[AIDS INDIA] More Young Women Infected With HIV In India
April 17, 2008
More Young Women Infected With HIV In India
Med Headlines - According to a statement released by the World Health
Organization (WHO), the number of young women infected with HIV in
India is twice as high as the rate of young men affected by the
virus. A WHO official released a statement in Hyderabad, and
expressed concern on growing “feminization” of the disease.
WHO took into account a study by the UNAIDS conducted in 2006.
Manjula Lusti-Narasimhan, who is the technical officer for Sexual and
Reproductive Health and HIV, WHO, revealed that 39% of the people
infected with HIV are young women between the ages of 15-24. The
number is almost double that of affected men in the same age group.
Narasimhan said, “The increasing feminization of HIV in India, among
the younger lot, is not a good sign.”
arly 2.5 million people in India are infected with HIV. Experts feel
that nothing significant has been done to address this issue.
As indicated by Lester Coutinho of the David and Lucile Packard
Foundation, India, “There is far too much of dialogue, too much of
lip service and tokenism. But when it comes to actually tackling the
problem, especially when it concerns the youth, nothing much has been
done.” Coutinho organized an HIV/AIDS awareness program in the tribal
areas of Bihar and Jharkhand for past eight years.
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