Wednesday, July 26, 2006
In Bangkok conference
15thInternational AIDS Conference
Bangkok, Thailand - July 11-16, 2004
Living well with HIV/AIDS at home in resource poor settings of Amritsar.
Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. B10002)Bharti R, Bharti PBDC Research Ceter,AAG, Amritsar, India
ISSUES: HIV already has 4.6 m victims (Officially) in India and everyone in authority or otherwise knows that managing these victims and their problems by government efforts alone is like trying to reach moon on foot. Despite the increasing numbers the basic issues remain to be solved. The issues are-are these numbers correct, how to get correct data, how these victims can be looked after best with minimum efforts on govt part.
DESCRIPTION: Bharti Derma Care Research Center is an extension of a well-known registered NGO, AIDS Awareness Group (AAG), Amritsar and is providing care to more then 190 HIV patients and their families for last more than two years. This is a study based on authors experience with these HIV patients. Lessons learnt: Although official figures for Amritsar is +1200 HIV cases as on date yet none of the 190 patients seen by the author are on record anywhere. Males were three times the females (3:1), 71% youth and bread earners.73.52% Sikhs 72% from the poor strata (monthly income<40$) href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202602.html">AZT/D4T+3TC+NVP. Costing about 1$ per day, 20% had to switch over to cheaper drugs or stop treatment for economic reasons. While the developed are talking about drug resistance we the developing cannot even afford Cd4 tests (20$) at regular intervals of 3 months even.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Involve Private practitioners, give them incentives, and gather data from testing laboratories and pharmacies selling ARV. Encourage people to seek help from PPs also provided??? The home care settings with cushions of joint families is the best answer, provided a good counseling & continuous counseling of whole family is done
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, HIV Seropositivity, HIV Infections, Poverty, Health Resources, Zidovudine, Stavudine, Viral Load, Lamivudine, Housing, Anti-HIV Agents, HIV-1, India, Humans, Female, Male, economics, organization & administration Download PDF of this abstract.-->
040711 B10002
Copyright © 2004 - International AIDS Society (IAS). Reproduction of this abstract (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the IAS.
Bangkok, Thailand - July 11-16, 2004
Living well with HIV/AIDS at home in resource poor settings of Amritsar.
Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. B10002)Bharti R, Bharti PBDC Research Ceter,AAG, Amritsar, India
ISSUES: HIV already has 4.6 m victims (Officially) in India and everyone in authority or otherwise knows that managing these victims and their problems by government efforts alone is like trying to reach moon on foot. Despite the increasing numbers the basic issues remain to be solved. The issues are-are these numbers correct, how to get correct data, how these victims can be looked after best with minimum efforts on govt part.
DESCRIPTION: Bharti Derma Care Research Center is an extension of a well-known registered NGO, AIDS Awareness Group (AAG), Amritsar and is providing care to more then 190 HIV patients and their families for last more than two years. This is a study based on authors experience with these HIV patients. Lessons learnt: Although official figures for Amritsar is +1200 HIV cases as on date yet none of the 190 patients seen by the author are on record anywhere. Males were three times the females (3:1), 71% youth and bread earners.73.52% Sikhs 72% from the poor strata (monthly income<40$) href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202602.html">AZT/D4T+3TC+NVP. Costing about 1$ per day, 20% had to switch over to cheaper drugs or stop treatment for economic reasons. While the developed are talking about drug resistance we the developing cannot even afford Cd4 tests (20$) at regular intervals of 3 months even.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Involve Private practitioners, give them incentives, and gather data from testing laboratories and pharmacies selling ARV. Encourage people to seek help from PPs also provided??? The home care settings with cushions of joint families is the best answer, provided a good counseling & continuous counseling of whole family is done
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, HIV Seropositivity, HIV Infections, Poverty, Health Resources, Zidovudine, Stavudine, Viral Load, Lamivudine, Housing, Anti-HIV Agents, HIV-1, India, Humans, Female, Male, economics, organization & administration Download PDF of this abstract.-->
040711 B10002
Copyright © 2004 - International AIDS Society (IAS). Reproduction of this abstract (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the IAS.
some of our group's research papers
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10th International AIDS Conference
Yokohama, Japan — Aug 7-12, 1994
Unaware rural collegiates are more helpful.
Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:345 (abstract no. PD0560) Bharti R, Singh HP, Saini R, Singh GS;
OBJECTIVE: To develop a dialogue with college and Uni. Students of Amritsar (Punjab, India) and evaluate their awareness & helpfulness to spread the work of knowledge about AIDS.
