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4 HIV/Aids infected kids driven out from home |
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
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DADELDHURA, June 20 - Local health workers have rescued four children infected with HIV/AIDS from remote Belapur VDC after they were they were thrown out from their home. Four children of a family-- Laxmi BK, 15, Suni BK, 13, Tej BK, 11 and Karishma BK, 6-- were driven out from their house after they were found to be patients of HIV/AIDS. Jahare Luhar, the grandfather of the destitute children drove them out from the house mercilessly. |
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Many still denied HIV drug access |
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
A major report found just 31% of people in need of treatment in low and middle-income countries had access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2007. The report, by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNAids and Unicef, said an extra 950,000 people in these countries received the drugs last year. The agencies admit they are two years behind their access target. WHO and UNAids aimed to have three million people on ART by the end of 2005. But by the end of 2007, the total number on treatment had still not quite reached that figure, leaving an estimated 6.7 million people unable to access potentially life-saving drugs. More |
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World AIDS Day observed in Nepal |
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
Various groups and organizations in Nepal came together to mark the World AIDS Day Saturday with the theme "Take the Lead". In his message to the occasion, Dr. Padam Bahadur Chand, director of National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted  Disease Control Center, said that the government was working to implement the commitments made to ensure universal access to treatment and care for the HIV/AIDS patients. According to him, there are AIDS Coordination Committees in all of the 75 districts in the country. Through 16 centers, 1,296 patients are being provided with Anti Retro Viral treatment. Official statistics show that there are 10,321 HIV/AIDS patients, of whom 1,553 are with full blown AIDS in the country. According to UNAIDS, there are some nearly 40 million people living with HIV throughout the world, among which approximately 2- 3.5 million people in South Asia are living with HIV and AIDS. |
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