vending Machines installed, taking the total number to 16,125
· 797 million condoms socially marketed
· Voluntary blood donation increased from 56.4% in July 2007 to 59.1% in November, 2008
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Brother’s death draws Carla to AIDS campaign
A singer and former model, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the French first lady, is to launch herself on the international humanitarian stage with an announcement that she is to become a figurehead in the global fight against Aids.
Bruni, who married President Nicolas Sarkozy in February, was expected to be appointed an "ambassador" for the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a Geneva-based organisation backed by the United Nations.
She had for long been trying to decide what cause to embrace as first lady, and the choice of Aids appears to have been influenced by a family tragedy that occurred in 2006, when Virginio, her brother, with whom she had a close relationship, died after a long battle with the illness at the age of 46.
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S. Africa ends decade of denial on AIDS
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Church bells tolled, workers put down their tools and court proceedings stopped Monday as South Africa marked a minute of silence for AIDS victims and ended a decade of denial about the epidemic.
Activists hold balloons, reading: "Protecting Oneself Is Also Getting Infromed," during a rally in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Monday.
Peter Piot, the top U.N. official dealing with the disease, joined political leaders and hundreds of AIDS activists at a rally in the coastal city of Durban to show his support for a government that has made a break with the discredited AIDS policies of former President Thabo Mbeki.
"We are the first to admit that a lot still needs to be done," said Baleka Mbete, the deputy president, as she lit a candle in remembrance of the victims.
South Africa has an estimated 5.5 million people living with the HIV virus -- the highest total of any country in the world and more than one-sixth of the global total. About 1,000 South Africans die each day of the disease and complications like tuberculosis. Even more become infected because prevention messages haven't worked.
CNN.com
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