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Data sharing!
Dear KM unit and KHPTians,Happy new year.can anyone tell me that are all the IBBA studies, ICVI studies data done by KHPT in karnataka are available online?Or do you share it, softcopies preferably.if yes, please, where do we access them from.and if no, come one start sharing!!!!any leads will be sinfully helpful. its urget will be an understatement!!!!thanksregards.See More
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Dear KM unit and KHPTians,Happy new year.can anyone tell me that are all the IBBA studies, ICVI studies data done by KHPT in karnataka are available online?Or do you share it, softcopies…Continue
Started by nishant thakur Jan 3, 2011.
Whether CBO formation is right approach for HIV/AIDS prevention? 7 Replies
Hi,I always have doubt that whether CBO formation is right approach for HIV/AIDS prevention. Though no doubt it helps in community empowerment and bring them together. But whether this is an…Continue
Started by Rajnish Ranjan Prasad. Last reply by yogesh Oct 14, 2010.
is this the solution?
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Now-a-female-condom-with-teeth/Article1-560996.aspx
Started by nishant thakur Jun 26, 2010.
N.Ram in conversation with Melinda Gates
http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/29/stories/2010032959370100.htm…Continue
Tags: Gates, Foundation, Deaths, Child, Maternal
Started by Priya Pillai Mar 29, 2010.
Sharing interesting knowledge finds! 8 Replies
Forum is basically designed to facilitate discussion, nevertheless I think it's worthwhile to also share interesting knowledge bits that we find!…Continue
Started by Priya Pillai. Last reply by Dr. E. Mohamed Rafique Mar 28, 2010.
Making headway in HIV/AIDS control and Rights of the Affected 1 Reply
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article58349.ece…Continue
Started by Priya Pillai. Last reply by Shalini Bhattacharya Dec 22, 2009.
skeletons, where do they go?
Training has been instrumental in making things happen. notwithstanding the fact that it is useful for any organisation today but what baffels me is how effective it is. especially when we try to…Continue
Started by nishant thakur Sep 20, 2009.
they smile those smiles. 4 Replies
often these days my friends have been asking me why the hell do i need to work with and on MSM issues. perfectly hetronormative world view that is. but what they ask is why MSM at the first place and…Continue
Started by nishant thakur. Last reply by nishant thakur Sep 16, 2009.
Technology as a tool to fight epidemics. 7 Replies
Do people think technology is capable of halting the HIV epidemic?
Tags: HIV/AIDS, technology
Started by Shalini Bhattacharya. Last reply by nishant thakur Sep 15, 2009.
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Gag the Virus
New insights into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection process, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), may now be possible through a research method recently developed in part at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have glimpsed an important protein molecule's behavior with unprecedented clarity. For more information please visit… Continue
Posted by Shalini Bhattacharya on October 26, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment
Social Protection for Children in the African Region
In an effort to forge greater commitment for child sensitive social protection policies, 40 parliamentarians from ten countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are gathering for a three day meeting in Windhoek, Namibia. For more information visit http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/205559.php
Posted by Shalini Bhattacharya on October 26, 2010 at 3:22pm
Marijuana for HIV- Medically.
Marijuana appears to occupy fourth place in worldwide popularity among the mind-affecting drugs–– preceded only by caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol. Marijuana is the popular name for a plant, Cannabis Sativa, also known as hemp. Marijuana is also the common name of the drug prepared by drying the leaves and flowering tops of the plant. The first known reference to marijuana in India is…
ContinuePosted by nishant thakur on August 31, 2010 at 9:43am — 1 Comment
Tweak Condom negotiation: Talk below the belt
Indian health seeking behaviour is tilted towards being curative rather than preventive. Speaking of HIV prevention, the only preventive medicine available is a humble condom. That too it not preferred to be used for myriad reasons. For our target group namely FSW and MSM, condom negotiation skills have to be made more field based, not what our normative imagination…
ContinuePosted by nishant thakur on August 14, 2010 at 12:44pm
Stepping stone: sau baat ki ek baat
Pace. Magnitude. Milestone. Data. They unify and rape creativity at the field level. Paralyze imagination. Hijack confidence. Those who decide pace, magnitude, milestone data are devils who wear Fab India. Those who make pace happen, create data, feel the magnitude, do the milestones are rendered bland. It is like the bourgeois donors and policy makers encourage the…
ContinuePosted by nishant thakur on July 27, 2010 at 4:25pm
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