Hiv Positive Kids

Forty-Five HIV positive children abandoned by their families have found a home in the "Shelter Trust" run by Solomon Raj, popularly referred to as "Appa" (father) by them.

"The idea behind Faith is to provide medical and emotional help to children with HIV. When people come to know about their illness, they are treated like untouchables. There are many such sad stories and I don't know how to tell them," says Smriti, who runs the NGO Faith in Jaipur to help HIV-positive children.

Charlie Sheen said he had known about the diagnosis for about four years and at first thought that he had a brain tumour. "It is a hard three letters to absorb," he said. He said he did not know how he contracted the disease. He also said that he paid people "into the millions" to stay quiet about the diagnosis. "That is money taken away from my ki...

13 HIV positive orphans have been repeatedly denied admission to schools in a Goa town because of strong objections from residents.

A deadlock between the parent teachers association (PTA) and management over granting of admission to 13 HIV-positive students has forced the school authorities to temporarily close down the educational institution.

Admissions of 26 HIV positive girls at a government primary school at Amboli village in the district has triggered protests by parents of other children. They have threatened to pull out their wards if the admissions are not cancelled.

In what is being alleged as a case of medical negligence, 23 thalassemic children have tested positive for HIV at the Junagadh civil hospital in Gujarat.

Even as World AIDS Day is being observed today with slogans reiterating commitment to mitigate the impact of HIV-AIDS, a question mark hangs over the future of thousands of affected and infected children. A global fund that supported one of the most comprehensive care and support programmes for some 64,000 children is going to stop in March. And th...

In a village in Latur in Maharashtra villagers have refused to allow their children to study with nine HIV + children.

Forty-Five HIV positive children abandoned by their families have found a home in the "Shelter Trust" run by Solomon Raj, popularly referred to as "Appa" (father) by them.

"The idea behind Faith is to provide medical and emotional help to children with HIV. When people come to know about their illness, they are treated like untouchables. There are many such sad stories and I don't know how to tell them," says Smriti, who runs the NGO Faith in Jaipur to help HIV-positive children.

Charlie Sheen said he had known about the diagnosis for about four years and at first thought that he had a brain tumour. "It is a hard three letters to absorb," he said. He said he did not know how he contracted the disease. He also said that he paid people "into the millions" to stay quiet about the diagnosis. "That is money taken away from my ki...

13 HIV positive orphans have been repeatedly denied admission to schools in a Goa town because of strong objections from residents.

A deadlock between the parent teachers association (PTA) and management over granting of admission to 13 HIV-positive students has forced the school authorities to temporarily close down the educational institution.

Admissions of 26 HIV positive girls at a government primary school at Amboli village in the district has triggered protests by parents of other children. They have threatened to pull out their wards if the admissions are not cancelled.

In what is being alleged as a case of medical negligence, 23 thalassemic children have tested positive for HIV at the Junagadh civil hospital in Gujarat.

Even as World AIDS Day is being observed today with slogans reiterating commitment to mitigate the impact of HIV-AIDS, a question mark hangs over the future of thousands of affected and infected children. A global fund that supported one of the most comprehensive care and support programmes for some 64,000 children is going to stop in March. And th...

In a village in Latur in Maharashtra villagers have refused to allow their children to study with nine HIV + children.