On the eve of the Third South Asian Conference on Sanitation, a new study reveals that 41% of women respondents were not psychologically prepared for menstruation, and around 89% used cloth as an absorbent. What’s more, the survey found barely any co-relation between literacy and good menstrual hygiene More...

The Press Council of India has issued a new set of media guidelines for reporting on people with HIV and AIDS, in India. The guidelines, devised in association with UNAIDS, lays down certain dos and don’ts for both print and television More...

Technical glitches in filing funding proposals with the Global Fund is believed to have caused India to lose out on major funding for its AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programmes More...

After getting a rap from the Supreme Court, the Centre says doctors can’t deny care to HIV patients. The health ministry also wants to provide them free transport, jobs and ration cards entitling holders to subsidised rice, kerosene and sugar More...

Lack of treatment for prisoners with HIV in jails has come to the attention of the Bombay High Court which has formed a committee to frame guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of HIV in the country’s prisons More...

The World Health Organisation that carried out a three-year analysis of the ‘social determinants’ of health concludes that “social injustice is killing people on a grand scale” More...

An RTI application filed by the NGO Uday Foundation led to the startling disclosure that around 49 babies had died after allegedly being administered drugs during clinical trials at India’s premier medical institution, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. AIIMS denies the charge saying the infants had succumbed to their illnesses More...

A group insurance plan for 250 HIV-affected people was launched in Bangalore recently, in a public-private initiative More...

A nationwide campaign against chronic diseases was recently inaugurated in Mumbai with the pledge to tackle the risk factors, diagnosis and management of ailments such as diabetes, heart disease and mental illness. India is predicted to become the capital of chronic diseases within the next 10 years More...

A study conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu shows that good nutrition dramatically increases the CD4 count and reduces opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS patients More...

Mandakini and Prakash Amte have been conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, for serving the medical, education and livelihood needs of remote tribal communities in Maharashtra for over 30 years More...

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