Sexual Health

Reading Time: < 1 minute Biju Janta Dal’s women’s wing Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) party named Meera as Vice President recently making her the first transwoman…

Reading Time: < 1 minute That 11,977 girls in Busia got pregnant in 2018 is not what has shocked State officials but that 358 of them were…

Reading Time: < 1 minute EXPERTS have applauded a range of advances in sexual and reproductive health and rights in Australia – from an overall decline in…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The AIDS control society has witnessed a rise in the number of people who are coming forward for getting their HIV test…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Colleen Hadigan Thirty-three percent of young adults with HIV since birth or early childhood have hepatic steatosis, a prevalence comparable to older…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Context: Hyderabad-based pharma company Laurus Labs Limited has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Global Fund for…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Credit: Avector/iStoc / Getty Images Plus, Francesca Roh/Xtra Here’s the background Steve Spencer, 27, tested positive for HIV in December 2018, even…

Reading Time: < 1 minute In the first part of our interview with Analise* last week, we spoke to the mother-of-four about how she contracted HIV and…

Reading Time: < 1 minute And it is also clear that despite stringent transplant rules, no HIV-positive patient needs to die for want of an organ. HIV,…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The idea of eliminating infectious diseases from society dates to the 18th century, when Edward Jenner envisioned elimination of smallpox through widespread…