Rise in HIV infections in Assam due to injecting of drugs: Minister
The Hindu
Assam Health Minister confirms increase in HIV-AIDS cases due to drug injection, government working with NGOs to address issue.
Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta on February 9 said that the state has registered an increase in the number of HIV-AIDS cases, with injecting of drugs being the main cause.
He affirmed in the Assembly that the government, with help from NGOs, has been working with HIV-positive persons.
However, the details were not disclosed to maintain the anonymity of the patients.
Congress MLA Sibamoni Bora raised the matter of the prevalence of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) patients in the state during Question Hour, claiming that there has been a spike in fresh infections.
She claimed that around 50 per cent of the drug peddlers are themselves infected.
Ms. Bora alleged that the government has been less focused on spreading awareness of HIV since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr. Mahanta, in his reply, said that 31,729 HIV-AIDS cases were detected in the state from 89,84,519 tests conducted between 2002 and 2023.
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