India sees major reduction in HIV infections but challenges remain: UN
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Health News: India saw a
major reduction in the number of new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths and
people living with HIV from 2010 to 2017 on the back of sustained and focussed
efforts, according to a UN report which warned that the epidemic was growing in
Pakistan.
The
Joint UN Agency on AIDS (UNAIDS) report titled 'Miles to go closing gaps,
breaking barriers, righting injustices' said Asia and the Pacific regions have
made strong inroads with its HIV response.
Sustained
and focused efforts to reach key populations have led to major reductions in
HIV infections in Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam between 2010
and 2017.
The
report, however, warned that the global new HIV infections were not declining
fast enough. It also noted that the epidemics were expanding in Pakistan and
the Philippines.
In
India, new HIV infections dropped from 120,000 in 2010 to 88,000 in 2017, AIDS-related
deaths from 160,000 to 69,000 and people living with HIV from 2,300,000 to
2,100,000 in the same time period, the report said.
India
has an approved social protection strategy, policy or framework that is being
implemented, it said.
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