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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

‘Police more vulnerable to HIV’ (kp 19/07/2008)

4 HIV/Aids infected kids driven out from home (kp 20/06/2008), HIV-infected kids find ray of hope, by Shiva Raj Bhatta (ht 24/06/2008)

AIDS orphans under grandparents’ care, by Shivraj Bhatt (ht 15/06/2008)

Only Collective Effort Will Work, by G. K. Pakavath (rn 02/06/2008)

HIV awareness in workplace on rise (kp 28/05/2008), Bias against AIDS patients down at workplaces: ILO (ht 28/05/2008), HIV/AIDS Growing Menace, by Anup Shrestha, Keshab Bhattarai, Prabhakar Sharma, Rukmani Maharjan, Sohani Rajbhandary (sp 30/05/2008)

Invest In Awareness For Economic Boost, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 26/05/2008)

HIV prevalence among sex workers declines, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 17/05/2008)

Kin kick out HIV-hit, schools deny admission, by Manoj Shrestha (ht 08/05/2008)

Achham village women yearn for HIV-infected tag!, by Padam Raj Joshi (ht 04/05/2008)

UNDP chosen as Global Fund PR, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 26/04/2008)

Ominous Trend: The latest survey on HIV/AIDS infection shows that rural women who do not engage in risky behavior are falling victims, by Sanjya Dhakal (sp 25/05/2008)

Projection of HIV prevalence dips: Report (kp 19/04/2008), Number of HIV/AIDS patients stable (nn 19/04/2008)

Super Specialty Center for AIDS opens (kp 21/03/2008)

Global Fund in jeopardy yet again, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 19/03/2008), Unscrupulous I/NGOs (kp 20/03/2008)

Sangsangai method for HIV control (kp 29/02/2008)

Novel bid to prevent HIV infection (ht 27/02/2008)

AIDS affecting women more, by Surya B Prasai (kp 21/02/2008)

Health workers still treat PLWHAs differently, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 04/02/2008)

SC orders secrecy in PLWHA related cases (kp 26/12/2007), Courts to punish disclosure of HIV-affected (kp 27/12/2007), AIDS anonymous (kp 28/12/2007)

‘Young women more vulnerable to HIV’ (kp 14/12/2007)

HIV positives migrate after status revealed (kp 08/12/2007)

HIV/AIDS a threat to economy (kp 07/12/2007)

HIV young go unattended, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/12/2007), 340,000 Asians infected in 2007 (kp 01/12/2007), AIDS: Keeping Nepal's promise, by Surya B Prasai (kp 01/12/2007), AIDS affected shed stigma,come out in public, by Kamal Panthi (kp 02/12/2007)

Political economy of AIDS in Asia (kp 24/11/2007)

Money is not the answer: If it was, Nepal would have solved its AIDS crisis years ago, by Aruna Uprety (nt 16/11/2007)

Women send condoms to hubbies abroad, by Prakash Baral (kp 06/11/2007)

AIDS epidemic: What can be done?, by Siru Prasai Adhikari (kp 04/11/2007)

UNHCR to launch HIV/AIDS awareness project (nn 16/10/2007), UNHCR starts HIV/AIDS project (kp 17/10/2007)

Bill to protect HIV positives (kp 28/09/2007)

Ping pong being played with HIV positives, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/09/2007)

Hubby transmits HIV, wife stigmatized, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 03/08/2007)

HIV fears over Nepal sex workers (BBC News 01/08/2007), Study shows sex-trafficked Nepali girls have high HIV infection rate (nn 01/08/2007), High HIV infection rate in sex-trafficked girls (sp 10/08/2007)

55 die of Aids in Tanahun, by Santosh Pokharel (kp 28/07/2007)

HIV kids in need of care (kp 09/07/2007)

‘100 pc rise in HIV-infected housewives’, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 20/06/2007)

“They don’t get rich, they get HIV”: In Achham, migration and HIV are destroying the lives of women and children, by Naresh Newar (nt 15/06/2007), AIDS money: There’s funding to fight HIV in Nepal, just not where it should be, by Aruna Upreti (nt 15/06/2007)

NCASC awards project sans bidding, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 02/06/2007)

Unfulfilled pledges make HIV still a threat (kp 29/05/2007)

HIV spread (kp 21/05/2007)

HIV kids denied school admissions (samn 18/05/2007)

'Make HIV/AIDS issue a political agenda' (samn 12/05/2007)

HIV-positives continue protest for 23rd day (kp 07/05/2007), Govt fails to deal with HIV positives (kp 10/05/2007), ART at seven more hospitals (kp 12/05/2007)

