Washington, Nov 26 (IANS) Some HIV patients experience an improved quality of life post diagnosis, according to a new study.
Joel Tsevat, principal study investigator from the University of Cincinnati (U-C) Academic Health Centre and a research team conducted two sets of interviews and completed chart reviews of 347 HIV outpatients from three US cities [...]
Siliguri, Nov. 15 (ANI): In a bid to make HIV patients self reliant, an NGO organised a four-day vocational training workshop in Siliguri.
During the workshop, the West Bengal Voluntary Health Organisation (WBVHO) trained HIV Positive volunteers in making soft toys and handicraft bags.
“I have organised basic training for these HIV positive patients in our voluntary [...]
Washington, October 30 (ANI): Computer scientists at the University of Washington (UW) have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device, thus making it a handheld tool [...]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) After much persuasion and a mass protest, Law and Justice Minister Veerappa Moily said he will discuss the latest draft of the HIV/AIDS bill with the health ministry which, according to patients and civil society, have ‘key provisions’ missing.
Raman Chawla of the Lawyers’ Collective, who led a six-member team from [...]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 16 (IANS) The Orissa government Friday announced that a new list of people below poverty line (BPL) will be prepared by January 2010 and will include HIV and AIDS patients, physically handicapped people and backward tribes.
‘We have asked all district collectors to see that the deserving people don’t get omitted from the new [...]
