According to the tenth UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic released on 30 may 2006 India has the highset number of persons with HIV.Iindia has overtaken South Africa in total number of HIV cases. South Africa, with 5.5 million HIV cases, has a much higher prevalence rate among adults (18.8 percent) compared with India's infection rate of just 0.9 percent. But UNAIDS estimates that 5.7 million Indians are infected with HIV, an incredibly troubling statistic given that, with a billion people, even a small statistical increase results in a huge number of new infections.
Though government of india has rejected the report but if it is true,it would be horrible.
More stats:
1800 children contract HIV every day.
More than 4 million people were infected with HIV in 2005.
25 million people have died from HIV/AIDS in the last quarter century.
On average, only 9% of HIV-positive pregnant women receive retroviral treatment.
On average, only a third of young men -and just one fifth of young women - could correctly identify ways of preventing HIV transmission.
A bright spot: funding for HIV/AIDS is way up, nearly $8.3 billion last year
Though government of india has rejected the report but if it is true,it would be horrible.
More stats:
1800 children contract HIV every day.
More than 4 million people were infected with HIV in 2005.
25 million people have died from HIV/AIDS in the last quarter century.
On average, only 9% of HIV-positive pregnant women receive retroviral treatment.
On average, only a third of young men -and just one fifth of young women - could correctly identify ways of preventing HIV transmission.
A bright spot: funding for HIV/AIDS is way up, nearly $8.3 billion last year
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