KOCHI: There would be at least one million full blown AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) cases end five million HIV positive cases in India by 2000, AD, according to World Health (Organization (WHO) statistics,
Olavi Elo, who representative in| India, speaking at a seminar on AIDS here in Kerala state Friday, said since 1986 HIV infection had spread in AIDS.
By 1991, almost all states had been infected, the highest number of cases being reported from north eastern states of Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland, he said.
The facility for detecting HIV positive cases was limited in the country, be said, an urged for a national AIDS control program. He recalled that in 1985 of the 11,36,489 persons tested for AIDS, only 6,106 were found HIV positive. Of them, there were only 100 actual cases of AIDS,
Article extracted from this publication >> March 20, 1992
