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Nearly Half of Indian Women Have Not Heard of AIDS
February 23 2007
By Reuters
More than 40 percent of women in India have not heard of AIDS, according to a government survey that has alarmed activists.
India has 5.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS, according to the United Nations, which is the world's highest caseload. But the prevalence rate, in the country of 1.1 billion people, is much lower than in most of Africa.
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the most extensive study on health and nutrition in India, said in its latest report only 57 percent of women have heard of AIDS.
© Reuters Foundation 2002
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category: News from Other Sources : AIDS News
contributed by Winnie Mutch on 23 February 2007
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