Beginning of a novel experiment in politics

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Dr Sandeep Pandey, Magsaysay Awardee and CNS Columnist With the formation of Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi the country is going to w...

Break the Back of Tobacco Industry Interference

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Hom L. Shrestha - CNS  The World Health Organization (WHO) and its allies are taking a bold step to challenge Big Tobacco’s bullying and...

The long road ahead

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Shaleen Rakesh - CNS On 11 December 2013, the streets outside the Supreme Court of India thronged with a dazed crowd, hugging, sobbing ...

Surgeons championing the cause of treating people living with HIV

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Despite evidence to prevent occupational exposure to HIV for surgeons and other healthcare providers, people living with HIV (PLHIV) requ...

"Co-infections and HIV beget each other": Dr Dilip Mathai

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(This article is based upon a CNS interview with Professor (Dr) Dilip Mathai, Dean, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research ) ...

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and HIV co-infection pose a daunting challenge

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A study found that prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) among women living with HIV was 26.85% which was much higher than the HPV rate...

Partners-in-crime: HIV and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

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AIDS is just one of the manifestations of HIV, said a veteran health advocate. A range of co-infections and co-morbidities also need as m...

How can you treat your illness unless you take your medicines?

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To tackle any disease it is not merely only diagnosing correctly and offering quality treatment but ensuring that the patients adhere to tr...

No excuse to not end HIV transmission to children

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An estimated 3.4 million children are living with HIV, thus accounting for 10% of the total global HIV infected population. At the same tim...

Cardiovascular diseases threaten to reverse gains made in treating HIV

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Although historic scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is keeping people living with HIV (PLHIV) alive, 1 in 10 of them succumb to card...

How has India done in its fight against AIDS?

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On one hand the new mantra of ‘zero new HIV infections, zero deaths and zero AIDS-related stigma and discrimination by 2015’ is increasing ...

Growing thrust for combination HIV prevention

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One size does not fit all. Likewise we need an expanded basket of evidence-based interventions and approaches to meet the unique needs and ...

ASICON 2013 calls for fully utilizing domestic competencies in fighting AIDS

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The 6th National Conference of AIDS Society of India ( ASICON 2013 ) which has brought together over 700 HIV medical experts from across...

ART, preventing HIV spread to children and TB-HIV in-focus at ASICON-2013

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Shobha Shukla - CNS Mumbai will be host to the 6th National Conference of AIDS Society of India (ASICON 2013) from 13th to 15th Decembe...

Gender Mainstreaming in TB-HIV Response-A private sector response

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Alice Tembe - CNS In this years' event, the Swaziland Business Coalition on HIV-AIDS (SWABCHA) launched the integration and mainstre...

Leave no one behind

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Dr Carolyn Kavita Tauro - CNS Recently, Ahmedabad was host to an International Conference on Inequity in Maternal and Child Health organ...

Deploying technology, managing treatment well - makes the difference!

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Xpert MTB/RIF in Delhi Bobby Ramakant - CNS There is no doubt that research and development of new diagnostic technologies and eff...

HIV-TB threats globally

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Chhatra Karki - CNS (First published in Kapan Online , Nepal on 1 December 2013)  Since the governments have not taken effective integr...

Malawi’s HIV/TB treatment challenge

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Sam Banda Jnr - CNS The world, on December 1, joined hands to commemorate the World AIDS Day which every year gives an opportunity to pe...

Living with HIV but dying of co-infections, co-morbidities

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Bobby Ramakant - CNS Neglecting Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), tuberculosis (TB), among ...

MDR-TB HIV co-infection among Injecting Drug Users

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Dr Sugata Mukhopadhyay - CNS Overall 10% of HIV infections globally, and excluding Africa nearly 30% of all new HIV infections are attri...

TB/HIV co-infection: Why is ICAAP silent?

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Dr Sugata Mukhopadhyay - CNS “I am infected with HIV and not scared of AIDS, but definitely of TB. I know TB can knock me down at any ti...

Healthy Migrants For Healthy Communities

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Shobha Shukla - CNS (Based on an interview with Gilles Cesari Regional Director, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disea...

World AIDS Day:Experts Call for Scaling of HIV-Tuberculosis Treatment

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Joseph Elunya, Uganda  (First published in The Continent Observer , Uganda on 30th November 2013) As countries around the world commemo...

The AAP phenomenon and what it means for us

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Dr Rahul Pandey In the past several days I have been a part of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s campaigning in Matiala constituency of Delhi...

Research On The Community By The Community

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Shobha Shukla - CNS India HIV/AIDS Alliance, through a Global Fund supported Pehchan (meaning identity) project is working to build the ...

First-ever rectal microbicides study in Asia-Pacific to begin soon

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Bobby Ramakant - CNS According to Jim Pickett, Chair of International Rectal Microbicides Advocates (IRMA): Rectal microbicides are prod...

Waking up: Eliminating parent-to-child HIV transmission

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Shobha Shukla - CNS According to a new UNAIDS report on HIV in Asia and the Pacific, there is mixed progress on eliminating new HIV infe...

Discrimination and criminalization impede access to HIV services

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Shobha Shukla — CNS Based on pre-ICAAP interviews conducted by Jeanne Marie Hallacy:  Voices of affected community representatives Repe...

Tackling Stigma and discrimination in health care settings

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Nenet Ortega - CNS Two decades ago, people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) including their families had been stigmatized in all areas o...

Treat Everyone With Equality For An AIDS Free World

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Shobha Shukla - CNS The Regional assessment of HIV, STI and other health needs of transgender people in Asia and the Pacific (jointly...

Positive Impact of Commission on HIV and the Law in Asia-Pacific

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Lwin Lwin Thant - CNS Since the launch of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law report in July 2012, there have been significant posi...

Zimbabwe makes steady progress against TB-HIV

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Citizen News Service - CNS Zimbabwe has the dubious distinction of having an estimated 15% of all 15- to 49-year-olds to be living with ...