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More people seek AIDS helpline
Staff Reporter
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Maximum callers in the age group of 21 to 30
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CHENNAI:
The Chennai Corporation AIDS Prevention and Control Society (CAPACS) - run helpline (1097) has registered an increase in the number of callers ever since it changed its publicity tack earlier this year.
The number of calls a month has gone up from around 200 last year to over 3,000 this year.
A quantitative analysis of calls received in April and May this year has shown that most callers are in the age group of 15 to 30 years. Most of them seek general information about the disease and also centres where they could take the HIV test.
There has also been a substantial increase in the number of women calling up the counsellors, though the number is still much lower than men. In May, 2,462 men called while 445 women dialled the service.
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