The cases of new HIV infections have come down in Haryana with the State recording overall reduction of 5.8 per cent in annual new HIV infections. Officials say this was due to the impact of various interventions of State AIDS Control Society.
Additional Project Director, Haryana State AIDS Control Society (HSACS), Dr Vijay Garg gave the details of the cases coming down at a training workshop on HIV/AIDS organised for Army personnel at headquarters of Western Command, Chandimandir on the occasion of World AIDS Day which falls on December 1 every year. About 200 Army personnel participated in this workshop.
In his address, Dr Garg said that there are around 27,000 HIV patients in the State and Haryana is among the lowest Prevalence State with prevalence of 0.11 per cent as compared to adjoining States of Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
He said that the HIV positivity has fallen down from 1.54 per cent to 0.9 per cent in the last five years. The prevalence in High Risk Group population like female sex workers, males having sex with men, truckers, migrants and injecting drug users has fallen down.