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On 6 March 2025 legal awareness session on the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2017, conducted at the District Hospital in Thoubal, a widow living with HIV came forward to share ongoing challenges she has been facing regarding her housing and inheritance rights with her in-laws. After listening to her concerns, she was informed about […]

During January data collection process, two respondents who had completed their HCV treatment two years ago shared they have not undergone the HCV SVR 12 test to confirm their current HCV status due to frequent relapses to drug use. Upon counselling on the importance of the SVR test, both individuals voluntarily agreed to undergo testing. […]

On March 12, 2025, during data collection process, a dialysis patient, who has been undergoing routine dialysis for the past 13 years and is living with a disability due to a previous accident, was identified as hepatitis C positive. On March 13, 2025, the data enumerator met the person at RS Pengayoman, coinciding with the […]

Through the information dissemination of the India HIV/AIDS Act 2017, we have recorded an increased level of awareness of the act among care recipients. A woman living with HIV, during September, came forward and filed a complaint at CoNE’s Legal AIDS Center about discrimination based on her HIV status by her neighbor. The case was […]

Data from our CLM work showed high number of people living with HIV unaware of the India HIV/AIDS Act 2017. Subsequently, CoNE organized different sets of awareness camps on the act in collaboration with relevant government legal departments. Impact of our work is evident with people living with HIV, mostly women, coming forward to share […]

In 2023, our data revealed that 93% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) who responded were unaware of the India HIV/AIDS Act 2017. In response, CoNE partnered with the State HIV Ombudsmen and the Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA), with support from the South and South-East Asia (SASEA) platform, to raise awareness and increase […]

A 28-year-old male, living with HIV due to vertical transmission, initiated antiretroviral therapy with Tenofovir/lamivudine/efavirenz at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), on 12th September 2005. However, due to lack of knowledge about HIV and need for continuously adhering to treatment, he discontinued treatment on 4th May 2021, expressing treatment burn-out. Action taken: After […]

Viral load testing for hepatitis C under the national program were suspended at both Regional Institute of Medical Sciences since September 2024 and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences since 15 October 2024 due to a stock-out of reagents required for the HCV RNA test. Authorities at Microbiology Department, JNIMS, issued a notice regarding the […]

A person of 24 years young male tested HIV positive on October 28, 2024, at the Integrated counselling and Testing centre at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal. The individual requested help to guide through the treatment initiation process. Action taken: The data enumerators provided guidance to the individual in undergoing clinical baseline […]

A young woman of 18 years, living with HIV through vertical transmission, initiated antiretroviral therapy in 2018. She discontinued her treatment just after one month. Over the past six years, she consistently resisted resuming the therapy. Action taken: Multiple counselling sessions by the staff of CoNE, she finally agreed to re-start HIV treatment. On November […]