Mysore/Mysuru: Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao said that the Government is making efforts to make Karnataka AIDS and HIV Positive free by 2030. He was speaking after inaugurating World AIDS Day-2025 organised jointly by the Health and Family Welfare Department and Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society at MMC&RI Platinum Jubilee Hall in J.K. Grounds here this…
World Aids Day on Dec. 1: End AIDS by 2030
November 30, 2025Are we marching in the right direction? Where’s the last mile? By Dr. S.N. Mothi, Chairman & Founder Trustee, Asha Kirana Charitable Trust Hospital & Research Centre, Mysuru World Aids Day 2025 Theme: ‘Moving Beyond’ Every year on 1st December, the world pauses to observe World AIDS Day — a moment to reflect on progress,…
5K Run creates awareness on AIDS among youths
September 8, 2025Mysuru: Students of various colleges in Mysuru took part in the 5K Run organised by District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit as part of AIDS Awareness Month programme in city recently. The Run, which was flagged off by Reproductive and Child Health Officer (RCHO) Dr. Mohammed Siraz Ahmed at the Government First Grade College for…
‘We can end AIDS if we end inequalities’
December 1, 2022By Dr. S.N. Mothi, Chairman and Founder Trustee, Asha Kirana Charitable Trust Hospital & Research Centre, Mysuru Today (December 1) is World AIDS Day and it is a globally commemorated healthcare event observed every year since 1988. On this day, various awareness campaigns and activities that promote the disease awareness are conducted by several organisations…
AIDS: Mysuru district stands 16 in the State with 521 infected persons in 2020-21
December 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Despite launching awareness drives on AIDS and its consequences among the public, Mysuru district stands in the 16th position in the number of infections, said District AIDS Control Officer Dr. Mohammed Shiraj Ahmed to SOM. The theme of World AIDS Day 2021 is ‘End inequalities. End AIDS.’ With a special focus on reaching people…
World AIDS Day observed
December 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation of public is vital for those who have contracted AIDS to avail timely treatment and the public should not look at them in a different way, opined Senior Civil Judge and District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Member-Secretary Devaraj Bhoote. He was speaking after inaugurating World AIDS Day, organised by the District Administration, Zilla…
40 years of progress: Time to end HIV epidemic
June 5, 2021Reflect, Re-commit, Re-energise, Re-engage Today, June 5, 2021 happens to be the 40th year of the first diagnosed HIV case in entire world. On this day, we want the world to look back into the epidemic, to reflect, re-commit, re-energise and re-engage, says Dr. S.N. Mothi, Chairman & Founder Trustee, Asha Kirana Charitable Trust Hospital,…
Two-day conference on HIV/AIDS begins
February 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: ‘HIVe Mysuru-2020, a two-day conference on HIV/AIDS update, began at Hotel Rio Meridian on New Sayyaji Rao Road in city this morning. The conference is hosted by the city-based Asha Kirana Hospital and co-ordinated by Karnataka AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS) and AIDS Society of India (ASI).This is the seventh annual conference aimed at discussing…
An interview with Dr. Jyoti Dhar, HIV Physician: “I don’t see any difference between Diabetes and AIDS”
March 26, 2018By Sujata Rajpal Dr. Jyoti Dhar, an HIV Physician and GUM (Genitourinary Medicine) Consultant for over 24 years at Leicester, UK, was in Mysuru recently to deliver Dr. Suniti Solomon Lecture on AIDS in Women at HIVeMysore – ART Update 2018, an international conference on HIV organised by Asha Kirana Hospital. Dr. Dhar is a…
My HIV status revealed to me the true meaning of life
December 11, 2017To mark the 20th anniversary of Asha Kirana Charitable Trust which has been providing counselling services, care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS since 1997, here we publish a special write-up by Sujata Rajpal on one of the AIDS patients of Asha Kirana Charitable Hospital in Mysuru, to show how people can lead a…















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