“Migrant Workers Are Most Vulnerable Population”, interview with Ram Prasad Shrestha (sp 04/05/2007)

Shake off shyness!, by Dhananjay Shah (kp 25/04/2007)

Disputes over Global Fund (kp 06/04/2007)

$4.9m to fight HIV/AIDS (kp 01/04/2007)

Multiple recipients key to Global Fund, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 28/03/2007)

46 pc migrants at risk of HIV transmission (kp 15/03/2007)

HIV-positive community warn they will form party (kp 12/03/2007), MPs urged to raise Global Fund issue (kp 13/03/2007)

UNESCO launches HIV/AIDS education kit in Nepal (One World South Asia 06/03/2007), UNESCO toolkits for HIV/AIDS in Nepal (nn 07/03/2007)

Condom outlets for night cabbies (kp 02/03/2007)

New policy to check HIV spread among IDUs, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 28/02/2007)

Lack of coordination worsens HIV infection (kp 26/02/2007)

New strategy on AIDS likely this week (samn 21/01/2007)

UNDP program to check HIV (kp 18/01/2007)

National strategy on HIV/AIDS in a week (samn 10/01/2007)

HIV positive hide status to get care (samn 07/01/2007)

Coordination sought for HIV treatment (samn 28/12/2006)

Govt to get $6.7m fund for HIV control (samn 24/12/2006)

AIDS toll in small village hits 26, by Hariharsingh Rathour (kp 21/12/2006)

HIV down among FSWs (kp 07/12/2006)

Red Cross to double efforts to combat HIV (kp 05/12/2006)

Govt to take action against FHI (kp 02/12/2006)

Nepal faced with grim reminder on the World AIDS Day (nn 01/12/2006), Conflict victims are hit by HIV/AIDS: report (nn 01/12/2006), ARV target unattained: World AIDS Day, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/12/2006), 11 years of conflict and 18 years of AIDS, by Rajiv Kafle (kp 01/12/2006), Safe sex safe world (kp 02/12/2006), Govt to take anti-AIDS fight to villages (samn 02/12/2006), Missing The Target: Nepal is likely to miss its MDG target about reversing the trend of HIV infection by 2015, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 08/12/2006)

HIV/AIDS awareness concert in Bhutanese refugee camps (nn 30/11/2006)

HIV infected people call on all to join the fight against HIV/AIDS (nn 30/11/2006)

USAID awards $25 million to two projects fighting HIV/AIDS (nn 30/11/2006)

More budget to control AIDS sought (samn 19/11/2006), ‘Form autonomous body to deal with HIV’ (kp 20/11/2006)

Braving HIV for 23 years Manushakti Manus (kp 12/11/2006)

HIV infection high among drug users (samn 30/10/2006)

Migration policy crucial to combat HIV (kp 28/10/2006)

SC for law on AIDS patients’ rights (samn 18/10/2006)

Second phase of anti-AIDS campaign delayed in Nepal (Xinhua 07/10/2006)

Exploited cabin girls spread HIV, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 05/10/2006)

Experts call for nat’l policy to address HIV among MSMs, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 25/09/2006)

AIDS is political, by Rajiv Kafle (kp 16/09/2006)

UNFPA to intensify efforts against HIV/AIDS (nn 14/09/2006)

Issue of sex workers unaddressed (kp 08/09/2006)

Two expecting moms test HIV positive (samn 16/08/2006)

Target sex workers, clients, IDUs to cut HIV risk: Report (kp 16/08/2006)

Govt. apathy cause of failure of HIV harm reduction (nn 14/08/2006), Govt apathy blamed for HIV harm reduction failure (kp 14/08/2006)

5 members of same family die of AIDS in western Nepal (pd 07/08/2006)

Hope For The HIV Positives, by Sumi Amatya (rn 29/07/2006)

Preventing HIV/ AIDS (rn 26/07/2006)

Drugs and HIV/AIDS (kp 23/07/2006)

Wives for HIV test for foreign-returned hubbies, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 21/07/2006)

70,000 Nepalis infected with HIV/AIDS (kp 18/07/2006)

National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Focus On Multi-sectoral Approach, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 15/07/2006)

Hotline & info resource center on HIV/AIDS (kp 05/07/2006), Fighting HIV/AIDS (rn 06/07/2006)

Practitioner claims ayurveda cures HIV/AIDS, by Roshani Dhungana (kp 11/06/2006)

Rhesus monkeys in Nepal may provide new alternative for HIV/AIDS research (EurekAlert 31/05/2006)

'2006 follow up meeting' on HIV/AIDS from May 31 (nn 29/05/2006)

