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Aishwarya Bachchan : Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been appointed as the new Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS. She will assist the agency to achieve its goal of eliminating new HIV infections among children by 2015. Bachchan will help spreading awareness on issues related to ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2012
Fall in fresh HIV-Infection cases among Children: UNAIDS Report
As per the latest UNAIDS Report, there is a steady decline in the newly contracted HIV infections among children. As per the UNAIDS Report: About 330000 children were newly infected in 2011, which implied a drop of 24 % in ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Red Ribbon Express
What is Red Ribbon Express? Red Ribbon Express is an AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways. The ‘Red Ribbon Express’ is a special train being run in order to propagate information on primary prevention and services, developing an ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Latest global HIV/AIDS figures
Some important data from a report by the United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). (Source: Reuters) An estimated 34 million people worldwide had the human immunodeficiency virus HIV.L that causes AIDS in 2010, according to the UNAIDS data, up 17 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Avahan Initiative
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Uses of Transitmycin
Transitmycin is a new anti-bacterial, anti-viral molecule recently isolated by scientists of the Tuberculosis Research Centre at Ramanathapuram. This new molecule has proven to be effective for all types of HIV. It was tested against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, ‘C’ ..