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Using popular culture to mainstream AIDS
A new anthology AIDS Sutra has 16 renowned literary figures writing about the AIDS epidemic in India and how different communities across the country are grappling with it.
Sumita Thapar has more.
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Dismal breastfeeding rates hampering infant health
Statistics
are staggeringly in favour of breastfeeding, and surprising as it may be, breastfeeding rates
in India are dismal. Krithika Ramalingam digs deeper into the factors at play.
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Niketa's choice
The Niketa and Harish Mehta case has thrown issues that concern individual choice, ethics, technology and the law.
In each instance, there are no clear guidelines, there is nothing that is black and white, writes
Kalpana Sharma.
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This monsoon, Assam takes on malaria
The heavy rains of the south-west monsoon are a few weeks away and
malaria usually follows, in Assam. The state has 20 per cent of
malaria deaths in India, but this time, doctors say they have
taken substantive measures. Ratna Bharali Talukdar
reports.
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Surviving a battle they fight everyday
In India's business capital, the NGO Sanmitra is helping HIV positive women re-enter the mainstream workforce, thereby ensuring them a life of independence and dignity. Sumita Thapar has more.
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Study: India sitting on tobacco epidemic
Within in the next two years, around 10 lakh people will die because of smoking in India
alone, says one of the most comprehensive studies on the habit in the country.
India is on the
threshold of an tobacco-unleashed epidemic, says Ramesh Menon.
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HIV: Looking beyond numbers
Debates on HIV estimates often take time away from the
real issues - those that can
only be shared by people infected and affected by
the infection. The issue that
is truly critical and demands everyone's attention
is that of the stigma and discrimination
associated with HIV/AIDS, writes Syed Mohammad Afsar, on World AIDS Day.
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Attitudes to sex need healthy injection of science
Why would the Government of India deny a job to an individual who carries
a mutation in the DNA? There
is prejudice in Indian society against
individual perceived as "sexual anomalies".
Vaijayanti Gupta initiates an educational discussion on the biology
of sex and
sexual orientations.
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Their secret status and a risky schooling
HIV-positive children are being thrown out of school in Uttar Pradesh by insensitive
teachers and parents alike. Many parents are afraid to let schools know that their
children are positive, and the state's machinery has failed to raise any
awareness, as a major study has shown. Puja Awasthi sounds the warning bells.
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Laureates meet: reminder to shackled Indian sciences
In July, 18 Nobel laureates met with over 500 young scientists from around the world in Germany.
India sent 22 researchers. The meeting threw up many questions pertaining to the practice of scientific
research in India. Varupi Jain has more.
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