Further fears of HIV in India

HIV/AIDS in India

India has among the highest number of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the world today, although the overall prevalence remains low. Some states experience a generalized epidemic with the virus transmitted from high-risk groups into the general population. A major challenge is to strengthen and decentralize the program to the state and district levels to enhance commitment, coverage and effectiv...

HIV & smoking in India.

There are approximately 2.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in India - the young being particularly vulnerable. The prevalence of smoking has increased in India especially among rural, lower socio-economic and illiterate men. Studies have shown that HIV-infected smokers may be at additional risk for several infectious and non-infectious complications, including malignancies and card...

Hiv Surveillance in India:

HIV/AIDS in India

HIV emerged later in India than it did in many other countries, but this has not limited its impact. Infection rates soared throughout the 1990s, and have increased further in recent years. The crisis continues to deepen, as it becomes clearer that the epidemic is affecting all sectors of Indian society, not just the groups – such as sex workers and truck drivers – that it was originally associ...

HIV/AIDS in India

STATE OF THE EPIDEMIC The Government of India estimates that in 2007, about 2.31 million Indians were living with HIV (1.8 – 2.9 million) with an adult prevalence of 0.34 percent. India’s highly heterogeneous epidemic is largely concentrated in six states—in the industrialized south and west and in the north-eastern tip. On average, HIV prevalence in those states is 4–5 times higher than in the...