On February 20, the World Day of Social Justice is observed across the globe. This day is celebrated to raise awareness towards social inequality on gender, sexual orientation, biological prejudice, […]Read More
Blog, ReportWorld AIDS Day 2021: End Inequalities. End AIDS. End Pandemics.
Sukhender KumarThis year India marks 35 years since the first case of AIDS was reported, and 17 years (2004) since free ART medication was introduced by the Government of India for […]Read More
Action, BlogWorld Health Day and Depression: Let’s talk
James RobertsonDeepak (name changed) found out about his HIV infection at a blood donation camp. It devastated him! Not yet out of his post graduate college, he did not have the […]Read More
Action, BlogeMpower: Technology amplifies our power
James RobertsonThe information technology and mobile revolution has taken the world by a storm; it has made our lives easier, access to information better and organize our data better to make […]Read More
Action, BlogShakti to the girl child this Vijiya Dushami
asaxenaAkshara (name changed to maintain confidentiality) is an eight year old girl living with HIV. She lost her parents to AIDS some years back, and started living with her brother […]Read More
Action, BlogA Day to Remember
asaxenaOn my recent visit to Alliance India, two of my colleagues, Abhina and Mona, kindly took time out of their busy schedules to introduce me to two community-based organizations (CBOs) […]Read More
ActionBeautiful like Diamonds in the Sky
asaxena“Congratulations, it’s a boy!” The room erupts with laughter and applause. The family hug each other and start planning a party for the entire village. The father beams in the […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogInvisible and Vulnerable: Girls Living with HIV
asaxena“Hi, I am Tara. I wanted to go to college but was forced into marriage when I was barely 17 years old. After marriage, I contracted HIV from my husband. […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogChoti Si Asha: A Little Hope
Sreekumar VThe HIV-positive mother of a newborn passes the first six months of her baby’s life in painful hope. Every moment she frets: is my baby positive or negative? The situation […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogIn My Veins
Sreekumar VDuring my visit to child care homes in Andhra Pradesh in 2014, I met several children who were orphaned or had lost one parent. Almost all of them were living […]Read More