We must resist the temptation to look at the absolute numbers being vaccinated, and focus instead on the percentage of the population vaccinated, he said in his letter.
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'COPD causes an economic loss of Rs 35,000 crores.' 'We cannot afford to lose such a huge amount due to one disease.' 'COPD is a non-communicable disease and that's why it remained low in priority.' 'The time is right to shift the focus to COPD as HIV/AIDS and TB are under control. 'This badly neglected disease has become the second largest cause for deaths in India.' 'It is time for us to wake up and give due importance to this disease.'
Only patients developing severe illness or having compromised immunity will have to test negative through RT-PCR test before being discharged by a hospital, the Union health ministry said.
'Until the case load starts dropping, we will have to keep up the current level of prevention activities.'
'If we cannot handle an epidemic of that strata, (causing that kind) of excessive calamity, then we really have to prevent it.' 'If we become complacent in even preventing it, then we are in for a disaster.'
Domestic drug makers Cipla, Aurobindo and Matrix Laboratories have emerged as the second-line and paediatric AIDS medicine supply partners to international drug purchase facility UNITAID and Clinton Foundation HIV / AIDS Initiative in 2008. UNITAID and CHAI support HIV / AIDS treatment programmes in over 100 countries worldwide.
'It is sad that Kerala had so many Covid patients which is primarily due to the mismanagement of the Left government.' 'The technical committee was full of CPI-M leaders who happen to have medical degrees with no experience in public health.' 'They were advising the CM and we are paying for those mistakes.'
An international team has carried out the study and found that when HIV mutates to hide from the immune system, it is slightly less able to reproduce and cause harm, a finding that is a step closer to understanding how to develop vaccines against AIDS. According to lead author Liyen Loh of Melbourne University, the study focussed on the interplay between virus and the immune system and how this affected the number of copies of the HIV virus in the body.
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The quaint little village of Perumapalayam near Erode is excited about Indian American, Dr Celine Gounder making it to the United States President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board since she has her roots in it and for her continuing support to its residents.
The World Bank, the United Nations and private sector partners recently launched a competitive development marketplace aimed at identifying and funding innovative approaches to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS in India and other South Asian countries. The initiative, called 'Tackling HIV and AIDS Stigma and Discrimination: From Insights to Action,' targets communities across India and the rest of the subcontinent.
A specially-designed seven coach train, which will travel across the country carrying HIV/AIDS prevention messages, was on Saturday flagged off by United Progerssive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on the occasion of World AIDS Day. The Red Ribbon Express will aim at spreading awareness about HIV, promoting safe behavioural practises and fighting the stigma and discrimination against AIDS.
Indian pharmaceutical companies are heavily dependent on China to source fermentation-based active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates to manufacture these medicines, but the coronavirus outbreak there has disrupted the supply.
According to medical practitioners, the treatment is especially useful in controlling disease among those who have not received the vaccine or got only one shot and also the high-risk contacts of a patient.
The ministry has removed its earlier recommendation of the use of anti-HIV drug combinations Lopinavir and Ritonavir on a case-to-case basis depending upon the severity of the condition of a patient suffering from coronavirus infection.
"In rural India, there is no doctor available. Even in a 50-bedded hospital not a single doctor is present. It's only on paper," the apex court said when the ASG tried to highlight various steps taken by the government to provide efficacious treatment to HIV/AIDS victims.
Andhra Pradesh, which has the second largest number of HIV/AIDS-affected people in the country, has the lowest usage of condoms. To bridge the gap, the State Aids Control Society, a state-run organisation, launched a massive campaign on Tuesday to make condoms available everywhere.
Cricketer Gautam Gambhir too expressed his support and congratulated everyone on the dilution of Section 377.
Hepatitis B virus is 10 times more infectious than hepatitis C virus and 50-100 times more infectious than HIV.
'The COVID-19 virus has the power to quietly enter your body, without causing pain via symptoms, because it craftily manipulates your pain response.'
No matter whoever we choose to blame, the reality is that we are in the midst of an epidemic and if we do not mend our ways, the virus will solve our population problem.
The objective of the event, organized by SASP Director Deepika Bahri, was to discuss how India's economy, culture, policies and the rest of the world shape an epidemic that has caught the global community by surprise.
About 63 per cent women and 82 per cent men said that HIV/AIDS should be taught to both the sexes. Though, 42 per cent women feel the right age should be 16 years, majority of men think the perfect age is 13 to 15 years.
The company has received the tentative approval from the US Food & Drug Administration to manufacture and market these combination tablets in strengths of 600mg/300mg/ 300mg, a statement by Aurobindo Pharma said.
She said public figures and leaders should speak the language of the people so that they could clearly understand health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS.
In an attempt to create awareness about AIDS and HIV in rural areas where media cannot reach, the Public Affairs Office of the US Consulate General, Kolkata, would make use of scroll-painters to demonstrate HIV interventions.
With an estimated 2.3 million homosexuals and another 2.35 lakh male sex workers, the government is planning to scale up its intervention with this "hidden population" to reduce their exposure to HIV/AIDS.
Irdai has listed diseases that can't be excluded from health insurance policies, including neurodevelopmental disorders, mental illness problems, psychological disorders, genetic diseases, puberty- and menopause-related disorders.
'At the same time, if we are a little careless, we will run into trouble. No doubt about that.'
Only half India's population has received the first shot of Covishield and Covaxin and the government's immediate task is to first vaccinate its adult population before placing its focus on children.
'It is going to get worse if Indians continue to deny it by refusing to talk about it,' says Richard C Holbrooke.
The National Sample Survey Organisation conducted the survey in 43 districts across 14 states
These are the findings of a survey conducted by Population Council, an NGO, that showed that very few IDUs have been tested for HIV infection in Delhi and Imphal.
Thailand and Uganda were fighting AIDS successfully through clinical commitment and there is more need for it in India.
Allocation for National Rural Health Mission stepped up from Rs 8207 crore (Rs 82.07 billion) to Rs 9947 crore (Rs 99.47 billion).
Tele/video-consults have been effective for patients requiring post-hospitalisation follow-up, especially if they are from outside the city; patients with chronic diseases that need periodic monitoring; and pregnant women who require routine checkup with minimum exposure.
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