Photos: On World AIDS day, India can cautiously celebrate
A series of rallies and demonstrations were held across India in an effort to raise awareness about AIDS on World AIDS day. In India, though much remains to be done. There is still reason to celbrate. New HIV cases among adults have declined by half in India since 2000, according to a new UN report which praised India’s contribution to AIDS response through manufacture of generic antiretroviral drugs. According to more recent National AIDS Control Organisation data, India has demonstrated an overall reduction of 57 percent in estimated annual new HIV infections (among adult population) from 0.274 million in 2000 to 0.116 million in 2011.
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On World AIDS day, according to Globalfund.org, there is cause for celebration as well. The awareness around the world has meant that up to 6 million people are receiving antiretroviral therapy through Global Fund-supported programs. This is a group of volunteers in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha: PTI
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Despite the high levels of awareness however, a larger problem is the discrimination faced by AIDS sufferers, according to UNAIDS. Here, College students taking part in an awareness campaign on World AIDS day in Coimbatore on Sunday. PTI
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In India, sex workers are among the most vulnerable to AIDS, and also have to contend with the most discrimination. Here the ‘All India Network of Sex Workers’ participates in an awareness campaign in New Delhi: PTI
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Government awareness programmes in India have made an impression. According to more recent National AIDS Control Organisation data, India has demonstrated an overall reduction of 57 percent in estimated annual new HIV infections (among adult population) from 0.274 million in 2000 to 0.116 million in 2011: PTI
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Girls take part in an awareness rally organized by the Assam State Aids Control Society in Guwahati. The Northeastern parts of India still face a fairly serious spread of the disease: PTI
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A transgender performer at an awareness program for sex workers in Mumbai. Currently, India spends about 5% of its health budget on HIV/AIDS. PTI
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School students holding placards during a rally on the eve of World AIDS Day in Jammu on Saturday. New HIV cases among adults have declined by half in India since 2000, according to a new UN report which praised India’s contribution to AIDS response through manufacture of generic antiretroviral drugs: PTI
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An artist making a sand sculpture on AIDS awareness on the bank of river Ganga in Allahabad. According to Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, India’s success comes from using an evidence-informed and human rights-based approach that is backed by sustained political leadership and civil society engagement: PTI
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School children make a human chain which reads “AIDS” and the awareness symbol of a red ribbon on the eve of ‘World AIDS Day’ at Malkapur in Karad, Maharashtra on Saturday. PTI
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