New Delhi, Feb 10: A team of Indian scientists has developed a new technology platform that promises to help detect viruses and other pathogens. Its potential has been demonstrated for the detection of the Coronavirus. How Viruses Can Be A Major Global Threat To Human Health. Viruses are a major …
Read More »WHO and Global Fund Warn Inequalities Block Progress Towards Ending AIDS, TB and Malaria
The State of inequality: a new report from the World Health Organization and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria GENEVA, Thursday, 9 December 2021 – Inequities have been widely acknowledged as barriers to achieving global and national goals and targets in HIV, TB and malaria programs. However, …
Read More »When people with HIV can live normal lives then why 680,000 AIDS deaths in 2020?
When we know how to prevent HIV transmission, and how to keep every person living with HIV healthy, then how can one fathom the deaths of at least 680,000 people due to AIDS-related illnesses in 2020 worldwide? And how can one explain, at least 1.5 million new HIV infections occurring …
Read More »WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
High prices and low availability are still major barriers to patients’ access to new and old medicines Geneva, 3 October 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) on 1 October published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments …
Read More »Researchers sequence the genome of herb, Giloy
New Delhi, Sep 06: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Bhopal have sequenced the genome of Giloy, a medicinal herb that is extensively used in allopathic pharmaceuticals and ayurvedic formulations to treat various health conditions. What is Giloy? Giloy is an important multipurpose medicinal plant in Ayurvedic science. It has …
Read More »Moving HIV prevention and treatment tools from the lab to all those in need
Shobha Shukla – CNS Today we have a buffet of HIV prevention options (such as oral daily PrEP, once-a-month vaginal dapivirine ring for women, 2-monthly long-acting injectable) along with a bouquet of improved treatment modalities (monthly and 2-monthly long-acting injectables) adorning the HIV/AIDS arena, thanks to the untiring efforts of …
Read More »Lower concentration of PrEP drug in pregnant teens & young women: Study
Strict adherence to daily PrEP is especially important in pregnancy, investigators conclude. Washington DC. 10th March 2020. Among African adolescent girls and young women who took HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) daily, levels of the PrEP drug tenofovir were more than 30% lower in those who were pregnant than in those …
Read More »Most kidney transplants between people with HIV have long-term success
Most kidney transplants between people with HIV have long-term success. Recipients living with HIV show no indication of secondary infection with donor HIV strain.
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