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15th ASICON 2024: Empowering HIV Care through Information
The two-day 15th ASICON, being held in Kochi from March 22-24 is themed 'Informs, Reforms and Transforms HIV-care'. Out of the estimated 24.67 lakh people living with HIV in India (1✔ ✔Trusted SourceHIV/AIDS Patients in India
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About 79 percent of the 24.67 lakh people know their HIV-positive status, 86 percent of those who know they are positive are receiving antiretroviral therapy, and out of those receiving the therapy, 93 percent are virally suppressed. "Every person with HIV who is on treatment should get the viral load test regularly as it is important to ensure that the person is (and remains) virally suppressed, untransmittable, and healthy," said Gilada, who was the first person to raise the alarm on HIV in India and established India's first AIDS Clinic in JJ Hospital Mumbai in 1986.
Reference:
- HIV/AIDS Patients in India - (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1657057)
Source-IANS