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HIV/AIDS in India is an epidemic.The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) estimated that 3.14 million people lived with HIV/AIDS in India in 2023. [1] Despite being home to the world's third-largest population of persons with HIV/AIDS (as of 2023, with South Africa and Nigeria having more), [2] the AIDS prevalence rate in India is lower than that of many other countries.
Documented cases of HIV (cumulative) ARV/ART enrolled or documented cases of AIDS (cumulative) Documented deaths (cumulative) HIV cases past 12 mo. before reported date Figures as of** Updated every UN WORLD Estimated cases: 76,100,000 (est) 20.9m on ARV: 35,000,000 (est) 1,800,000(est) Dec 2017: annual Total Cases accounted for in this table ...
In 2017, UNAIDS reported the adult HIV prevalence in India to be 0.28 per-cent. [24] The number of HIV affected persons in India declined from 5.1 million in 2003 to 2.1 million in 2016, partly owing to World Health Organization's revised methodology to calculate the decline which had brought down HIV estimates for India to 2.5 million in 2007 ...
Three women likely got HIV while receiving “vampire facials” at a New Mexico spa — the first known cases transmitted via cosmetic injections, a CDC report says.
Adult HIV prevalence exceeds 20% in Eswatini, Botswana, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, while an additional five countries report adult HIV prevalence of at least 10%. In absolute numbers, South Africa (9.2 million), followed Tanzania (2.55 million) and Mozambique (2.48 million) and Nigeria (2.45million) had the highest HIV/AIDS number of cases by the ...
Suniti Solomon (1938 or 1939 – 28 July 2015) was an Indian physician and microbiologist who pioneered AIDS research and prevention in India after having diagnosed the first Indian AIDS cases among the Chennai sex workers in 1986 along with her student Sellappan Nirmala.
The goal was to reach the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV, including some who don’t know they have the disease. Overall, estimated new HIV infection rates declined 23%from 2012 to 2022.
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences said on Wednesday it has granted royalty-free licenses to six generic drug manufacturers to make and sell cheaper copycat versions of its HIV prevention medicine in 120 ...