Men happy to take contraception
...The team is now doing a follow-up study looking at migrant men born in southeast Asia and the Indian sub-continent. "We suspect they would have a much lower interest in the male pill or vasectomies," postulated Dr Weston. Those results should be published before the end of the year. But women shouldn't thro...SARS impact could be devastating
...nments also needed to rethink the way they handled migrant workers to prevent them from succumbing to the disease and accelerating its spread....Railway Station Contributes to Create Awareness on AIDS
...r families as an effort in this direction. But the migrant labour working in the granite industry is responsible for the spread and transmission of HIV in the district," Pasha a vendor on the station said: "I come across a lot of people who have sexually transmitted diseases, and I refer them to akka (sist...Orissa found to be worst affected by the killer disease, AIDS
...and Cuttack) for commercial sex workers, truckers, migrant labourers, fisher folk community, jail inmates and slum women labour force. It has been proposed to initiate another 26 targeted intervention projects in 23 districts during the year. National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has approved 15 new ta...Chinese Hospital urged to cater to the poor
...are to the less well-off: farmers, the unemployed, migrant workers, the elderly and children. "The patients in financial difficulties or in critical condition must be treated first instead of being charged first," Gao said. He said that luxury beds at public hospitals should account for no more than 10...Young People Not to Be Neglected In AIDS War
...intravenous drug users, commercial sex workers and migrant workers represent a significant challenge, according to Prasada Rao, Regional Director, UN Aids Asia Pacific. He further stated that ensuring success of the universal AIDS program would not be possible without expansion of AIDS treatment and preven...“Corridors Project” To Concentrate On HIV Prevention Programmes In Inda
...provide HIV prevention programmes and services for migrant women sex workers and high-risk men along the corr...southern Maharashtra are a primary destination for migrant sex workers from rural Karnataka. So a major focus of this project will be the commercial sexual net...Fear of the Avian Flu Props up In Shanghai
In Shanghai, a 29-year-old migrant woman died of a suspected bird flu infection. After this incident the city is stepping up inspections//, surveillance of poultry shipments from out of town. The city has requested the Ministry of Health to send experts for a final diagnosis of the ...Poor Housing May lead to Poor Health
...an serve as a starting point in changing policy on migrant worker housing and educating farmworker families how to mitigate the detrimental effects of poor housing quality." Previous research on housing quality in general has found that it is an important determinant of health. Crowding and inadequate sani...Hispanic Farmworkers Need More Information on Skin Disease
... poverty." An estimated 4.2 million seasonal and migrant farmworkers and their families live in the United States. Most farmworkers are Hispanic, with a majority being from Mexico. Due to language barriers – 44 percent indicate they speak no English – they have limited access to health education or safety ...Bihar Politicians To Initiate AIDS Awareness Drive
...he disease in India. The presence of hundreds of migrant workers and an open border with Nepal are some of the factors that contribute to the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in Bihar, said an official. ‘There are 8,128 identified cases of HIV and 1,070 known cases of AIDS till March this year and 70 persons, in...India On Par with South Africa in AIDS Count
...sk groups’ such as sex-workers ,truck-drivers and migrant laborers rather than a problem that is relevant to everybody, irrespective of their socioeconomic levels. ...Immunisation Drive After Case With Polio Symptoms
...nisation' drive here after reports of a 5-year-old migrant boy suffering from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), one of the symptoms of polio. // The symptoms were detected in Vishal Sharma in Gopalganj district of Bihar but the ring immunisation mop-up was launched in Model Town area as the child had stayed i...China Confirms 19th Case Of Human Case Of Bird Flu
...tical state.// The patient, surnamed Jiang, is a migrant worker in Shenzhen City showed symptoms of fever and pneumonia on June 3 and has been hospitalised. He is now in critical condition, the Health Ministry said in a report. Medical tests have found Jiang had been to a local market, where live poultry ...Bihar Legislators Join Hands to Fight Against AIDS
...he official added that the presence of hundreds of migrant labourers and an open border with Nepal are some of the factors that contributed to the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in Bihar. However, unconfirmed sources say that HIV positive cases in the state are not fewer than 40,000 and over 100 people have died...Ostracized AIDS Patient Commits Suicide in Bihar
...he official added that the presence of hundreds of migrant labourers and an open border with Nepal were some of the factors that contributed to the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in Bihar. The unofficial figures are much higher with some saying that there are over 40,000 HIV positive cases and over 100 people ha...Research Documents Children’s Exposure to Pesticide
...Commission estimated in 2004 that more than 21,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers were employed in these co...ing peak harvest, accounting for 25 percent of the migrant and seasonal workers in the state. As part of the study, mothers were interviewed to learn more ab...HIV/AIDS on Rise in Jammu and Kashmir
..., the statistics are changing. Concentrations of migrant labourers, truck drivers, security personnel and the influx of tourists invariably pose a serious threat. Unofficial sources and independent studies claim the state has nearly 25,000 cases of HIV infection. Unorganised commercial sex, the difficult...India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas
... the National Aids Control Organisation, said that migrant workers and truck drivers have been identified as the core group, which take the infection to rural areas. She explained that the programme would train local leaders to help women with Aids, who generally suffer from a great deal of discrimination an......ost NGOs have focused their HIV prevention work on migrant men rather than on the one million sex workers, who are considered an extremely vulnerable group for HIV transmission. Moreover, South Asia's most severe epidemic is in parts of India, particularly in a cluster of southern and western States, inclu...