HIV

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.

An HIV-positive diagnosis can be extremely difficult to cope with. However, this mother is looking forward after her diagnosis, even despite facing many other extreme challenges.

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

In a small village of Assam, where there is no electricity, there is Kanchan, the hard-as-nails, social health worker working tirelessly to improve the health of the households in the village.

Shiva Kumar of Vaithikuppam in Puducherry is using digital literacy to help individuals living with HIV get access to a better life.

A three-drug system introduced to India in 2014 has finally paid off in reducing mother-to-baby risk of transfer to zero. In Mumbai, a 100 HIV positive mothers gave birth to healthy babies free of the disease.

After she was ostracised from college for being HIV positive, District Collector P Balakiran intervened and made efforts to end the discrimination. Now, the college is ready to take her back.

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.

States in northeast India have registered a greater number of HIV cases than other parts of the country in the last decade. According to a NACO status report, Manipur has more than 25,000 registered people living with HIV. And their children, whether infected or not, are afraid of being identified and treated badly. Here are some of their stories.