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V AIDS originated is the African continent in

ancient times, which was said to have spread


by forest animals, mainly monkeys.

V AIDS entered India in the early nineteenth


century through truck drivers, infected foreign
visitors and sex workers.

V The first case of HIV infection in India was


reported in 1986.
V Sexual transmission

V Usage of unhygienic equipments

V Transmission of blood

V Transmission from an infected mother to her


newborn
V According to NACO, in 2007, an estimated 2.31
million people in India were living with
HIV/AIDS

V More than 90 per cent HIV infections in India


have been reported from the most productive
age group of 15-49 years
V Maharashtra
V Tamil Nadu
V Karnataka
V Andhra Pradesh
V Manipur
V Nagaland
V According to the UN, by 2050, India·s
population will be 5 per cent smaller than it
would have been without AIDS

V India has reported 2.8 million deaths between


1980 and 2000

V During 2000-15, the UN projects that there will


be 12.3 million deaths due to AIDS.
V In the late 1990s, researchers estimated that the total
annual cost of HIV/AIDS in India was roughly 1
per cent of GDP.

V The loss of labour income and increased medical


expenditure measured 2.6% of the country·s health
expenditure and 0.12% of GDP.

V The loss from external transfers (through debt,


savings and social insurance) account for 5% of
annual health expenditure and 0.23% of GDP.
V In 2006-2007, $171 million was spent to prevent
the growth of HIV
V Currently, India spends about 5% of its $5.4
billion healthcare budget on treating AIDS
patients
V According to the World Bank·s report, by 2020,
India will have to spend 7% of its health
budget on AIDS if the rising tide of the AIDS
epidemic in New Delhi, Mumbai, the north and
the north east is not bring down.
V (ffect on the labour supply and productivity
V (ffect on savings rates
V (ffect on economic growth
V Discrimination in the society
V Awareness programmes are being conducted
in various places of the country
V In 2007, India flagged off 'Red Ribbon (xpress·,
which travelled to 180 stations in 24 states,
reaching out to 6.2 million people with
HIV/AIDS education and awareness
V Following the success of the campaign, the
'Red Ribbon (xpress' took off again in
December 2009, covering 3.8 million people in
six months

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