Tackling AIDS & The Way Forward

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"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance"

- Elizabeth Taylor

National Seminar on Community Development, Social Work and HIV/AIDS

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Indira Gandhi national Open University (IGNOU) and the National Association of Professional
Social Workers (NAPSWI) of India have been annually organizing a National seminar on HIV/
AIDS in collaboration with different institutions in several cities of India since 2004. This is
the ninth annual national seminar and the collaborator for this seminar is the Department of
Social Work, Visva‐Bharati.

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was established by an Act of Parliament in
1985. Today it serves the educational aspirations of about four million students in India and
abroad through 21 schools of studies, 12 chairs, and an elaborate network of 60 regional
centres, over  45,000 academic counsellors, about  3500 study centres, and 52 overseas
centres. IGNOU made history by establishing the first school of social work in ODL system in
2007 which is perhaps the largest school of social work with student strength of over
30,000.

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research

WHAT IS HIV?

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It is the virus that causes AIDS. A member of a group of viruses called retroviruses, HIV infects human cells and uses the energy and nutrients provided by those cells to grow and reproduce.

WHAT IS AIDS?

AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is a disease in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off infections, known as "opportunistic infections," and other illnesses that take advantage of a weakened immune system.

TeachAIDS English Indian Version

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Make HIV test a must before marriage

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Women's Commission has urged the state government to make HIV tests mandatory for wannabe couples. The panel says it finds alarming the predicament of women who become AIDS victims because of their husbands and such a test would act as an effective preventive measure. 

"Many women, mostly poor, come to us complaining that they've been infected by their partners. After hearing their difficulties, we decided to conduct a study to go into the problem," Justice D Sreedevi, commission chairperson said. 

The study revealed that the number of men getting married keeping their infection a secret has only increased. Women who get infected have to go through an ordeal and at least 70% of them are sacked by their employers. Most of these women earn Rs 1,000 or less. 

"Given these problems, we felt the best possible solution would be to make HIV test mandatory before marriage. The government should make a law to ensure this," Justice Sreedevi said.

HIV+ student denied hostel

MADURAI: Authorities of a college near Dindigul town in southern Tamil Nadu have denied hostel accommodation to an HIV positive student after they learnt about his health condition. Staff at the Amman College of Arts and Science asked P Manikandan, 22, a second-year student of BSc computer science, to vacate his room as he fell ill often. 

The Dindigul administration, instead of advising the college to accommodate the youth in the hostel, has agreed to take care of his accommodation expenses outside. Collector M Vallalar told TOI that activists brought the issue to him and he had made enquiries. "The college administration told me that the student was frequently ill with fever and diarrhoea and as the boys were staying in a dormitory, others were also affected." So, the college decided to ask Manikandan to live outside the campus