Street kids face greater risk of HIV (samn 01/04/2006)

HIV/AIDS killed 19 in Dhading: report (samn 26/03/2006)

Sex workers start noble crusade, by Rajendra Pratap Shah (kp 22/03/2006)

A positive response to HIV+ status, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 15/03/2006)

Sexual disease patients get better social solicitude in Nepal (People's Daily 12/03/2006)

Donors to fund HIV control in districts, by Binod Tripathi (kp 03/03/2006)

Halt the scourge (kp 31/01/2006)

AIDS victims for coordination with media (samn 31/01/2006)

AIDS epidemic looms large over Nepal (wi 01/01/2006)

HIV-infected complain of bias (samn 14/12/2005)

Need of Actions: There need more programs to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS (sp 09/12/2005), “The Number Of Infection In Women Is Rising”, interview with Ram Prasad Shrestha, former director of National Center for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) (sp 09/12/2005)

HIV positive kids barred from school (nn 05/12/2005)

HIV-infected for role in policy-making (samn 03/12/2005)

AIDS menace (kp 03/12/2005), Social stigma hurdle to fight AIDS (samn 03/12/2005)

‘Foreign aid must reach beneficiaries’ (kp 03/12/2005

AusAid, UNDP sign pact for anti-AIDS drive in Nepal (nn 01/12/2005), AUS-UNDP provides $ 38 million support to Nepal to fight HIV/AIDS epidemic (nln 02/12/2005)

Collective Effort Urged for Combating “Global Emergency” (nln 01/12/2005), ‘Govt failing to expand antiretroviral services’ (nn 01/12/2005), No fund crunch yet ‘infected’ in a lurch, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 01/12/2005), ‘Keep the promise’, by Bobby Limbu (kp 01/12/2005)

‘Give corporate priority to fight HIV/AIDS’ (kp 22/11/2005)

Play it safe, by Amrita Gurung (kp 12/11/2005)

$11 million pledged to fight AIDS in Nepal may lapse (One World South Asia 02/11/2005), Nepal appeals for UN funds to fight AIDS (samn 03/11/2005)

Being HIV, AIDS infected is not the end of life, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 11/100/2005)

Maoists War Fuels HIV/AIDS Crisis in Nepal, by Kamala Sarup (Global Politician 10/09/2005)

Call to address HIV/AIDS among labourers (samn 29/08/2005)

Guidelines for reporting on AIDS (kp 24/08/2005)

HIV/AIDS: Rising Toll On Economy, by Keshab Poudel (sp 29/07/2005)

HIV test for locals returning home (kp 24/07/2005)

HIV in Nepal: Is the Violent Conflict Fuelling the Epidemic? by Sonal Singh, Edward Mills, Steven Honeyman, Bal Krishna Suvedi, Nur Prasad Pant (Public Library of Science, Medicin, 19/07/2005)

Youth And HIV/AIDS: Challenges & Opportunities, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 15/07/2005)

Transmission Of HIV/AIDS, by Ramesh Chandra Neupane (rn 12/07/2005)

‘56 pc female sex workers use condoms’ (samn 26/06/2005)

Nepal experiencing varied HIV epidemics: The incidence of HIV/AIDS has reached pandemic proportions, by Kamala Sarup (Web Commentory 22/06/2005)

Over 60,000 AIDS cases likely in Nepal (samn 21/06/2005)

HIV/AIDS Contributes to Instability, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop 13/06/2005)

Industry employing HIV+ women shuts down (kp 12/06/2005)

HIV-hit women in ‘Ms Stigma Free 2005’ (samn 05/06/2005)

'AIDS' taunts force girl out of school, by Prem Nepali (kp 05/06/2005)

Gender And HIV/AIDS: Emerging Challenges, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 18/05/2005)

HIV infected women in awareness campaign (kp 05/05/2005)

Anti-AIDS plan for cops launched (ht 29/04/2005)

Unborn babies of HIV infected to be treated in Dharan soon (ht 29/04/2005)

UN for confidential HIV tests, counselling (ht 23/04/2005)

SC order sought on HIV test before marriage (ht 14/04/2005)

HIV-infected Biratnagar youths to break silence (kp 30/01/2005)

Armed conflict can worsen HIV/AIDS threat (kp 27/01/2005)

AIDS-infected woman campaigns against killer disease, by Shanker Kharel (kp 25/01/2005)

Teenage girls break silence on HIV/AIDS (kp 11/01/2005)

Venereal disease hits 5% women in Dang (rn 09/01/2005)

