ELOPING INTO AIDS: LOVERS IN MANIPUR RISK HIV TO BE WITH EACH OTHER
Manipur, India (2010 Features): Manipur, home to 29,602
persons living with HIV, is among the states with high HIV prevalence rates in
India. One of the most common forms of marriage among the Meitei Hindus, the
dominant population in the state, is marriage through elopement. In the
primarily traditional societies of Manipur, even basic education on sexual and
reproductive health is still lagging for young people, making them vulnerable to
HIV and AIDS. ...More»
NGOS WORRY AS INDIA SHUNS ITS HIV+ CHILDREN
The Indian government says nearly 7,000 of an estimated
90,000 children with HIV and AIDS are on state-funded antiretroviral treatment.
But numbers are just one part of the story. When it comes to the delicate issue
of counselling for children the government seems to have abdicated its
responsibilities and left it all up to NGOs that are sorely stretched to begin
with. Money is a problem too – the Clinton Foundation gives some, but NGOs are
unhappy about this dependency....More»
UGANDA MULLS THE SEXUAL NEEDS OF THOSE BORN WITH HIV
After notching up significant successes with checking the spread of HIV and AIDS, Uganda has been left pondering a problem spawned by its success. Many children who were born with HIV have survived into adulthood, thanks to better and accessible treatment. But they in turn want to raise families, preferring partners who are HIV-negative....More»
