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Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers

...ying cheap AIDS drugs for its people. Though AIDS activists have welcomed the move they say other companies must take the cue from cipla and follow suit....

George Bush pledges 200 million dollars for AIDS relief

...joined the President on the occasion. However AIDS activists have brushed aside the payment as woefully inadequate and asked for more. Details on the fund's operation are yet to crystallize. The UN General Assembly is due to hold a special session to discuss the global AIDS scenario and the corrective measures...

South Africa Wins landmark case against pharmaceutical giants

... beaten off by the court. Health experts and AIDS activists say that this would lower the cost of medicines to ordinary South Africans suffering from the disease but the expensive anti retroviral drugs are still way above the reach of an average South African. South Africa has nearly five million people or m...

Encephalitis Death Toll In U.P. Crosses 200 Mark.

...able in the dozen odd affected districts. Social activists in Gorakhpur - the epicentre of the disease - had demanded the removal of pigs from residential areas. "Yes, we had decided to launch a drive against the proliferation of pigs in residential areas; but then local legislators have come in the way to...

Ruling: HIV victim exempted from disclosing condition to partner

...it was not required by law. The New Zealand AIDS activists have welcomed the decision and said common sense had prevailed, emphasizing the use of condoms as the best strategy for avoiding the HIV virus. According to the New Zealand Aids Foundation, the best strategy for avoiding HIV during anal or vaginal in...

‘India China Bhai Bhai’ on health Issus

...ry at village level and Anganwadi Worker. "These activists will help and guide women to assess the health facilities for antenatal care, institutional delivery, post-natal care and counseling on nutrition and family planning services," he said. The new rural health workers would also help out in building lat...

Parents' Permission Required For Tattooing

...it impractical, while they were welcomed by health activists and experts. Scotland alone has over 200 skin piercing businesses and tattoo parlors. Andy Kerr, the Health Minister of the country justified the new rules on the grounds of ensuring better hygiene. The country’s tattooing industry is reported to ...

Condom Vending Machines Provoke Protests

...ion of condom vending machines in the state. Women activists belonging to the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), //took to the streets 12 December 2005 to oppose the State Government's plans to install 500 condom vending machines in public places in Chennai and 1,500 acros...

Food labels to include information on trans fats in US

...products they sell that contain trans fats. Food activists are calling for labeling in restaurants. Restaurants have also jumped on the no-trans wagon. Panera Bread is switching from partially hydrogenated oil in its baked goods to butter and palm oil. Food advocate groups are pushing for more regulation. ...

Women call for health right to rural women

Indian Policy makers and women rights activists have stressed the need for more concrete steps to improve women's access to quality // healthcare services in the country. In a unique initiative, the Women’s Health Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP), a South Asian forum, brought the grassroots ...

US Reportedly Experimenting on Nepali Soldiers

...emiologists at Yale's School of Medicine and other activists have raised the issue afresh, expressing the fear that the trial might have been unethical. "The poorest of the poor were used as subjects," a Yale project staff said on condition of anonymity. "There's no plan for getting the vaccine to the (Nepa...

Gigantic Effort: Smoking To Be Banned in British Telecom’s Offices and Van

...in other industries in Britain. The anti-smoking activists have seconded this announcement, which will surely set a precedent. Now this means that a BT logo on the premises or on any of the vehicles, indicates that smoking is not allowed inside- BT’s100, 000 employees world over will be subject to this ban. ...

Female Ratio Drops Alarmingly In Himachal Due To Feticides

...ought to the demography of the state. "Our women activists will stage protests outside clinics and health centres carrying out sex determination tests and abortions," said HGVS chief Kuldeep Singh Tanwar. "In the next one year we will educate village councils, health officials and the general public to ste...

Tuberculosis Is Still A Major Health Threat In Africa

...tments, testing and vaccines. But according to WHO activists who hope to try and eradicate TB, as it is trying to do with polio. But first the world has to maintain and expand its resources against a disease that can be treated but far from being effectively contained. ...

Gay Marriages May See The Light Of Day

...n to such marriages across the country. Gay rights activists have expressed positivism over the decline in opposition to same-sex marriages, while also expressing that the acceptance levels would only spread, despite Massachusetts' highest court order prohibiting inter-state homosexual marriages. Presently, ...

AIDS Organization Invited To UN Special Session By S.A

...responded to the invitation. Meanwhile the AIDS activists are showing anger and resentment on Jacob Zuma, a ...enough to prevent transmission of the virus. AIDS activists are furious at the impact the rape trial will have on campaigns to promote safe sex in South Africa....

Medha Patkar's Condition Deteriorates Further

..., but has been fasting for the last 19 days. The activists of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) had started their ...announced raising the height of the dam, which the activists claim will affect over 35,000 families. --Edited IANS...

Professional Footballer's Case Worries AIDS Activists

...rial has attracted a lot of attention and HIV/AIDS activists are worried that it will mean negative publicity for those living with the disease.// Glenn Betteridge of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network said that painting all AIDS sufferers, as criminals would only serve to increase a false sense of security...

Indian American Doctor Wants Healthcare Reforms

...ors. Then, doctors, private hospitals and consumer activists have to come together to present a persuasive argument for liability reform," he said. "Physicians have not done an adequate job of building bridges with consumer groups. We need to do a better job of addressing the problems of the uninsured, and p...

Indian American Doctor Wants Healthcare Reforms

...ors. Then, doctors, private hospitals and consumer activists have to come together to present a persuasive argument for liability reform," he said. "Physicians have not done an adequate job of building bridges with consumer groups. We need to do a better job of addressing the problems of the uninsured, and p...

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