India is one of the 2nd largest populated countries in the world, with over one billion inhabitants. Of this number, it’s estimated that more or less 7 million Indians are currently living with HIV. HIV emerged later in India than it did in many other countries. Infection rates soared throughout the 1990s, and today the [...]
HIV/AIDS – India An overview AIDS considered as the modern pandemic of the world and With more than 5 million people estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, India’s HIV/AIDS prevalence is second in the world only to South Africa. The Government of India estimates that in 2006, about 2.45 million Indians were living [...]
This pandemic has now taken hold of many countries in Asia. There are more than 10 million people got infected HIV in Asia now. In 2003, 0.5 million people died due to this disease in this region and more than one million people were added as newly infected. The highest number of HIV positive now [...]