Clinical Management
Clinical Management
HIV in India
Overview
- Who Is Affected by HIV and AIDS in India? (April 25, 2008)
From Avert - HIV/AIDS in South Asia: India (February 26, 2008)
From World Bank - HIV in India -- A Complex Epidemic (March 15, 2007)
In New England Journal of Medicine - India's Law Criminalizing Homosexuality Hinders HIV Prevention, Violates Human Rights of MSM, UNAIDS Official Says (December 1, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV-Positive Women in India Try to Turn Tide of Ignorance, Discrimination (September 21, 2005)
From BBC News - Social Isolation Drives Mixed-Status Indian Couple to End Lives (September 10, 2005)
Their heartbreaking story points to the work that still must be done to support those who test positive for HIV in one of the world's most populous nations.
In Hindustan Times - Clinton Announces New Program to Train 150,000 Indian Doctors; India's HIV Statistics Disputed (May 27, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Drop in Number of Newly Reported HIV Cases in India Encouraging, More Efforts Needed to Fight Disease, Clinton Says (May 26, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - "AIDS Could Be a Good Thing for India" (July 27, 2004)
Can a disease as devastating as AIDS possibly have some unexpected secondary benefits? Indeed it can, according to San Francisco Chronicle columnist Marshall Kilduff.
In San Francisco Chronicle - The Role of Prostitution in South Asia's Epidemic (July 5, 2004)
Sakkubai, a prostitute in her 50s living in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), has seen many of life's rougher edges. Nothing prepared her, however, for the onslaught of AIDS in her community.
In San Francisco Chronicle - Conducting Clinical Trials Without Ethical Review (July 2004)
A recent series of unethical -- even illegal -- clinical trials in India is fueling concern over the "outsourcing" of studies to countries where study regulation is lax.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - Bollywood Tackles AIDS for the First Time (June 8, 2004)
India's Bollywood film industry, famed for its frothy romances and lavish song-and-dance sequences, is addressing the social stigma attached to AIDS.
From Agence France-Presse - "The Sex Workers": A Video Report From India (June 2004)
In this 21-minute video, Raney Aronson of "FRONTLINE/World" reports on the sex industry and AIDS prevention efforts in Kamathipura, one of the poorest districts in India.
From FRONTLINE/World - India's Prevention, Treatment Efforts Are Falling Short, Report Says (April 19, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV Children Battle Back to School in India (March 15, 2004)
From BBC News - HIV/AIDS in India (July 8, 2003)
A 13-minute video and transcript featuring interviews with people who are on the front lines of India's efforts to fight HIV, prepared by Fred de Sam Lazaro, a correspondent for PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - India: First AIDS Directory to Be Out Soon (July 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Controlling Tuberculosis in India (November 25, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prevention
- Asia: Preventing AIDS Through Animation (January 3, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - India Begins Phase I Clinical Trial for HIV Vaccine Targeting C Strain (February 8, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Sobering Data Leads to Improved HIV Prevention Among Indian Truckers (February 8, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "The Sex Workers": A Video Report From India (June 2004)
In this 21-minute video, Raney Aronson of "FRONTLINE/World" reports on the sex industry and AIDS prevention efforts in Kamathipura, one of the poorest districts in India.
From FRONTLINE/World - Reduced Risk of HIV Among Circumcised Men in India Related to Biology, Not Behavior, Study Says (March 26, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - India Must Act to Prevent Tens of Millions of HIV Cases, UNAIDS Director Says; 4.58M Indians Already HIV-Positive (July 25, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - India: Incident Herpes Infection Quadruples HIV Risk (June 10, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Trials of AIDS Vaccine to Start in India (May 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - India's Anti-AIDS Drugs Look for More Takers (March 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Intervention in an Indian Village (December 2002)
An e-mail correspondence on local HIV prevention from the AIDS-INDIA discussion list.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Fear on the Front Line in India -- AIDS Prevention Workers Say Police Harass Them as Crisis Spirals (November 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Women's Low Status Spreads HIV in India (November 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Clinical Trials of India-Specific Anti-AIDS Vaccine to Start in 2003 (April 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Treatment
- Indian Railways Considers Offering Fare Concessions to HIV-Positive People to Facilitate Travel to NACO Treatment Centers (January 3, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Glaxo Withdraws Patent Applications for Abacavir, Trizivir in India (December 10, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - AIDS Treatment Costs Less Than a Coffee a Day, Yet Many Indians Die Early (July 25, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - India Changes Patent Law to Meet WTO Treaty, Making New Medicines Less Available to Most Citizens, Other Countries (December 31, 2004)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - Progress on Antiretroviral Access in India: Interview With Khousalya Periaswamy (May/June 2004)
Ms. Periaswamy is the president of the Positive Women's Network, an AIDS advocacy/service organization in India.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Burkina Faso to Purchase Generic AIDS Drugs From Indian Company (April 23, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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