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India's AIDS figures lower, latest 22.7 lakh
January 25, 2010
New Delhi: Good news awaits organizations spreading awareness against HIV/ AIDS.
According to figures released by the governmnet,the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India has gone down from 23.1 lakh in 2007 to 22.7 lakh in 2008-09. Estimates of the prevalence of the infection are down to 0.29 per cent from 0.36 per cent in 2007.
“The trend suggests that the overall strategy is working. In 2006-07, 36 people per 10,000 were infected, now the number is 29. That’s quite a decline,” said Damodar Bachani, Dy DG, Department of AIDS Control.
Prevalence continues to be concentrated in high risk groups — data for 2008-09 identify them as injecting drug users (9.2%), men having sex with men (7.3%), female sex workers (4.9%) and sexually-transmitted diseases clinic attendees (2.5%). Prevalence among ante-natal care clinic attendees is lower, at 0.49%.
Of the six states — Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Manipur — that showed a high prevalence in earlier years, all except two — Andhra Pradesh and Nagaland — have seen the median HIV prevalence among ante-natal care clinic attendees fall under 1%.
According to figures released by the governmnet,the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India has gone down from 23.1 lakh in 2007 to 22.7 lakh in 2008-09. Estimates of the prevalence of the infection are down to 0.29 per cent from 0.36 per cent in 2007.
“The trend suggests that the overall strategy is working. In 2006-07, 36 people per 10,000 were infected, now the number is 29. That’s quite a decline,” said Damodar Bachani, Dy DG, Department of AIDS Control.
Prevalence continues to be concentrated in high risk groups — data for 2008-09 identify them as injecting drug users (9.2%), men having sex with men (7.3%), female sex workers (4.9%) and sexually-transmitted diseases clinic attendees (2.5%). Prevalence among ante-natal care clinic attendees is lower, at 0.49%.
Of the six states — Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Manipur — that showed a high prevalence in earlier years, all except two — Andhra Pradesh and Nagaland — have seen the median HIV prevalence among ante-natal care clinic attendees fall under 1%.
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