World AIDS Day: "11.81 lakh living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy"

By the end of 2017, an estimated 21.4 lakh were living with HIV (PLHIV) in India. The prevalence of HIV among adults (15 to 49 years old) was 0.22%. According to the 2017 report on HIV estimates recently released by the National AIDS Control Organization and the ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India , 11.81 lakhs are currently receiving antiretroviral therapy in the country. .

December 1st marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day. This year's theme is "Know Your Status". Despite considerable progress, the AIDS epidemic is not yet over, said officials of the Indian Council of Medical Research. The latest update on the AIDS situation from 1981 to 2017 in 35 states and TU in India indicates that there is an overall decline in the number of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in India. According to the report, there were 87,590 new HIV infections and 69,110 AIDS-related deaths in 2017.

While new infections are declining nationally, there are variations between . In five states – Arunachal Pradesh (65%), Assam (37%), Mizoram (18%), Meghalaya (10%) and Uttarakhand (4%) – new infections have increased in 2017 compared to 2010. L & 39 HIV infection The general population is low in all states, with the exception of a few, it is much higher in high risk groups.

"There is no room for complacency, because according to the report, in some states, HIV infections are on the rise. The last mile is still difficult, but these trends need to be carefully monitored, "said ICMR to Dr. R R Gangakhedkar, Chief of the Division Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases The Indian Express.