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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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VeinVeiwer ATTENTION ‪#...

VeinVeiwer

ATTENTION ‪#‎DOCTORS‬/‪#‎NURSES‬/‪#‎HEALTHCARE‬ WORKERS
‪#‎PeopleLivingWithHIV‬ have weak veins. At least some of them. Even old people. And some who never had strong veins - who are healthy but have thin veins. And it gets difficult for us when doctors poke to insert the needle at the right point.
With ‪#‎VeinViewer‬ say bye bye to pokey discomforts!!

If you are scared of the needle because you have difficult-to-locate...

HIV Organ DonationBarack...

HIV Organ Donation

Barack Obama signed the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, or HOPE Act, ending a decades-long ban on the transfer of HIV-positive organs to HIV patients. The legislation directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) to develop standards to make these transplants possible.

“For decades, these organ transplants have been illegal. It was even illegal to study whether...

Sexual relationship amongst...

Sexual relationship amongst sero-discordant couple

There is a great emphasis to educate people living with HIV in India, in terms of not only knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS but also to understand their medicines, read laboratory result, how to better care of themselves and how to lead a healthy life – mentally, physically, emotionally (and spiritually). I have come across a doctor who suggest that since one partner is HIV Positive, they...

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Positivesaathi.com

http://positivesaathi.com/

India’s First Online Matrimony Portal for HIV Positive People.

Excerpt from a Letter ...

Excerpt from a Letter :

Department of AIDS is abolished in India [copied content]

Dear Forum,
We did not forget, Shri Modiji said in the Center Hall of the Parliament that His Government is dedicated for Vanchith(People who are discriminated),Peedith(People who are suffering) and garib(People who are Poor).
Now It surprised me that dismantle of DAC, which means DAC does not stands for his vision
I,...

Shutdown of AIDS Control...

Shutdown of AIDS Control Association in India (13th August 2014)

The Centre has merged the Department of AIDS Control with the health ministry, expanding the Narendra Modi-led government's mantra of "minimum government, maximum governance" to HIV prevention as it felt there was no need for a separate division since new cases of people infected with the disease had fallen by half over the past decade or so. The government got...

SHORTAGE OF FIRST LINE HIV...

SHORTAGE OF FIRST LINE HIV MEDICINE HITS 5K PATIENTS
DELAY IN SUPPLY OF DRUGS LEADING TO CRISIS

Sumitra.Roy@timesgroup.com
Mumbai

http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/index.aspx?eid=31804&dt=20140811

An acute shortage of first-line HIV drugs has hit nearly 5,000 patients living with the life-threatening viral infection in the city. For the past three weeks, several patients claimed to have been turned away from the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) centres.
Most centres have run out...

SHORTAGE OF FIRST LINE HIV...

SHORTAGE OF FIRST LINE HIV MEDICINE HITS 5K PATIENTS
DELAY IN SUPPLY OF DRUGS LEADING TO CRISIS

Sumitra.Roy@timesgroup.com
Mumbai

http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/index.aspx?eid=31804&dt=20140811

Emotional Rollercoaster...

Emotional Rollercoaster here.. 3 days ago I got the bad news..knowing crying will not change
anything..but keeping the right attitude is the key..

Malad man says laboratory...

Malad man says laboratory labelled him HIV+ for cash By Lata Mishra, Mumbai Mirror | Apr 4, 2014, 01.41 AM IST A 38-year-old man has filed a complaint with the Maharashtra Medical Council against a city doctor and a pathology lab technician, alleging that they misled him to believe he was HIV+ and promised complete recovery in three months, with 'treatment' that would cost Rs 1 lakh. Joel Chettiar, employee...

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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.”...