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Plea Seeks Uninterrupted Supply of HIV Test Kits for LGBTs
The public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a transgender, Jai Prakash, sought directions for the central and city governments to provide “CD4 testing kits and viral load testing kits” in all the hospitals in Delhi
‘No national data on HIV/AIDS among differently-abled’
People living with disability are world’s largest minority and hence part of every social group included as vulnerable and risk group in UNAIDS Gap report
Complexity of the HIV strains circulating among the HIV infected individuals of Manipur
The emerging of new fusion or recombinant strains of HIV may change in their transmission ability and consequently spread the disease more rapidly especially in the remote areas
City homoeopath ‘isolates’ HIV virus to treat cases
In a first, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been isolated and processed to treat patients infected with HIV through applied use of homoeopathic science.
India aiming to make HIV and TB drugs more affordable
India is likely to add more HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis drugs to its list of essential medicines that are subject to price caps, people directly involved in the process said, in a move to improve affordability of drugs to treat the deadly diseases.
Nuclei acid test to ensure patients get HIV-free blood
To provide safer blood to patients, the state government is planning to ensure that it is tested using the Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) to make certain that it is HIV-free.
Will curb HIV spread from blood donation: Maharashtra govt
The Maharashtra government will launch a software to check if the blood stored in state laboratories is HIV-infected, health minister Deepak Sawant said in the assembly on Monday.
Maharashtra Health Minister clarifies LGBT comment, says counselling for HIV victims
Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant on Tuesday clarified his earlier statement regarding the LGBT communities, stating that he had only called for proper counselling to be provided to those afflicted with HIV.
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