Project Concern International has gone beyond talking about HIV/AIDS to helping affected people earn a living. Forty-five per cent of its staff is HIV-positive

A large human trial for the AIDS vaccine in Thailand has, for the first time, prevented HIV from spreading in 31.2% of those vaccinated

Only a quarter of those in need of HIV treatment in the Asia-Pacific region are getting it. Around 4,000 experts have gathered in Bali to discuss and strategise on how to take the fight against AIDS further

The authorities at Tihar jail, which began HIV screening a year ago, are shocked at the number of inmates who have tested positive, most of them drug users

The Delhi High Court has legalised gay sex among consenting adults, holding that the law making it a criminal offence violates fundamental rights

The National AIDS Control Organisation and the Transport Corporation of India have teamed up to launch a programme in 131 locations to raise awareness and promote safe sex among truck drivers

A new proposal that will bring down the cost of HIV/AIDS drugs requires patent holders to voluntarily offer their intellectual property to a “patent pool” for use by manufacturers of generic drugs, under a licensing arrangement

A recent article in The Lancet argues that the sheer reach and size of donations by the Gates Foundation to various health initiatives worldwide gives it enormous policy leverage and power in setting the health agenda in many countries

A parliamentary panel has rubbished sex education in schools, slammed the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s Adult Education Programme and denied that children between 14 and 18 years are at high risk of contracting HIV, despite evidence to the contrary

A decade after governments pledged to achieve a “drug-free world,” there is little evidence that the supply or demand of illicit drugs has been reduced. Instead, aggressive drug control policies have led to increased incarceration for minor offences, human rights violations, and disease