MSF Unveils Anti-Stigma Wall Mural in Patna, Bihar to Mark World AIDS Day

Patna, Bihar – December 1, 2025:  This World AIDS Day, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) India, in collaboration with Bihar State AIDS Control Society (BSACS) and Guru Gobind Singh Hospital (GGSH), unveiled a wall mural at Garima Ki Kiran Clinic, the advanced HIV centre within GGSH. The mural carries a message to dispel myths … Read more

India: From Stigma to Strength- My HIV Story

My name is Rakesh*, and my journey with HIV began in early 2004. It started with small signs—loose motions, itching on my skin—but soon, my right leg began to tremble uncontrollably. It felt like the earth beneath me was shaking. I was scared and confused. When I went to AIIMS in Delhi for tests, the … Read more

World AIDS Day: Why are people living with HIV still dying of AIDS in India?

It is unacceptable that people living with HIV are still dying because the tests, treatment and care for life-threatening infections are not available Today on World AIDS Day, we mark four decades when mysterious illnesses started to take lives that we know now were due to the HIV virus that dramatically lowers the body’s immune … Read more

Cryptococcal meningitis: This World AIDS Day, it’s time to recognise an outsider

By Amir Shroufi, MSF South Africa Outsiders seldom get the attention they deserve. When it comes to conservation, for example, a few popular species attract most of the available funding – the rhino overshadows riverine rabbit. In the arts, jazz and blues struggle to attract the attention given freely to catchy pop, and it’s rare to … Read more