Activists, medical community to Obama: More funding needed to fight AIDS in rural South

November 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Monday urged young doctors in the country to come forward to serve people in rural areas. Speaking at the 37th annual convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, Patil said as a part of their social responsibilities and duty towards the nation, doctors should devote some years of their professional lives in villages by taking rural postings.

November 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - International funding agency, the Global Fund, has earmarked $2.4 billion to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria worldwide, including India. "It is the ninth time the Global Fund board approved new proposals to support programmes fighting the three diseases," an official statement said here Thursday.

November 12th, 2009 Funds announced for rural Iowa health servicesKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that 111 projects in 35 states, including two in Iowa, will receive funds to expand access to health care services in rural areas.

November 5th, 2009 more images more images more images more images Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding JOHANNESBURG — The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa. Medecins Sans Frontieres campaigners said at a news conference in South Africa that clinics funded by international donors in Uganda were being told not to take on new patients.

October 30th, 2009 Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIVWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.

October 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Music passes the message quick and well, and Karnataka intends to do just that by using state's popular folk art to spread awareness among the masses about HIV-AIDS and to wash the stigma attached to it. "People of the state have traditionally been inclined towards art and culture.

October 16th, 2009 GORAKHPUR - The Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, a voluntary organization, has started a massive AIDS and HIV awareness campaign in the Sardarganj and Campierganj areas of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh. The programme is aimed at residents who are unaware about HIV or AIDS, even as the disease spread in these parts is rampant.

October 15th, 2009 SAfrica to limit trans fats as heart disease risesJOHANNESBURG — South Africa's health department says it will draft regulations aimed at reducing the trans fats South Africans consume. Health officials said in a statement Thursday that they are concerned about a rise in lifestyle illnesses such as heart disease and strokes as some South Africans grow wealthier.

October 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - A group of sex workers from across Karnataka came together here Monday to inaugurate Ashodaya Academy, a regional centre on HIV and AIDS to be run by the sex workers themselves to fight the spread of the disease. The academy is located in Mysore, nearly 150 km from here, and is said to be the first of its kind in the entire Asia Pacific to be run by sex workers for prevention of HIV and AIDS.

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Some African countries like Kenya and Uganda are unable to sustain their HIV and AIDS prevention programmes due to the global economic recession and India should take lessons from that as it is home to the world's third largest HIV population after South Africa and Nigeria, says a UN official. "India has been doing a really great job.

September 30th, 2009 UN: 4 million on AIDS drugs, others still in needLONDON — About 4 million people are now getting AIDS drugs worldwide — a 10-fold jump in five years — but 5 million others are still in dire need of the medicine, U.N. health officials estimated in a report issued Wednesday.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As HIV infections among India's rural women show an increasing trend, the government is reaching out to them to reduce their vulnerability to AIDS, targeting 40 districts identified across nine states. "There is an increasing prevalence of HIV among women, especially rural women.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been honoured for her humanitarian efforts in fight against AIDS. The 41-year-old beauty was felicitated for her work for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a Midtown bash on Monday.

September 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Young drivers living in rural areas are more likely to be involved in serious crashes than those living in urban areas, according to a new study. The survey involving more than 20,000 young Oz drivers revealed that young rural drivers are at a far greater risk of single-vehicle crashes, which are more likely to result in serious injury than other crash types.

September 7th, 2009 South Africa launches child vaccination campaignJOHANNESBURG — The doctor praised for re-energizing South Africa's Health Ministry launched a major campaign Monday to get vaccinations and immunity-boosting vitamins to 3 million children across the country over the next two weeks. Temporary clinics were set up and health workers were going door-to-door for two weeks starting Monday in the campaign aimed at reducing deaths from diarrhea, pneumonia and measles.