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State plan to keep newborns HIV-free

Staff Reporter

Government spending Rs. 7.7 crores on control of AIDS, says APSACS project director

ANANTAPUR: Project Director of Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society Ashok Kumar on Saturday said that the State Government was spending Rs. 7.7 crores on control and prevention of AIDS this year.

Speaking at the District Media Consultation on the issue of HIV-AIDS organised by Centre for Advocacy and Research here, he said the Government was making efforts to make all babies to be born till December-end HIV free, even if the parents were positive.

With the efforts put in for the last couple of years, the incidence of AIDS had come down from 2 per cent to 1 per cent.

While the incidence had registered a downward trend in 18 districts, another five districts registered an increase.

Awareness programmes were being planned in the five districts to bring down the incidence, he said.

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