AIDS

Would it surprise you to know that this group took almost six months to find a space to start the café? After several rejections from all quarters, they finally found a space in Jodhpur Park.

According to the 2017 UNAIDS data, new HIV infections in India have decreased by 46%, and AIDS-related deaths have decreased by 22% since 2010.

Our country is the third largest HIV epidemic in the world. And 1st December marked as World AIDS Day, is a reminder that even though there is a long battle ahead of us against this life-threatening condition, the fight is against the disease, not the people affected by it.

The parliament has enacted a legislation that recognises the rights of people affected by HIV and AIDS. Despite its shortcomings, the Act has the potential to improve the lives of millions of people in the country.

In conversation with Dr. Sam Prasad, Country Programme Director, AHF India, on the launch of the condom delivery service

Anil Valiv, a Pune-based transport official, started a matrimonial site 10 years ago to help HIV+ people find life partners.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals include the target of ending the global threat of AIDS by 2030. New fronts are opening up in the war against AIDS that recognise the importance of connecting this with other SDGs such as gender equality and decent employment and wages for all.

In 1986, Dr. Suniti Solomon documented the first cases of the HIV infection in India. This is the little-known story of how this amazing doctor's work in HIV startled India's medical fraternity and pushed the government to act against the deadly disease 30 years ago.

This film dares us to look at the ignorance revolving around AIDS.

The Kalinga Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (KNP+) in India’s eastern state of Odisha provides strong social backing, heartfelt concern as well as assistance in the form of legal services or vocational trainings to people living with HIV/AIDS. They are the true life-savers for many in the region.