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This page is created specially for Indian population living with HIV/AIDS, but ALL are welcome. India being a culturalized country and mainly orthodox, no one knows where to go, whom to ask/ approach in need of help/care/comfort. Thus here is this support group, where u will feel loved, cared, wanted and even increase your knowledge regarding the disease and help spread awareness that having HIV now is just like living with any other disease , i.e Plague and Typhoid that was once dreaded before.
Please be warned that this is only a support group, NOT a dating site.Before you join this group, few things has to be kept in mind :

1) This page is for everybody irrespective of caste, creed, religion living with HIV.
2) English or Hindi will be the preferable language to help other people also understand what is being written. Please restrict the use of local language as far as possible to help make people from other states feel the part of this group.
3) Any profanity use of words or derogatory remarks will not be tolerated. Avoid using curse words or gaalis.
4) Administrators of this group has sole rights to remove the post as he/she deems fit. The mail will be sent to the person exclaiming why it was removed, the person should hereby respect it keeping in mind the sensitivity of other people in the group.
5) Spammers and Denialists are hereby requested not to join. This page is NOT for advertising reasons. People seen with wrong cause/reason will be straightaway expelled/banned from this group.
6) Please avoid politicing this issue. Politics and Disease dont mix.

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Thanks a lot for support. I...

Thanks a lot for support. I have few questions I hope you will answer....May I know what is the average cost of medicine and treatment in India for hiv.
Second what about age expectancy?
Third and last is do people from scientist doctors engineers(I know u r in IT) etc are also suffering from this. Or I'm the only unlucky person

Can a HIV positive man live...

Can a HIV positive man live a normal life with his hiv negative family?

Need your help please ......

Need your help please ....
Diagnosed HIV positive few days back? I'm shattered. I am a scientist got this accidently by pricked from a freshly contaminated needle(foot) in a park where few drug addicts were taking their doses. I have never into any wrong sexual things neither any drugs. Why God has done this to me. I have a wife and a kid to look after. And my parents...

Connect With Me...

Connect With Me...... People need people to talk to; they need people they can open their hearts to; people need people to hold hands and feel strong; they need people who can hold them and let them cry. I am not talking about a romanticized partner or a bollywoodised friend. I am not even talking about families or counsellors. I am just talking about people. Just anyone. We really do...

A fairly young guy...

A fairly young guy diagnosed with HIV and HepB (now undetected) a while ago afraid to go for interviews in private sectors (Hospitality Sector to be more precise) after graduating. Are there any chances of getting employed in India, if they found out about my health issues? How about government sector? or would it be better for me to be self-employed?

How much has changed?While...

How much has changed?

While the world celebrates #WorldAIDSDay, I want you all to pause and ponder over just one thing : HOW MUCH HAVE CHANGED when it comes to HIV/AIDS? As a HIV positive person myself, I really appreciate all of you lending your support but at the same time, I sincerely wish that should you see any #stigma and #discrimination, PLEASE STAND UP TO IT AND BE THE...

How much has changed?While...

How much has changed?

India and its women living...

India and its women living with HIV….An INSIGHT

I am Indian. Having travelled to most parts of India, I finally made Mumbai my home. Why Mumbai, of all places? Well, every Indian knows how fast paced and advanced this metropolis is. Only in Mumbai, women get the certain amount of freedom that they don’t get anywhere else in India. I say “certain” amount of freedom and not the hundred percent...

Tested positive for HIV and...

Tested positive for HIV and Need to mingle with people like me.

Hi Team,

I am 28 years Indian male living in US, I tested positive for HIV on Aug24th.It was a long story with full of stress from the day I was diagnosed since I have am married and my wife was 37 weeks pregnant. After all the stress , finally my wife and my newborn tested negative.

After...

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Beware of HIV SCAM

The man who is actually HIV Negative was falsely tested positive and was told that he would be "cured" within 3 months if he pay up 1 Lakhs in cash

Take charge of your DEATH...

