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| Nepali sex workers have limited access to HIV care Some 61.4% of sex workers are still out of reach of HIV prevention programmes in Nepal, according to the latest UN report. Organisations working with sex workers face many constraints from funding to lack of continuity in programmes, social stigma and insensitive health workers. Read more |
| Half-baked treatment for HIV-positive children Government treatment for HIV-positive children lacks essential support services and gives counselling a complete miss even though NACO guidelines on paediatric treatment give detailed information on counselling by healthcare providers Read more |
| Drug resistance the new challenge in India India’s announcement that it will roll out 'second line' drugs meant to treat those who have started showing resistance to 'first line' treatment is welcome, but, argue experts, policymakers should also urgently look at problems plaguing the first line roll-out Read more |
| Three by Five sparks 'paradigm shift' in India...Or does it? In December 2003, the Indian government declared a strong policy-cum-programme commitment to provide free ARV treatment to 100,000 AIDS patients. But important issues related to the creation of a conducive atmosphere for AIDS patients, confidentiality and the creation of a health infrastructure within the public health system have still to be addressed Read more |
| Waiting at Room No 60, Sassoon General Hospital Suresh Sawant is the 600th-odd HIV-positive patient listed in the register of those applying for free anti-retroviral therapy at Pune's largest public hospital. He has been camping on the footpath outside the hospital with his family. But, as of now, only 86 of the hundreds applying are receiving the free therapy Read more |