Friday, April 29, 2005
HIV/AIDS out of control in India: Global Fund
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 NEW DELHI: India has outstripped South Africa as the country with the highest number of people living with AIDS and HIV, the head of the Global Fund said.
Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said "the official statistics show India in second place and South Africa in first place."
But, Feachem said, "The official statistics are wrong. India is in first place."
"The epidemic in India is growing very rapidly. It is out of control. There is nothing happening in India today that is big or serious enough to prevent it."
The U.N. agency UNAIDS' latest official figures for the national prevalence of HIV/AIDS were published in July 2004, giving the estimated incidence as at the end of 2003.
Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said "the official statistics show India in second place and South Africa in first place."
But, Feachem said, "The official statistics are wrong. India is in first place."
"The epidemic in India is growing very rapidly. It is out of control. There is nothing happening in India today that is big or serious enough to prevent it."
The U.N. agency UNAIDS' latest official figures for the national prevalence of HIV/AIDS were published in July 2004, giving the estimated incidence as at the end of 2003.
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