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Study shows decrease in HIV infections in India
Infection Control Monitor, March 31, 2006
According to a recent study, the number of new HIV infections in four south Indian states has decreased by more than a third, Reuters reports.
A study in the medical journal, The Lancet, reports that active surveillance and peer intervention among high risk groups has had an impact in the south. India currently has the world's second-highest number of people living with HIV.
The study, conducted by the University of Toronto and an Indian research institute, reported HIV infection among women aged 15 to 24 years in the states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh had fallen from 1.7 percent to 1.1 percent in a four-year period.
New infections fell by 35 percent between 2000 and 2004. The four states account for 75 percent of people living with HIV in India. Although there is still much work to be done, this is rare good news in the fight against HIV infection.
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