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Truckers ferrying deadly HIV virus into NE: Survey
Nagaland Post | Agencies | Golakganj, Apr 20 ()
According to The Assam Tribune report, a recent study showed that a staggering 80,000 truck drivers in India (8.5 per cent of the total of 3 to 5 million) are believed to be at risk from HIV and at least a million drivers practice high risk behaviour. For instance, a truck driver from the Northeast visiting sex workers when he is away from the region has the risk of contacting the deadly virus and spreading it in the region upon his return.
The national highways passing through Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram have become hot seats of sex trade, and thereby increased the chances of spread of HIV&AIDS
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