Hiv-free

Geeta, 24, is seven months pregnant and is grossly underweight. She and her husband are HIV positive. Her husband believes he got infected through blood transfusions during a surgery. “I want my child to be HIV negative like my first child,” she says. It is estimated that 6,500 children are born every year with HIV in India. One-third of them ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has called for more public support in caring for HIV patients, and move towards an HIV-free society.

In a discovery that raises hope for a cure for AIDS, two Australian men have been found to be HIV-free after receiving stem cells to treat cancer. The two patients' virus levels became undetectable after bone-marrow therapy with stem cells.

Geeta, 24, is seven months pregnant and is grossly underweight. She and her husband are HIV positive. Her husband believes he got infected through blood transfusions during a surgery. “I want my child to be HIV negative like my first child,” she says. It is estimated that 6,500 children are born every year with HIV in India. One-third of them ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has called for more public support in caring for HIV patients, and move towards an HIV-free society.

In a discovery that raises hope for a cure for AIDS, two Australian men have been found to be HIV-free after receiving stem cells to treat cancer. The two patients' virus levels became undetectable after bone-marrow therapy with stem cells.