A signature campaign ahead of a high-level UN meeting on HIV/AIDS calls for countries to lift restrictions on travel for people with HIV.

The Bill will ensure non-discrimination for people with HIV/AIDS, be it in education, employment, access to treatment or legal support.

To mark Global AIDS Action Week, activists in India want the government to pass a Bill that gives AIDS patients the right to treatment and outlaws discrimination against them.

A driver sacked by a multinational drugs firm for being HIV-positive has taken his employers to court.

A World Bank-funded project in Tanzania hopes that a combination of counselling and cash incentives will create awareness about safe sex.

Scientists and researchers are beginning to debate whether, after 25 years of research into an AIDS vaccine, it’s time to admit that the money can be better spent elsewhere.

The study, which is believed to be the largest of its kind in the world, identified a representative set of 75 genes involved in cancer, ageing, eye disease, cardiovascular disorders and neuro-psychiatric disorders, and analysed variations within these genes among the sample population.

India’s health minister told the Lok Sabha recently that in the absence of proper data on the number of children affected by HIV/AIDS, there is no comprehensive care and treatment strategy for them.

The latest UN report on children and HIV/AIDS says that a lot of progress has been made on combating mother-to-child transmission of the HIV virus and in the treatment needs of children.

A six-country survey of workers also reported a marked increase in condom usage over the past four years. Written HIV policies are thought to be a key reason for the positive changes.