Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 24 2009:
On the average, a new case of HIV infection is detected every four hours in Manipur.
At this rate, the number of HIV infected people is increasing by 200 every month.
A senior official of the Manipur AIDS Control Society (MACS) said that the situation is really alarming, as a new case of HIV infection is detected every four hours.
Saying that the new cases of HIV/AIDS infection can be detected because of serious efforts put in by MACS and other NGOs working in coordination with MACS, the official observed that the rate of HIV/AIDS communication in the State is the highest in India.
The rate is comparable to that of Myanmar, he noted.
With the number of injecting drug users receding, sex workers and MSMs have become the main agents of HIV/AIDS transmission.
To provide education facility under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to all those children infected by HIV/AIDS, necessary measures have been initiated by MACS and Education (S) Department, said another source.
The executive committee meeting of MACS scheduled on August 6 to discuss the opening of community care centres at Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul was cancelled due to the curfew, said the source.
A new date would be fixed soon to discuss the same agenda, added the source.