HIV/AIDS in India Current Affairs, GK & News

Avahan Initiative

December 7, 2011

Avahan is an India AIDS Initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A recent joint study carried by the IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation), University of Washington, University of Hong Kong and the PHFI (Public Health Foundation of India) discovered that “Avahan” productively slackened the transmission of HIV in INDIA. Avahan was ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Topics: Ashok Alexander • Avahan • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Health • HIV/AIDS • HIV/AIDS in India • India HIV/AIDS Alliance

Current Affairs Current Affairs : National : October 2009

October 21, 2009

October 13, 2009: World’s fastest growing telecom market is IndiaAccording to a latest report by Moodys India is the fastest growing telecom market of the world, leaving behind China. India’s net additions of 10 million (subscribers) per month have far outpaced China’s monthly rate of increase, now below eight million. October 12, 2009: Mines and ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Current Affairs 2009 • Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS • Health • HIV/AIDS • HIV/AIDS in India • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS • Medical specialties • Pandemics • United Nations Development Group

AIDS in India

May 22, 2009

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome1. Caused By: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is retrovirus. It is also known as human T-lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III), lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), and AIDS-associated retrovirus (ARV)2. Transmission: Transmission involves anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or ..

Topics: Health • HIV/AIDS • HIV/AIDS activism • HIV/AIDS in India • World AIDS Day