According to National AIDS Control Organization 2007 estimates ,out of an estimated 2.31 million people with HIV and AIDS in India, women constitutes 39% and youngsters below 15 years stands at 7.8% Out of the 70,000 children below 15 years with HIV in India, 21,000 are infected each year through parent to child transmission. There are an increasing number of youngsters dying with AIDS may be a major concern in India. In April 2004 ART programme was launched in 6 high prevalence states of India for HIV infected people. Realising the necessity for extending free ART to increasing number of youngsters living with HIV, the paediatric AIDS initiative was launched in 2006 . The main focus was to scale back the disparity between the quantity of kids living with HIV and AIDS and a...
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