Latest Figures on HIV/AIDS-2007
- Total number of people living with HIV-33.2m
- Adult living with HIV-30.8m
- Women living with HIV-15.4m
- Children living with HIV-2.5m
- New HIV infections-2.5m
- Adults newly infected-2.1m
- Children newly infected-0.42m
- Total AIDS deaths-2.1m
- Adult AIDS deaths-1.7m
- Child AIDS deaths-0.33m
- India has an estimated 2.5m people living with HIV/AIDS
- India's HIV prevalence in the general population is .36%
- India is the third worst affected country with HIV afterSouth Africa (5.5m) and Nigeria (2.9 m)
- An estiamted 1.7 lakh people died of HIV in 2006
Other Social Issues in India
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