04-23-2006, 03:04 PM
<b>5.21 mn Indian adults HIV affected: Report</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->About 5.21 million Indian adults are estimated to be living with HIV infection, say the the latest official estimates.
"According to the estimates in 2005, 5.206 million adult people are HIV positive," Director General of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) K Sujatha Rao said.
The adult prevalence is still less than one per cent, at 0.91 per cent in the country, she said.
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"According to the estimates in 2005, 5.206 million adult people are HIV positive," Director General of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) K Sujatha Rao said.
The adult prevalence is still less than one per cent, at 0.91 per cent in the country, she said.
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