INDIA will start clinical trials this year of the anti-HIV drug, AZT, on pregnant women, despite high costs and doubts about its efficacy. The trials will be conducted in Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and

Thirty million HIV infected people in the world live in developing nations. With no cures in sight, all they can do is wait for death. And lack of proper health care facilities has only made matters worse

The world's 12,000 top researchers believe that HIV-infected mothers can protect their babies from the killer virus. Recent studies reveal that if the infected mother is administered the anti-HIV

In a monumental decision, the American government approves the world s first large scale testing of an AIDS vaccine

• The ministry of environment and forests has banned setting up of

an estimated 3.5 million people in India are infected with the acquired immune-deficiency syndrome ( aids), according to the World Health Organisation and the United Nations aids

The discovery of a 50 year old blood sample from Africa, which contains HIV, is throwing new light on the spread of AIDS

South Asia, the world's most populous region, may be the worst HIV/AIDS hit area by the next millennium. If concerted efforts are not taken in time, AIDS will soon be killing more people annually

Burma may have the world's highest rate of HIV infection and AIDS contracted from dirty needles, say medical experts. The government has reported registering only 60,000 drug addicts, with as few

Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa are at a critical turning point in their effort to address the problems of rapid population growth and poor reproductive health, says a study of Population