Editorial: Warm Welcome

An elderly male presents to orthopedic clinic with severe back pain for fifteen days. He is unable to sit or stand. The pain remains persistent even while lying supine. He also complains of nausea, anorexia and cough with blood tinged sputum since ten days. He gives past history of grade II benign prostatic&nbsp; hyperplasia with nodule under prostate specific antigen monitoring. Examination reveals no significant finding.&nbsp;The clinical features literally points to nowhere. Blood counts, electrolytes, renal function test, liver function test, acid phosphatase, LDH, sputum for acid fast bacilli, sputum culture, Bence Jones Protein and Serum Electrophoresis are found to be within normal limit.</p

Inaugural Issue, Crawling Now but Aimed at Running the Fastest

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causing Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a major public health problem [1]. The rapid extension of HIV is a global health challenge that has both social and economic implications [2]. Currently there are 40 million individuals infected with the HIV globally [3]. Nearly 95% of the infected ones are unaware of their HIV or AIDS status [4]. Central Asia is a region of concern for expanding HIV epidemics [5]. South Asia is currently home to &gt;2.5 million HIV infected individuals [6]. Such an enormous number of people with the infection necessitate proper address. The Journal of HIV for Clinical and Scientific Research, being operated from India, is an attempt to report updates of researches across the world to this part of the earth and vice versa.</p