What is the HIV rate in India?

As per the latest HIV estimates report (2019) of the Government, India is estimated to have around 23.49 lakh people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in 2019. The HIV epidemic has an overall decreasing trend in country with estimated annual New HIV infections declining by 37% between 2010 and 2019.

How many people died with HIV in India?

Ishwar Gilada, president, AIDS Society of India (ASI), said India had 2.35 million people living with HIV. Of this 1.345 million were receiving ART. There were 69,220 new HIV infections and 58,960 AIDS related deaths reported in India in 2019.

How did HIV spread in India?

The Indian epidemic is concentrated among vulnerable populations at high risk for HIV. The concentrated epidemics are driven by unprotected sex between sex workers and their clients and by injecting drug use with contaminated injecting equipment.

How many people are living with HIV in India?

The Government of India estimates that about 2.40 million Indians are living with HIV (1.93 ‐3.04 million) with an adult prevalence of 0.31% (2009). Children (<15 yrs) account for 3.5% of all infections, while 83% are the in age group 15-49 years.

Which is the lowest HIV prevalence state in India?

HIV has declined notably in Tamil Nadu to reach 0.33% in 2009 down from 0.58% in 2007. However, low prevalence states of Chandigarh, Orissa, Kerala, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya show rising trends in adult HIV prevalence in the last four years.

What are the statistics on HIV in the United States?

HIV Incidence Estimate. Incidence is the number of new HIV infections that occur during a given time period. In 2015, the estimated number of new HIV infections in the United States was 38,500. Estimated annual HIV infections in the United States declined 8% from 2010 to 2015.a. a CDC.

When was the first case of HIV diagnosed in India?

In 1986, the first known case of HIV was diagnosed by Dr. Suniti Solomon and her student Dr. Sellappan Nirmala amongst female sex workers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Later that year, sex workers began showing signs of this deadly disease. At that time, foreigners in India were traveling in and out of the country.