30 Kidney Patients Test Positive for HIV at Nishtar Hospital in Punjab

20 Nov 2024

Nishtar Hospital in South Punjab is facing accusations of negligence after an HIV/AIDS outbreak affected dozens of kidney patients. A fact-finding committee was formed to investigate the situation following the death of a kidney failure patient, after which 30 others tested positive for HIV/AIDS. All 30 patients had kidney ailments...

AIIMS Security Staff Vandalize HIV Clinic, Threaten Faculty

23 Jul 2024

AIIMS security officials trashed an operating clinic, defaced patients' medical records, and misbehaved with the institute's teachers in order to force them to quit the location where the medical center is located. The event occurred in the ART clinic, where HIV-positive patients get treatment. Staff members reported that security officers...

Twice-Yearly HIV Shot Achieves 100% Success in Major Trial

08 Jul 2024

A recent clinical trial conducted in South Africa and Uganda demonstrated promising results for a new pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug aimed at preventing HIV infection in young women. The trial compared the efficacy of a twice-yearly injection of Lenacapavir against two existing daily pill regimens. The findings revealed that Lenacapavir...

HIV patients protest against shortage of medicines; says if medicines are not available, the strike will go on

26 Jul 2022

HIV patients protest against the shortage of life-saving drugs outside the National AIDS Control Organisation's office in Delhi. During the protest, a patient said that HIV medicines were out of stock. The patient said that if there are no medicines then how will India become HIV free nation by 2030?...