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Technical Support Facilities: Helping to build an efficient and sustainable AIDS response

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UNAIDS, 2011 In 2005 UNAIDS created the first of five Technical Support Facilities (TSFs), in Southern Africa, to strengthen countries’ capacities to fund, plan, manage and coordinate b ...

Last updated on November 12 2011 at 22:45

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Shobha Shukla

According to a recent UNDP report India has 30.5 million men-who-sex-with-men (MSM), and over a million Hijras, or transgenders. The national HIV prevalence amongst MSM is estimated at 7 ...

Last updated on June 24 2011 at 11:01

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Bobby Ramakant

Currently, a number of developing nations are negotiating many economic agreements with other countries or blocks of countries. Another alarming fact is that there is marked reluctance t ...

Last updated on June 14 2011 at 11:38


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Latest news South Asia

India: HIV Stigma Index Project Rolled Out

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Much of what we know about the stigma attached to HIV, and resulting discrimination, is anecdotal or fragmented, and does not include the perspectives of people living with HIV. In order ...

Last updated on February 19 2011 at 12:06

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Washington: AIDS can pose a serious threat to the economic and social development of South Asian countries including India, which has chunk of regions HIV infected population, the World ...

Last updated on February 19 2011 at 10:35


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Upcoming events South Asia

12th International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infection (IUSTI) World Congress

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The theme of the congress is "Promoting Sexual Health - Basic Science to Best Practices". Topics include: STI public health interventions of the 21st Century Biological driver of HIV - ...

Last updated on October 31 2011 at 19:52


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