Voluntary Counseling & Testing Vital In HIV/AIDS Prevention & Care, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 08/01/2005)

PMTCT program to start from next month (kp 06/01/2005)

Left alone: More children are orphaned by AIDS in Nepal than by the conflict, by Naresh Newar (nt 31/12/2004)

Teku Hospital coping hard with HIV patients, by Indira Aryal, (rn 30/12/2004)

Frightening AIDS (kp 15/12/2004)

Highway hotelier has advices galore on HIV, AIDS, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 14/12/2004)

Spread Of HIV/AIDS Threat To Public Health, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 12/12/2004)

First free hotline service on HIV/AIDS (ht 06/12/2004)

HV-7 test for HIV infection to be launched soon (kp 04/12/2004)

Woman spreads awareness on HIV and AIDS, by Shankar Kharel (kp 03/12/2004)

Discussion on AIDS held (ht 01/12/2004), Safest bet (ht 01/12/2004), Nepal not using fund to combat HIV/AIDS, by Nitya nanada Timsina (kp 01/12/2004), Religious groups unite against HIV/AIDS (kp 01/12/2004), Preventing 100,000 new infections & giving new lives to over 100 people every year, by Bishal J. Rana (kp 01/12/2004), Biggest AIDS, by Manu K.C. (kp 01/12/2004), The HIV Post (kp 01/12/2004), Open letter to the chair of the National AIDS Council (kp 01/12/2004), People with HIV demand access to drugs, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 01/12/2004), PM acknowledges HIV/AIDS is national problem (rn 01/12/2004), Killer disease (kp 02/12/2004), Anti-retroviral therapy helping HIV patients (rn 02/12/2004), Insurgency blamed for spread of AIDS in Nepal (ht 02/12/2004), Shifting blame (ht 03/12/2004), Govt targets 450 PLWHA for ARV therapy (kp 03/12/2004), Call For Religious Leaders: Religious leaders express that they can support the program to fight against HIV\AIDS, by Keshab Poudel (sp 03/12/2004)

World AIDS day : Bill to safeguard AIDS victims’ rights in offing, by Renu Kshetry (ht 01/12/2004), Separate HIV and AIDS legislation in the offing, by Ayushma Pandey (kp 01/12/2004)

Fighting AIDS, by James F Moriarty (ht 30/11/2004), Valley students unite to raise fund for checking AIDS (rn 30/11/2004)

Social stigma forces factory run by AIDS victims to down shutters, by Kedar Acharya (ht 28/11/2004)

HIV/AIDS obstructs TB control: Experts (kp 10/11/2004)

AIDS counselling training organised in Changunarayan (rn 06/11/2004)

Fight Against HIV/AIDS, by Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 01/11/2004), Condom Day (rn 01/11/2004)

Agreement on AIDS fund finalized (kp 28/10/2004)

Kavre youths begin counselling to check deadly disease of AIDS (rn 26/10/2004)

Open letter calls PM to revive AIDS council (ht 25/10/2004)

HIV may not bring death, social stigma surely does (rn 03/10/2004)

Cheaper HIV/AIDS drugs hearten patients (kp 25/09/2004)

Aiding AIDS: Squabbling and apathy jeopardise Nepal’s AIDS fund, by Naresh Newar (nt 17/09/2004)

South Asia experiencing varied HIV epidemics, by Kamala Sarup (pr 16/09/2004)

CSG helping drug abusers, HIV positives, by Dinesh Regmi (kp 15/09/2004)

IDU harm reduction strategies ineffective (kp 11/09/2004)

Raw deal for HIV-hit kids, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 31/08/2004)

Doctors refuse to treat HIV/AIDS patients (kp 29/08/2004)

Legal reforms to protect HIV/AIDS patients’ rights (ht 21/08/2004), AIDS prevention and control bill in the offing (kp 21/08/2004)

HIV/AIDS threatens national security (kp 19/08/2004)

Drug users, AIDS victims want society to change mindset (ht 19/08/2004)

UN to manage global fund, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 17/08/2004)

Danger of transmitting STD, by Pitambar Poudel (kp 11/08/2004)

Side effects of ARV drugs killing patients, by Nitya Nanada Timsina (kp 09/08/2004), ‘ARV side effects alone don’t kill’ (kp 10/08/2004)

Three of family die of HIV/AIDS (kp 04/08/2004)

Over 17% Lalitpur locals suffer from STD disease (rn 01/08/2004)

Stress on harm reduction programmes (ht 31/07/2004), Over 400 PLHA to receive ART by 2005-end (kp 31/07/2004)