METHODS: AIDS AWARENESS GROUP (A.A.G.), Amritsar, with the help of some other NGO'S, arranged lectures by experts in various colleges (rural & urban) and various deptts. Of the local Guru Nanak Dev University.
RESULTS: Whereas the students of the university and urban colleges were more aware, the rural area students did not know much about AIDS. The unaware rural collegiates were more desirous of becoming our message spreaders after acquiring the knowledge. DISCUSSION &
CONCLUSIONS: As majority of Amritsar's HIV patients today are ruralites, we, the AAG members, believe that more stress for education & utilisation of rural collegiates, is the need of the hour.
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Students, HIV Infections, Universities, Schools, India, Human, ICA10 940807 PD0560
Copyright © 1994 - International AIDS Society (IAS). Reproduction of this abstract (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the IAS.
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10th International AIDS Conference
Yokohama, Japan — Aug 7-12, 1994
Unaware rural collegiates are more helpful.
Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:345 (abstract no. PD0560) Bharti R, Singh HP, Saini R, Singh GS;
OBJECTIVE: To develop a dialogue with college and Uni. Students of Amritsar (Punjab, India) and evaluate their awareness & helpfulness to spread the work of knowledge about AIDS.
METHODS: AIDS AWARENESS GROUP (A.A.G.), Amritsar, with the help of some other NGO'S, arranged lectures by experts in various colleges (rural & urban) and various deptts. Of the local Guru Nanak Dev University.
RESULTS: Whereas the students of the university and urban colleges were more aware, the rural area students did not know much about AIDS. The unaware rural collegiates were more desirous of becoming our message spreaders after acquiring the knowledge. DISCUSSION &
CONCLUSIONS: As majority of Amritsar's HIV patients today are ruralites, we, the AAG members, believe that more stress for education & utilisation of rural collegiates, is the need of the hour.
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Students, HIV Infections, Universities, Schools, India, Human, ICA10 940807 PD0560
Copyright © 1994 - International AIDS Society (IAS). Reproduction of this abstract (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the IAS.
10th International AIDS Conference
Yokohama, Japan — Aug 7-12, 1994
Unaware rural collegiates are more helpful.
Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:345 (abstract no. PD0560) Bharti R, Singh HP, Saini R, Singh GS;
OBJECTIVE: To develop a dialogue with college and Uni. Students of Amritsar (Punjab, India) and evaluate their awareness & helpfulness to spread the work of knowledge about AIDS.
METHODS: AIDS AWARENESS GROUP (A.A.G.), Amritsar, with the help of some other NGO'S, arranged lectures by experts in various colleges (rural & urban) and various deptts. Of the local Guru Nanak Dev University.
RESULTS: Whereas the students of the university and urban colleges were more aware, the rural area students did not know much about AIDS. The unaware rural collegiates were more desirous of becoming our message spreaders after acquiring the knowledge. DISCUSSION &
CONCLUSIONS: As majority of Amritsar's HIV patients today are ruralites, we, the AAG members, believe that more stress for education & utilisation of rural collegiates, is the need of the hour.
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Students, HIV Infections, Universities, Schools, India, Human, ICA10 940807 PD0560
Copyright © 1994 - International AIDS Society (IAS). Reproduction of this abstract (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the IAS.
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10th International AIDS Conference
Yokohama, Japan — Aug 7-12, 1994
Unaware rural collegiates are more helpful.
Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:345 (abstract no. PD0560) Bharti R, Singh HP, Saini R, Singh GS;
OBJECTIVE: To develop a dialogue with college and Uni. Students of Amritsar (Punjab, India) and evaluate their awareness & helpfulness to spread the work of knowledge about AIDS.
METHODS: AIDS AWARENESS GROUP (A.A.G.), Amritsar, with the help of some other NGO'S, arranged lectures by experts in various colleges (rural & urban) and various deptts. Of the local Guru Nanak Dev University.
RESULTS: Whereas the students of the university and urban colleges were more aware, the rural area students did not know much about AIDS. The unaware rural collegiates were more desirous of becoming our message spreaders after acquiring the knowledge. DISCUSSION &
CONCLUSIONS: As majority of Amritsar's HIV patients today are ruralites, we, the AAG members, believe that more stress for education & utilisation of rural collegiates, is the need of the hour.
