Buenos Aires, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) Two men have wed in the southernmost tip of Argentina in the first marriage of its kind in Latin America, one of the spouses joined in the ceremony confirmed.
‘We’re very happy and proud,’ said Argentine Jose Maria Di Bello, who Monday married countryman Alex Freyre. The two needed special authorisation [...]
Veteran rapper KEITH MURRAY is taking time out of his tour of Africa to visit children affected by HIV and AIDS in Mozambique.
The hip-hop star travelled to Africa earlier this week (begs30Nov09) and has lined up a number of charity events in recognition of World AIDS Day, which took place on Tuesday (01Dec09).
As [...]
R&B star ALICIA KEYS is giving fans the opportunity to join her on a charity trip to Africa – so she can show them how inspiring the continent is.
The Fallin’ hitmaker is a prominent campaigner against the spread of AIDS in Africa and she is raising awareness about the cause by launching a competition [...]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) India had reassuring news on the HIV/AIDS front on World AIDS Day Tuesday. The number of HIV positive people in the country had declined by 400,000 over the last five years and new infections were down by at least 100,000 per year.
‘In 2002, over 27 lakh (2.7 million) people in [...]
Bangalore, Dec 1 (IANS) Karnataka has become the first state in India to have a charter on the rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The charter was released here Tuesday by state Health Minister B. Sriramulu on the occasion of World AIDS Day.
‘Karnataka became the first state in the country to have a charter [...]
London, Dec 1 (ANI): Singer Bono has teamed up with footie idol Didier Drogba to raise funds for fight against Aids.
The U2 frontman said he aims to “turn up the heat” on politicians over the HIV and Aids crisis in South Africa.
Chelsea striker Drogba declared that saving lives [...]
Guwahati, Dec 1 (IANS) Thousands of people in India’s northeast, whose large number of drug users have sparked fears of a worsening AIDS epidemic, pledged Tuesday to step up the fight against HIV by spreading awareness about it.
Schoolchildren, health workers, people living with HIV/AIDS and rehabilitated drug addicts marched through key streets in the states [...]
London, December 1 (ANI): Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has urged action to help improve the plight of women and children suffering from HIV.
The French first lady, an ambassador of the cause with The Global Fund, feels it is “unfair” that the sufferers in the developing world often miss out on treatment for HIV.
“I find it very important [...]
Guwahati, Nov 30 (IANS) Lack of access to medicines and ignorance about the disease are the twin challenges being faced by people living with HIV and AIDS in India’s northeast, where around 45,000 people are HIV positive, health experts said here Monday.
About 9,000 of the 45,000 people living with HIV have developed AIDS.
‘Just take [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Three years after a bill to protect the rights of people living with HIV-AIDS was drafted and cleared by the health ministry, it is yet to be introduced in parliament. A group of experts and victims Monday demanded that the bill be presented in the current winter session.
‘It is extremely [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Early diagnosis of HIV without regular follow ups that ensure access to health services is of little use. Keeping that in mind, paediatric HIV care and treatment need to become an integral part of infant and child survival and health programme, a Unicef report said Monday.
A day before World AIDS [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) On the eve of World AIDS Day, UNAIDS – the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS – made an urgent appeal Monday to end discrimination against people affected with HIV as it was ‘undermining the efforts’ to fight the disease.
In his message, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe also urged countries [...]
Kollam (Kerala), Nov 30 (IANS) Bensy and Benson, two HIV positive children who fought a gritty battle to prevent schools in Kerala from turning them away a few years back, get aid from HLL Lifecare Ltd but say they now need more money as the elder sibling has to make frequent trips to the hospital.
‘At [...]
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday said that new infections are fast out-pacing the gains achieved in controlling the spread of HIV, and urged all countries to stop discrimination against the HIV-infected.
‘On World AIDS Day (Dec 1) this year, our challenge is clear. We must continue doing what works, but [...]
