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Nabi Azad, India’s Minister of
Health and Family Welfare, announced that the government plans to provide
testing and counseling for HIV/AIDS at major sea ports to prevent HIV
transmission and help manage the disease.
He explained that the Department of
AIDS Control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Shipping on February 14.
According to the MoU, the Ministry of Shipping will make the health infrastructure
and human resources available at major sea ports for prevention and management
of STIs and HIV/AIDS.
A recent UN report states that HIV
cases among adults have declined by half in India since 2000. Also, the
prevalence of HIV/AIDS has decreased to 0.31 percent with an estimated 2.7
million persons in India living with the disease. Azad said that recent
estimates for 2012 indicate that the overall HIV prevalence among adults in
India in 2011 was 0.27 percent. He also listed a number of programs, including
the Red Ribbon Express, that are used to create HIV awareness and halt the
transmission of the disease.
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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