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Students, HIV Infections, Universities, Schools, India, Human, ICA10 940807 PD0560
Copyright © 1994 - International AIDS Society (IAS). Reproduction of this abstract (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the IAS.
One year ago
The Tribune Carried this story one year ago
AIDS spreading its tentacles in Punjab villages Ashok Sethi
The AIDS Awareness Group (AAG) here has been grappling with alarming AIDS scenario, especially in rural areas. The Secretary and HIV expert of the AAG and Medical Officer, Department of Skin, Dr Ravi Saini, along with Dr Rakesh Bharti, has been organising various workshops and seminars to educate the most vulnerable section of the society, especially truckers.
According to experts, the dreaded disease was spreading viciously in the villages, as proper awareness had not been created at the grassroots level.
The first few cases of the full-blown AIDS in the rural areas adjoining the city were reported during the early 1990s. Quacks, who take people for a ride, add to the dismal scenario. Dr Saini said at present there were effective drugs available for helping the AIDS patients lead a normal life. These drugs were affordable, too. But stigma about AIDS kept a large number of people, especially poor and illiterate, away from hospitals.
A random survey carried out by the AAG has found that 40 per cent of the transport workers have unprotected sex. In most of the cases, prejudice and ignorance were found to be responsible for this. The AAG was funded by the British High Commission to prepare a report on the truckers.
Dr Saini said another serious concern was that drug addicts were contracting this disease through the use of unsterilised needles. Recently, a case of 70-year-old patient with full-blown AIDS was reported. It was found that the patient had contracted AIDS through the use of unsterilised needles. "Another factor which has caught the doctors unawares is the growing trend of extramarital affairs," added Dr Saini.
The medical fraternity, too, needed to brace itself up, according to Dr Saini. Still a large number of doctors in hospitals and nursing homes shunned the HIV patients. The doctors needed to have a positive approach, he added.
AIDS spreading its tentacles in Punjab villages Ashok Sethi
The AIDS Awareness Group (AAG) here has been grappling with alarming AIDS scenario, especially in rural areas. The Secretary and HIV expert of the AAG and Medical Officer, Department of Skin, Dr Ravi Saini, along with Dr Rakesh Bharti, has been organising various workshops and seminars to educate the most vulnerable section of the society, especially truckers.
According to experts, the dreaded disease was spreading viciously in the villages, as proper awareness had not been created at the grassroots level.
The first few cases of the full-blown AIDS in the rural areas adjoining the city were reported during the early 1990s. Quacks, who take people for a ride, add to the dismal scenario. Dr Saini said at present there were effective drugs available for helping the AIDS patients lead a normal life. These drugs were affordable, too. But stigma about AIDS kept a large number of people, especially poor and illiterate, away from hospitals.
A random survey carried out by the AAG has found that 40 per cent of the transport workers have unprotected sex. In most of the cases, prejudice and ignorance were found to be responsible for this. The AAG was funded by the British High Commission to prepare a report on the truckers.
Dr Saini said another serious concern was that drug addicts were contracting this disease through the use of unsterilised needles. Recently, a case of 70-year-old patient with full-blown AIDS was reported. It was found that the patient had contracted AIDS through the use of unsterilised needles. "Another factor which has caught the doctors unawares is the growing trend of extramarital affairs," added Dr Saini.
The medical fraternity, too, needed to brace itself up, according to Dr Saini. Still a large number of doctors in hospitals and nursing homes shunned the HIV patients. The doctors needed to have a positive approach, he added.
Monday, July 24, 2006
it was pk who wrote that betrayal story
the betrayal story continues
First of all let me rectify the mistake of not identifying the narrator of that story-it was pk ,her blog on healthand humanrights in Punjab had it and i only copied and posted.Sorry pk
More importanatly now the lady has turned to be HIV negative and the couple wants a child.USFD does not approve of semen wash etc. Europe has seen lots of such successes.Any guidance,research in ASIA and India are welcomed to be shared and help this young lady who wants to compensate her loss of faith with gain of motherhood
Bharti
First of all let me rectify the mistake of not identifying the narrator of that story-it was pk ,her blog on healthand humanrights in Punjab had it and i only copied and posted.Sorry pk
More importanatly now the lady has turned to be HIV negative and the couple wants a child.USFD does not approve of semen wash etc. Europe has seen lots of such successes.Any guidance,research in ASIA and India are welcomed to be shared and help this young lady who wants to compensate her loss of faith with gain of motherhood
Bharti
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