Health Issues India

2.1 million Indians live with HIV - the third largest HIV epidemic in the world.  Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda intends to make HIV/AIDS a thing of the past in India by 2030. On World AIDS Day 2018, we investigate how likely this is to come to pass. Recent years have seen India make significant progress in its fight against HIV/AIDS, a disease which killed nearly a million people worldwide last year - including more than 90,000 Indians. As Health Issues India reported earlier this year, new infections with HIV fell from 120,000 in 2010 to 88,000 in 2017. 2.1 million people were living with HIV last year, compared to 2.3 million the start of the decade. This is no doubt encouraging news. However, huge obstacles remain in place which are likely to impede elimination efforts. 31 percent of HIV-positive Indians are unaware of their status. A mere 56 percent of Indians living with HIV receive treatment for the disease. "It is clear, for all the progress India has … Read Full Article about World AIDS Day 2018: The Indian perspective