17 lakh people in the country contracted HIV in the last ten years through unprotected intercourse

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• Apr 24, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E2E2E">Digital Desk: National AIDS Control Organization data revealed that more
than 17 lakh people in the country contracted HIV in the last ten years through
unprotected intercourse.

Despite this, the number of people contracting
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has significantly decreased in the last 10
years. 2.4 lakh HIV infections were reported by unprotected sex in 2011-12,
while 85,268 were reported by 2020-21.

During the period from 2011 to 2021 in India,
the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) reported 17,08,777 people were
infected with HIV by unprotected sex, according to the RTI response submitted
by Madhya Pradesh activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E2E2E">Among the states,
Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest number of such cases of HIV transmission at
3,18,814 followed by Maharashtra at 2,84,577, Karnataka at 2,12,982, Tamil Nadu
at 1,16,536, Uttar Pradesh at 1,10,911 and Gujarat at 87,440 cases.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E2E2E">Also, 15,782 people
contracted HIV by transmission through blood and blood products from 2011-12 to
2020-21, and 4,423 contracted the disease by mother to child transmission according
to 18 month antibody testing data.

The
data showed that HIV transmission decreased consistently across all states and
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There
are 23,18,737 HIV-positive people in the country as of 2020, including 81,430
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