Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Bagadi Gautham has directed the district officials to make sure all HIV infected patients are provided treatment across district at Government facilities. He was speaking at the district-level coordination committee meeting for effective implementation of schemes and benefits provided by the Government for the HIV infected people at his office…
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…
World AIDS Day-2019 on Dec.1: Communities make the difference to end HIV epidemic
December 2, 2019The total number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in India is estimated at 21.40 lakh (15.90 lakh – 28.39 lakh) in 2017. The adult HIV prevalence at National-level has continued its steady decline from an estimated peak of 0.38% in 2001-03 through 0.34% in 2007, 0.28% in 2012 and 0.26% in 2015 to 0.22%…
By 2020, 90% of people living with HIV will know their status
December 1, 2018Karnataka has 3rd highest number of HIV cases in India By Dr. S.N. Mothi, Chairman and Founder Trustee, Asha Kirana Hospital, Mysuru This year’s theme for World AIDS Day, which will be marking its 30th anniversary today (Dec.1) is “Know Your Status.” Significant progress has been made in the AIDS response since 1988 and today…
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…
Interview with Dr. Indira Brar and Dr. Norman Markowitz of US HIV is not the end of life…
March 20, 2017Dr. Indira Brar, MD and Dr. Norman Markowitz, Managing Director, Infectious Disease Specialists at Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, US, were in Mysuru recently to participate in the HIVe Mysore-ART Update-2017 conference by Asha Kirana Charitable Hospital. Held at SDM-IMD, this was the fourth year that the HIVe international conference was organised by Asha Kirana….
HIV patient needs compassion and not just treatment
February 26, 2017A two-day Conference Ceremony of HIVe aMysuru ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) Update 2017 was inaugurated at SDM-IMD auditorium in Mysuru yesterday. The Conference is being organised by Asha Kirana Trust, which is working for the cause of HIV/AIDS patients and people living with AIDS since decades. In this article, Sujata Rajpal traces the roots of Asha…
Conference on HIV/AIDS update 2017 begins
February 25, 2017The two-day HIVE Mysuru ART Update 2017 was inaugurated at SDMIMD auditorium at the campus on Chamundi Hill Road here this morning. The conference ceremony will continue with seminars being held on different aspects of HIV/AIDS epidemic under the auspices of Asha Kirana Trust which is working for the cause of people living with AIDS…
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