Conflict Fuels HIV/AIDS Crisis, by Kamala Sarup (tg 28/07/2004)

AIDS projection alarming as more housewives suffer (rn 22/07/2004)

Deadly disease (kp 16/07/2004)

World unites in the fight against HIV/AIDS, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 12/07/2004), AIDS pandemic: Luminaries to draw attention, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 13/07/2004), Political will vital to combat AIDS, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 14/078/2004), Nepali voices fail to pick up pitch in Bangkok, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 15/07/2004), Nepal staring at $19m loss in Global Fund, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 16/07/2004)

Living a little bit longer Donor priorities and government neglect prolong the anguish of Nepali AIDS patients, by Naresh Newar (nt 09/07/2004)

SAARC nations need to jointly tackle HIV/AIDS, TB (ht 07/07/2004), SAARC meet to chalk out plan to fight TB, HIV/AIDS (rn 07/07/20049

SCB marks AIDS Day (kp 05/07/2004), Sex & AIDS (rn 05/07/2004)

HIV/AIDS could be reduced by 40%, says expert (rn 04/07/2004)

WB accuses South Asia of sweeping AIDS problem under the carpet (ht 04/07/2004)

Students’ participation must for effective anti-AIDS drive (ht 26/06/2004)

Drugs, treatment works, by Rajiv Kafle (kp 22/06/2004)

600 newborns HIV positive (ht 16/06/2004)

Nawalparasi sees 16 AIDS deaths in 4 yrs (ht 12/06/2004)

Alarming rise in HIV cases in far west (ht 09/06/2004)

AIDS victims seek UN’s position paper on their welfare (ht 28/05/2004)

80 pc of sex workers, clients HIV-infected (ht 23/05/2004)

Study reveals AIDS victims considered outcasts in country (ht 22/05/2004), Attitude towards HIV/AIDS infected shocking (kp 22/05/2004), People with HIV/AIDS facing social isolation: study (rn 22/05/2004), ‘Severity of HIV/AIDS very high in Nepal' (rn 22/05/2004)

26 AIDS patients getting free treatment at Sukraraj hospital (rn 20/05/2004)

Deadly menace that threatens our future, by Saurav Jung Thapa (kp 16/05/2004)

Nepal’s battle against HIV/AIDS not encouraging (rn 06/05/2004)

AIDS funds being ‘diverted’ (kp 06/05/2004), ‘Make AIDS fund transparent’ (ht 06/05/2004)

Above 400 AIDS cases detected (rn 27/04/2004)

Arrogant and idealistic doctors’ syndrome, by Rajiv Kafle (kp 26/04/2004)

UNAIDS-SAARC sign MoU to combat AIDS (kp 19/04/2004), SAARC, UNAIDS join hands to fight AIDS (ht 19/04/2004), Not on paper alone (kp 20/04/2004)

Anti-HIV/AIDS Measures (rn 18/04/2004)

Door-to-door services for HIV-infected (ht 16/04/2004)

Report says Nepal has over 60,000 HIV/AIDS cases (kp 16/04/2004), 60,000 Nepalese have HIV, mostly in highway areas (rn 16/04/2004)

Our health, our right (kp 07/04/2004), Six million HIV-victims have no access to ART (rn 07/04/2004), Health for all (kp 08/04/2004)

HIV/AIDs control requires law reforms (kp 01/04/2004)

ARV therapy, what’s free and what’s not, by Sophia Khatun (kp 26/03/2004)

Diversion of HIV funds feared (ht 20/03/2004)

Women's day and HIV, by Kamala Sarup (pr 18/03/2004)

HIV infected women’s exquisite wares, by Suvecha Pant (kp 13/04/2004)

Positive about life (nt 12/03/2004)

How much aid for AIDS?: For now, the government is offering anti-retroviral therapy to 25 patients, by Mudita Bajracharya (nt 05/03/2004), Volunteer army against AIDS (nt 05/04/2004)

HIV on rise among drug addicts: 25 per cent of the youngsters addicted to drugs (ht 02/02/2004)

Mail to carry HIV/AIDS awareness message (kp 30/01/2004)

BPKIHS regrets misbehaviour to AIDS patients (kp 23/01/2004)

Doctors mistreat AIDS patient (kp 18/01/2004)

Number One, now in one (kp 17/01/2004)

Counselling vital to check epidemic of AIDS (kp 11/01/2004)

Women, children paying for men’s mistakes, by Suvecha Pant (kp 06/01/2004)

Fear of social exclusion discourages HIV tests (rn 01/01/2004)

‘Needle sharing by drug abusers down by 60 pc' (kp 01/01/2004)

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