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A-for-Accountability is missing in responses to HIV, hepatitis, STIs and TB. By SHOBHA SHUKLA

We have the science-based tools to prevent, diagnose, treat and manage all four infections: HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and TB. Despite this, TB has been the biggest infectious disease killer in the world till COVID-19 had hit us (but more people died of TB in high-burd

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Why are key populations on the blindspot in the global HIV response? By BOBBY RAMAKAN

"Put people first is a reminder that the people we serve is at the very heart of our work” said Professor Sharon Lewin, International Co-Chairperson of world’s largest AIDS conference this year (25th International AIDS Conference or AIDS 2024). But when we look at the global HIV

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Advanced HIV disease threatens to wither away the gains made in fight against AIDS. By SHOBHA SHUKLA

No one needs to die of AIDS because, thanks to science, lifesaving antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression can gift all people living with HIV a healthy and fulfilling life. But, unfortunately, many a slip between the cup and the lip. "Even one AIDS death is a death too many. Despite ha

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The Quota Protests in Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis and Call for Reform. By William Gomes

As a Bangladeshi living abroad in Britain, observing the unfolding crisis in one's homeland is a profoundly distressing experience. The inability to contact friends and family, coupled with reports of protesters being killed, naturally leads to grave concerns about the country's future tr

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Putting people first means following Gandhi's Talisman. By SHOBHA SHUKLA

What can be a better explanation of what #PutPeopleFirst means than what was explained so candidly by Mahatma Gandhi. He had said: "I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test- Recall the face of the poorest and

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A Revolution in SEND Education: The UK's Moral Imperative. By William Gomes

In the classrooms and corridors of Britain's schools, a crisis is unfolding that strikes at the very heart of our educational system. The provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) is not just failing – it's crumbling under the weight of systemic n

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By signing Tibet Bill Prez Biden has put responsibility on the USA & India than on China for Tibetan right of self-determination. By Hem Raj Jain

US-citizens also hope that the White House and US-Congress wouldn’t take the USA in the medieval ages  through reincarnation theory.about the selection of 15th  Dalai Lama 



Prez Biden has signed the Tibet Bill (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/stat

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Goa to Munich: Growing call for 100-100-100 to end TB and end AIDS before 2030. By SHOBHA SHUKLA, BOBBY RAMAKANT

Over 1500 people from 73 countries are unequivocally demanding that all people with HIV or TB must have access to full cascade of standard health services and social support in people-centred, rights-based and gender transformative ways. Unless best of WHO recommended prevention, diagnostics, tre

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Erdogan Just Used The Syrian Conflict. By Manish Rai

For quite some time now tensions have been rising in Syrian opposition-held areas over Turkish moves towards rapprochement with Syria. The recent violence against Syrians in Turkey acted as a catalyst and sparked retaliatory riots in opposition-held areas of northwestern Syria. Hundreds of Syrian

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Will #PutPeopleFirst mantra drive HIV responses? By SHOBHA SHUKLA, BOBBY RAMAKANT

Science has gifted us proven tools to stop the spread of HIV infection, as well as to ensure that all people living with HIV live healthy and fulfilling lives. But we failed to save 630,000 people with HIV who died in 2022.



 Science has proven that if people with HIV are on lifesav

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Keir Starmer's Dog Whistle Comments About Bangladeshi Migrants are Shameful, Wrong and Dangerous. By William Gomes

Keir Starmer's recent comments singling out Bangladesh as an example of where illegal migrants in the UK could be deported to were reprehensible. In an interview with The Sun this week, the Labour leader said "At the moment people coming from countries like Bangladesh are not being remov

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Why Bengal CM Mamata mustn’t harm the emerging Bangladesh-India good neighborhood ties? By Ozair Islam

In a regretful tone, Prime Minister Modi said, "Mamata is ruining Bangladesh-India relations," at an election campaign stop in Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas district, on May 12. It seems clear now that Modi is entirely correct in his accusation. The Bengali provincial administration, h

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Timely and accurate diagnosis is the bedrock to stop misuse and overuse of medicines. By SHOBHA SHUKLA

Drug-resistant disease-causing microbes can infect any one of us. Bhakti Chavan, a promising biotechnologist, who never had TB before, got infected with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) bacteria. XDR-TB is one of the most serious forms of TB. After some delay, an accurate XDR-TB diagnosis h

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The Far-Right Threat Lurking Behind Labour's Potential Triumph. By William Gomes

If polls are to be believed, the United Kingdom is on the precipice of a seismic political shift. Recent analyses suggest that the Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, is poised to achieve a historic majority in the upcoming election. In one striking scenario, Labour could even unseat former Prime

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Why does Bangladesh urge ‘well-timed military diplomacy’ amid Myanmar's provocations along border? By Ozair Islam

Notwithstanding misinformation about Bangladesh’s Saint Martin, and Myanmar's persistent provocations, Bangladesh rightly pursues the concept “defense diplomacy" with Myanmar in a nonviolent manner. The Myanmar border situation can only be resolved by "defense diplomacy,



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