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AIDS will spread like ‘bushfire’ in India: UN

New Delhi, November 13:: HIV/AIDS infections will spread like ‘bushfire’ in parts of India if the country fails to check a spike in the number of intravenous drug users, the United Nations AIDS agency said on Thursday. India has the world's third highest caseload with 2.5 million infections. It has an estimated 200,00 ....Read more

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HIV in IndiaBy: Yogesh Choudhri | Friday , 14 Nov '08 8:08:06 AM Reply | Forward In a concentrated epidemic situation (specially infections among people who inject drugs), it is not definite that the infections will spread in general populations-- a good article to refer in this situation was published in Int Journal of Drug Policy "Putting a cart before horse" and specifically refered to situation in Russia.

facts with gross overviewBy: sankalp sharma | Thursday , 13 Nov '08 21:30:53 PM Reply | Forward number of aids cases in our country due to i/v use constitute fraction of the total cases and the incidence of hiv positivity though heigher usage of disposable syringes and awarerness has substancially reduced iv usage as the cause of infection with heterosexual intercourse being the prime mode of viral transmission .transmision of huv as an infection has also shown a substancial reduction owing to the primary healthcare awareness .with substancial funding from the ngos towards screening identification and councilling of the infected population alongside various awareness campaigns towards a productive life without bias,alongside research for protein derivatives for early identification and eventual curative initiative with inexpensive medications may be the only way forward and the claims of the un may be a bit exaggerated.

conversion has resulted in drug useBy: n.krishna | Thursday , 13 Nov '08 21:20:52 PM Reply | Forward In the north east after conversion to christianity the christians have become rootless community The operation of missionaries in NE should be banned

conversion has resulted in drug useBy: n.krishna | Thursday , 13 Nov '08 21:20:51 PM Reply | Forward In the north east after conversion to christianity the christians have become rootless community The operation of missionaries in NE should be banned

AIDSBy: Joy Fernandes | Thursday , 13 Nov '08 18:13:41 PM Reply | Forward Public awareness is necessary in those place where the media cant reach, i think some NGO's

Will take care of a section of the society?By: Ajay, Pune | Thursday , 13 Nov '08 17:12:36 PM Reply | Forward The priority should be to contain the secondary infections through blood transfusions. as for the primiary, I think the people getting into the mess should be aware of the consequences anyway!

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