In india ,the first case of AIDS was reported in 1986 from Chennai.since then, there has been an increase in the number of HIV infections over the years . In July 2003, India with the world's second highest population had at least 4 million hiv positive people. HIV sentinel surveillance data showed maharashtra as the most affected state followed by Tamil nadu, andhra Pradesh, karnataka and manipur.
AIDS:Mapping the disease
. Two in three people with HIV_23.5m of _35m live in sub Saharan Africa.
. At 5.6 , south Africa has the largest HIV infected population in the world,followed by Nigeria 's 3.5m and India's 2.39 m.
HIV in India
.1.48 lakh people died of aids related causes in 2011, 7per cent of them were children.
.29 per cent reduction in estimated annual AIDS deaths in 2007 to 2011 due to wider access to ART(anti_retroviral therapy)
. 39 %was the coverage of ART for HIV+KIDS in 2011.
Hope for AIDS cure
In a breakthrough of, Australian researchers claim to have discovered how to modify a protein in the human immunodeficiency virus which could lead to potential cure for acquired immuno deficiency syndrome. According to researcher david harrick from Queensland institute of medical research the protein can be modified so that instead of replicating it protects against the deadly infection.
BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT
American researchers claimed to have cured an infant of HIV infections in a medical breakthrough that raises hope for thousand of babies across the world who contract the deadly virus in their mothers wombs .
. Tests showed viruses steadily decreasing in infants blood till it became undetectable, 29 days after birth.
.Infant received antivirals till 18 months of age.
. 10 months later , repeated blood tests found no sign of HIV.
This is the first child and only the second hiv infected person to have been cured of the disease, if the claim announced on march 3, 2013 by a research team from John Hopkins children's center and the.
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