Gates praises India for containing polio
May 31st, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Bill Gates met Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here Thursday and praised India's triumph over polio, even as the software tycoon's foundation is also helping ... Read more...
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US AIDS cases stable at 50,000 per year
August 5th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS/EFE) The number of new AIDS cases in the US remained stable at about 50,000 per year between 2006 and 2009, said authorities."More than 30 years into ... Read more...
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Don’t neglect people with HIV, PM tells ministries
July 4th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said ministries should make various schemes more accessible to people with HIV/AIDS, from employment under the National Rural Employment ... Read more...
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About $22 bn investment needed to fight HIV: UNAIDS
June 3rd, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Nearly $22 billion investment is needed to bring down new HIV/AIDS infections globally by 2015, said a UNAIDS report released Friday."A 2011 investment framework proposed ... Read more...
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Not tourism, migrant labour spread AIDS in Goa, says NGO
May 7th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 7 (IANS) Migrant labour and not tourism was responsible for the rise in AIDS numbers in the coastal resort state of Goa, an NGO said Thursday.
Gaurishankar Ghosh, chief executive ... Read more...
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Formal education lowers AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
March 23rd, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 23 (ANI): A new study has found that an increase in formal schooling has led to a reduction in AIDS infections in sub-Saharan Africa.During the early stages of the ... Read more...
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Slum residents celebrate Dussehra, pledge to fight social evils
October 9th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 9 (IANS) Drawing a parallel with the festival of Dussehra which symbolises the victory of good over evil, the residents of a slum colony here Thursday burnt the effigy of ... Read more...
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Mammoth rise in drug abuse among Maldives youths: UN
March 5th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) In the past three years the percentage of injecting drug abusers in Maldives has increased from eight percent to 23 percent, involving 20 percent of men below ... Read more...
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India developing neem based gel for women to counter AIDS
February 27th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by admin
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India has successfully completed phase two trials of a neem based microbicide gel for women that promises to help prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS. "It ... Read more...
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Sex main cause of HIV prevalence in China today
November 30th, 2007 - 3:45 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, November 30 (ANI): Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu has revealed that the rates of new HIV/AIDS infections in the country are declining, and that the disease is now being transmitted ... Read more...
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