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A new study reveals that HIV prevalence is rising among older adults, but prevention and treatment efforts remain youth-centric, leaving significant gaps in addressing the needs of those aged 50 and above.

The significant reductions in international funding for HIV prevention and treatment programmes may result in more than 10 million infections, and about 3 million deaths by 2030, according to a study published in The Lancet HIV journal on Thursday.   

Even with these initiatives, TB still impacts millions, and 10.8 million new TB cases were reported worldwide in 2023. To achieve the ambitious target of eradicating TB by 2030, as set out in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustained funding, early detection programs, and better healthcare availability will be central. 

Dr Pooja Rana, Senior Consultant Gynecologist, Rosewalk Hospital explains how to prevent HIV Transmission in pregnant women. 

The theme for World AIDS Day this year is ‘Let communities lead’ AIDS is acquired only after the contraction of HIV, but not all HIV cases develop into AIDS On World AIDS Day, people around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS

DMK Breaking: DMK MP A Raja has given controversial statement on Sanatan Dharma, he said that Sanatan is like HIV and leprosy, Sanatan is like social disea

Sanatana Dharma Row: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin has come to his son's defence, contending that Udhayanidhi did not intend to offend any religious beliefs but sought to address issues of discrimination against Scheduled Castes, Tribals, and Women.

The most prevalent STD in women is Chlamydia trachomatis, followed by Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

A child tested HIV positive after a doctor used the same syringe on several patients at a Government Medical College in Etah.

A big miracle has happened in the world of medical science. Till now AIDS was considered an incurable disease. But a French institute has claimed that the treatment of AIDS is possible through Bone Marrow Transplant.

A man in Andhra Pradesh intentionally infected his pregnant wife with HIV He took his wife to a quack and told her that the injection was for her health

In the South-East Asia Region, an estimated 3.8 million people are living with HIV, accounting for around 10 per cent of the global burden, she said on World AIDS Day.

The man began to develop a series of symptoms, including fatigue, fever, and a sore throat, nine days after returning from a trip to Spain earlier this year.

Every year on May 18 World AIDS Vaccine Day or HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is observed globally. The Concept of HIV vaccine awareness day came out of a speech by former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton stressed upon the necessity of the vaccine to contain and eradicate the fatal disease.

In a presentation at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in the US on Tuesday, the researchers reported that the woman has had no detectable levels of HIV for 14 months despite cessation of antiretroviral therapy (ART).

It has already been observed that Covid-19 can linger for many months in patients who are HIV-positive.

The UNICEF report claimed that 1,20,000 children, or one child every five minutes, died due to AIDS-related causes in 2020.

HIV positives have 24 percent higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and 78 percent higher risk of death from COVID-19

Screenings for HIV have dropped by over 40-45 % approximately since April, just around the time the COVID pandemic hit India. India has the third-highest number of estimated people living with HIV in the world. The estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India was 2.08 million (20.9 lakh) in 2011.