Columnist: SHOBHA SHUKLA

Long-awaited goal of ensuring every child is born HIV-free

Aug 1, 2022 | Feature Article

Science has gifted us tools and evidence-based approaches to ensure that there is minimal risk of transmission of HI ...

Nothing about us, without us: Indigenous peoples lead from the front to #endAIDS

Jul 29, 2022 | Feature Article

Indigenous peoples are among those in Canada where disproportionately high numbers of new HIV infections occur. Indi ...

Latest UNAIDS data paint a grim picture of the HIV epidemic

Jul 28, 2022 | Feature Article

A new report, ldquo;In Danger rdquo;, launched by UNAIDS just ahead of the 24th International AIDS Conference (AIDS ...

How will children living with HIV grow up normally when HIV-stigma still lurks?

Jul 25, 2022 | Feature Article

Although over four decades have passed since the first case of HIV got diagnosed globally, and commendable progress ...

Gender-affirming care: Thailand's transgender people lead by example

Jul 24, 2022 | Feature Article

According to the article published in The Lancet last year, ldquo;transgender-specific data could benefit efforts i ...

AIDS 2022: Children and young people turning adversities into stepping stones

Jul 23, 2022 | Feature Article

In the lead up to this year rsquo;s 24th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022), which is being held in Montreal, ...

HIV care is essential and lifesaving, but not enough for living normal lives

Jul 22, 2022 | Feature Article

Lifesaving antiretroviral therapy, as well as the full range of HIV care and support services are indeed essential b ...

Pandemic treaty talks resume amidst lurking corporate pressure

Jul 20, 2022 | Feature Article

Unless profiteering from illness stops, corporations which are becoming richer even during disasters and pandemics, ...

New global plan launched to #endTB in next 101 months

Jul 12, 2022 | Feature Article

Despite the promise by all countries to end TB by 2030 (and India to end TB by 2025), decline in TB rates, deaths, a ...

During the lockdown, community led from the front in ensuring HIV treatment reac...

Jun 20, 2022 | Feature Article

HIV treatment and care could continue during COVID-19, thanks to intense community participation, said Daxa Patel, ...

Far from the promise of endgame, tobacco epidemic continues...

May 20, 2022 | Feature Article

Tobacco industry-propelled epidemic of tobacco-caused diseases and untimely deaths continue to plague human developm ...

Game-changing HIV research offers hope for people with HIV and to end AIDS

Feb 25, 2022 | Feature Article

Remarkable progress has been made in prevention and treatment of HIV infections since the first AIDS case was diagno ...

A bouquet of novel compounds: New treatment options for HIV

Aug 1, 2021 | Feature Article

It was 40 years ago when the first case of HIV infection was diagnosed. Since then, 77.5 million people have been in ...

One size does not fit all: Expanding the buffet of choices for preventing HIV

Jul 26, 2021 | Feature Article

Great strides have been made in HIV prevention, treatment and care, since the first case of the viral infection was ...

Tale of two pandemics: Follow the science and do not forget one at the cost of t...

Jul 20, 2021 | Feature Article

Covid-19 has posed innumerable health, economic, and social challenges for all, including people living with HIV. It ...

Governments must adopt a strong political declaration that the global crisis man...

Jul 9, 2021 | Feature Article

Because if they do not, then we are doomed to fail to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 (f ...

About Author
Shobha Shukla is the founding Managing Editor of CNS (Citizen News Service) and is a feminist, health and development justice advocate. She is a former senior Physics faculty of Loreto Convent College and current Coordinator of Asia Pacific Media Network to end TB & tobacco and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media).