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Youth are critical change-makers not only as future prescribers and users of antimicrobials but also as influencers of the behaviour
If we fail to find all cases of an infectious disease (and put them on care), then it will keep
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has,” had said the...
Despite dealing with drug-resistant infections herself since birth and being fully aware of the looming danger of running out of options to treat the...
Antimicrobial Resistance directly kills more than 1 million people and is associated with almost 5 million deaths every year, that are expected to...
Despite strong scientific and community-based evidence to support tobacco and TB control, 1.1 million people died of TB in 2023
Any new HIV prevention method is not meant to sit on the shelf but to be used by the people
Trump’s earlier tenure as President of the United States was marred by the infamous jolt to abortion rights and broader sexual and...
When we go to seek healthcare in hospitals or other healthcare settings, getting infected with hospital-acquired infections instead, is not
Who would we ever want to deal with infections that are difficult (or impossible) to treat! Young people are right
It is alarming to note that as per UNAIDS data the annual number of new HIV infections in the Latin
Imagine failing 1.3 million times in a year: Failure to ensure that everyone has access to prevention options to protect oneself from HIV acquisition,...
The reality is a mix of YES and NO. While the facts and figures shared in the latest report by UNAIDS reveal that as a world we are NOT already on the...
Recently, over 500 feminist leaders from 38 countries across Asia and the Pacific region gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand at
Akin to a rocking chair that moves forwards and backwards without any real progress, we cannot assume busy TB programmes
Let us share an old story you might have read it already. But guiding lights always guide. This is one
… So goes the theme of the 4th Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) which will be held in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand next month. This theme is a...
Transformative empowerment is mostly not given by ‘experts from the outside,’ but happens when the most affected people themselves rise to take...
“No one is safe until everyone is safe,” said Dr Umesh Dahal, Director General, Department of Livestock Services, Government of
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment of Government of India, the workers in the unorganised sector constitute about
AIDS-related deaths have declined worldwide except in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. The latest data from joint United Nations
While community-led organisations are playing a critical role in the people-centred delivery of HIV prevention, care and treatment services, financial
“As a young person living with HIV, I had self-stigmatised myself due to the fear of discrimination… fear of discrimination
The latest 2024 data from United Nations joint programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) show that highest number of people who got
No one needs to die of AIDS because, thanks to science, lifesaving antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression can gift all people living with HIV a...
Scientific research and development has thankfully increased the number of prevention options we have today to stop the spread of several infections...
What can be a better explanation of what #PutPeopleFirst means than what was explained so candidly by Mahatma Gandhi. He had said: “I will give you...
Science has gifted us proven tools to stop the spread of HIV infection, as well as to ensure that all people living with HIV live healthy and...
Drug-resistant disease-causing microbes can infect any one of us. Bhakti Chavan, a promising biotechnologist, who never had TB before, got
Results of a phase 3 PURPOSE 1 HIV prevention study done among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Uganda show that there were no...
Well, it seems to be a mixed bag of gains and losses. While there are reasons to celebrate, significant gaps
After suffering debilitating TB symptoms for over a year, a homeless person got lifesaving help from a community health worker.
Protect the medicines that protect us and ensure that all those who need them can access them, so said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director...
There is plenty of scientific evidence to show that tobacco kills one out of every two of its users (as per the WHO). Tobacco use devastates lives and...
Young people are using e-cigarettes at rates higher than adults in many countries, as the tobacco industry is specifically targeting youth, says The...
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is already among the top 10 global health threats. “If AMR is going to impact our present and future, then we, the...
“As we celebrate the Labour Day let us celebrate the women of the world, because it is the women who are holding this world together…” so said...
A migrant worker who was sick for over three months, actively sought medical help and advice, but his health kept deteriorating. Despite having...
“The two worst global health problems have combined forces well. But the institutions addressing them have miserably failed to put their act...
It is not natural disasters (like hurricanes or storms) which block access to TB care services most times, but manmade barriers that fuel injustices,...