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42,361 HIV+ cases in State now
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 07 2013 :
The number of HIV positive cases in Manipur till December, 2012 has reached 42,361 out of 5,59,044 blood samples tested.
According to the datas of Manipur AIDS Control Society (MACS), out of the 42,361 positive cases detected, 11,878 are women and 2,780 are children.
As per Sentinel Surveillance Report of 2010, HIV prevalence rate among injecting drug users came down to 12.89 percent as against 28.65 percent in 2008, prevalence rate among Female Sex workers (FSWs) also came down from 10.87 percent in 2008 to 2.80 percent in 2010 but it has increased marginally among the pregnant women from 0.5 percent in 2008 to 0.78 percent in 2010 .
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