Take charge of your DEATH.
Yes, you read right….

In March 2018 India’s Supreme Court has allowed people to draw up “living will”, meaning they can seek what is known as passive #euthanasia

The right to die with dignity is a fundamental right.
(Only if one is suffering from a terminal illness or is in a vegetative state).
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For me, as a #personlivingwithhiv it makes...

Mizoram Woman Helps Over 10000 HIV+ Persons Find Jobs, Medicines & Hope (The Better India)

Divya Sethu, April 23, 2021 | The Better India

In 2007, Vanlalruati Colney started the Positive Women’s Network of Mizoram to help persons living with HIV (PLHIV) in her state find access to medication, rehabilitation, legal assistance, nutrition, education and employment. She talks about her journey as an HIV positive woman, and the challenges she had to overcome.

For 37-year-old Vanlalruati Colney, things were as idyllic...

IAS Invite for EVERYONE :...

IAS Invite for EVERYONE :

IAS – the International AIDS Society – and ASHA Foundation, Bangalore, India, are pleased to invite you to a regional scientific symposium, “HIV science and community in South Asia: Keeping HIV responses effective in pandemics”.

Date: Friday, 18 March, and Saturday, 19 March 2022
Time: 15:00-18:30 IST (GMT+5.5)

Please register for this free symposium before 17 March.

Once you have registered, you...

Can PLWH drink?I have often...

Can PLWH drink?

I have often been asked : can a person living with #HIV drink #alcohol? Won’t it affect their medication?

Here is my answer :

Yes, they CAN drink.
But a whole lot of factors has to be taken into consideration :

1) Medicine time.
Alcohol and medicine don’t mix. Never!
Schedule your medicine intake 4 hours before. If you are a social drinker who...

Project Mumbai: NON COVID...

Project Mumbai: NON COVID CARE FACILITIES DASHBOARD:

Many of us are struggling for a bed in a COVID hospital. But what about those in need of non-covid care ? A fracture, a dialysis, pediatric help or maternity emergencies? The place to look for is THIS dashboard ProjectMumbai has created. Put together and run by our fantastic team of citizen volunteers. Click on the link to find out the nearest non-covid...

Corona Stress?

Corona Stress getting on to you? Let’s FOCUS ON FOLLOWING THINGS WE CAN CONTROL : Watch TV news or read newspaper for information purpose only. Update rehne ke liye. Bas. Isse jyaada avoid WhatsApp forwards, Facebook posts or anything related to C19. Avoid indulging in any kind of political "behas". If you want to share something to help someone, first VERIFY. Khud verify karo - call the number or check...

Hero Awards - Bangkok

Hero Awards - Community Ally. (Bangkok) This one was the BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT. Sabse pehle - yeh “community ally” kya hota hai. Ally मतलब सहयोगी। Community Ally वही होता है जो किसी अन्य व्यक्ति या “समूह” के साथ समर्थन करता है - यानी transgenders, gays, bisexuals, lesbians. I have many friends in this community and from them I have learnt a lot. A LOT. हमदोनो की लड़ाईं एक ही है -...

Covid Testing Centre in...

Covid Testing Centre in NAGPUR

Free #COVID19 testing by #NagpurMunicipalCorporation - bharpur laabh uthaaye. Free hi toh hai. Warna in the hospitals, charges toh lagta hai.
Abhi jab government camp laga rahi hai toh be a responsible citizen and get yourself tested.

As you all are aware that the death rate of covid infected patient has increased tremendously since last week and seeing the current scenario we feel it...

Where is the Love?

Good morning dearies.Topic for the day today : what is one motivational song that inspires you to the “josh” or passion in doing what you love to do??

As for Mandar Dharmadhikari, who is NGO consultant for KHUSH, this is what he has to say : “This song triggers my social activism. I feel lucky to be directly working on social cause, meeting persons like you.”...