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India has seen a steep decline in
new HIV cases in the past 10 years, the health and family welfare minister
announced recently. “HIV infections have declined by 56 percent during the last
decade, from 2.7 lakh [270,000] in 2000 to 1.2 lakh [120,000] in 2009,” Ghulam
Nabi Azad told an international AIDS vaccine forum meeting in New Delhi.
“This has been possible due to
political support at the highest levels to the various interventions under
National AIDS Control Program, including parliamentarians and elected leaders
at the state and local levels and cooperation received from NGOs, civil
society, etc.”
Expanding effective prevention
programs that target those at highest risk could further cut new infections,
said Ashwani Kumar, the minister of science, technology and earth sciences.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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