By IANS
New Delhi : Australia has committed 10 million Australian dollars to curb spread of HIV/AIDS in four states of northeast India.
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi informed the Lok Sabha Wednesday that these funds are for Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
However, she said: “The funds are yet to be received.”
According to a revised estimate, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has reduced the AIDS population in India from 5.2 million to 2.5 million.
As per data with the health ministry, HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate in Manipur is as high as 1.68 percent as against the national rate of 0.36 percent.
The adult (15-49 age group) prevalence rate in Nagaland is 1.27 percent, 0.74 percent in Mizoram and 0.06 percent in Meghalaya.