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 The number of Asians infected with HIV/AIDS, especially in China, India and Indonesia, is poised to spin out of control if large-scale sustained intervention isn’t implemented immediately, according to a report released November 26 by UNAIDS and WHO. According to the report, nearly 4 million Indians have HIV. Yet, that number, second only to South Africa, comprises less than 1 percent of India’s population.
At the same time, United Nations research indicates that, in areas where prevention education has been targeted and sustained, behavioral changes have brought down the number people becoming infected. Experts continue to focus on high-risk groups like female commercial sex workers and men who have sex with men, as well as large groups who have little access to prevention information like women living in rural areas.
Reena Samuel is a government and media relations associate for World Vision in India. She is responsible for all of World Vision’s child advocacy initiatives in India and is World Vision’s spokesperson on AIDS in India.
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