Monday, December 1, 2014

New HIV cases down by 57 percent, India now aims for zero infection

On World AIDS Day, Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Monday sought people's involvement to make the mission success, saying governments or NGOs alone cannot deal with the challenge successfully.

Launching the helpline number - 1097, a digital resource centre and a supply chain management system for HIV patients, Nadda said, "It's the work of every individual to come out and fight it (HIV) out. There should be zero discrimination against people with HIV. This should be our commitment."

Stressing on the importance of "restraint" and "precaution", he said it was time for people to consider their lifestyle, noting that preventive health care has become important after an era when it was considered that antibiotics can "cure everything". "We should be working on two fronts. We should be aware and put special emphasis on prevention and help those living with HIV and AIDS so that they face no discrimination," he said in his address.

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