A new United Nations-backed report calls on countries in the Pacific Ocean region to scale up their response to HIV and AidS, which is being fuelled in the region by violence against women, stigma and unprotected sex. According to “Turning the tide: an OPEN strategy for a response to AidS in the Pacific,” the first report published by the Commission on AidS in the Pacific, an estimated 59,000 people were...
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“AidS Bill brooks no further delay”
CPI(M) demands immediate tabling of long-pending Bill to provide legal Aid to victims Eradication of the dreaded disease one of the toughest challenges for mankind: Meira Kumar Taking up the cause of HIV/AidS victims, members of the Lok Sabha on Tuesday pledged to re-dedicate themselves to creating awareness of the disease and taking concrete steps to check and eventually eradicate it. On the occasion of World AidS Day, Speaker Meira Kumar sAid eradication...
More »Nod for Bill to give higher compensation for workers in case of injury or death by Gargi Parsai
Funeral Aid is proposed to be raised from Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 5,000 In case of death, compensation to go up from Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 1.2 lakh The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday unanimously approved, by voice vote, the Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2009, that seeks to give higher compensation to workers and their families in the event of injury or death. It empowers the Centre to enhance the compensation and funeral...
More »Lola Nayar Interviews Kanayo Nwanze
The President of International Fund for Agricultural Development stresses that access to funds for developing countries will help them make ethical decisions in the quest for food security. Just days before the UN Climate Change summit at Copenhagen, Kanayo Nwanze, President of IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), stresses that access to funds for developing countries will help them make ethical decisions in the quest for food security. Nwanze was...
More »UN reports promising trend in HIV infection rates, record numbers living with virus
The trend in new HIV infections around the world has slowed markedly over the past eight years, according to a United Nations report released today, which also notes that more people than ever before are living with the virus. The 2009 AidS Epidemic Update reported that new HIV infections have been slashed by 17 per cent globally and that some 33.4 million people are now living with HIV, while AidS-related...
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