Project Director and other officials inaugurating the workshop. photo awakening
Jagran correspondent, Patna. Although the discussion about HIV-AIDS is decreasing, its spread in the country and the state has not stopped yet. In the districts where earlier more infected people were being found, fewer new cases are being found. On the contrary, the number of patients is increasing rapidly in many new districts. The average number of infected people in the districts of Patna, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Begusarai, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur Gaya is more than seven thousand.
The highest infection rate in the state is in the capital Patna. Last year, about 40 lakh people were screened and more than 1,500 were found infected. An estimated 1 lakh 54 thousand 269 people are infected in the state. At the same time, one lakh six thousand are infected in anti-retroviral treatment. However, currently only about 99 thousand are being given all types of medicines. It is believed that about seven thousand of these infected people have gone to work in other states and now their treatment is being ensured in coordination with the government there.
This information was given by the officials of Bihar State AIDS Control Committee in the media orientation cum sensitization workshop on Tuesday. It was inaugurated by Project Director Sumit Kumar, Joint Director Manoj Kumar Sinha, Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations of the Health Department, Mohd. Atar Imam Khan, Deputy Director of the Committee Mantreshwar Pathak, Assistant Director Alok Singh, etc.
Target to reach every infected person by 2027
Project Director Sumit Kumar said that NACO's goal is to identify all the infected by 2027 instead of 2030 and ensure arrangements for their treatment so that their immunity can be preserved and fatal infections can be prevented. For this, the team will identify high risk people and sensitive places and go there for screening. Female sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgenders, injection drug users, truck drivers-migrant workers and their spouses, high inmates, pregnant women, sexually transmitted infections, TB and Kala-azar patients, people in the age group of 15 to 49 are the target groups for screening.
He said that there are still many misconceptions in the society regarding HIV-AIDS. The role of media is important in eliminating these. Through sensitive news, not only awareness but also a feeling of acceptance, cooperation and respect can be developed in the society towards HIV affected people. AIDS Control Committee is running various programs for prevention, testing and treatment of HIV-AIDS. Information about these schemes and services should be made available to the general public so that its benefits can reach more and more people.
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