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HIV/AIDS report rings alarm bell ( yearly 4700 die of the disease).

AIDS has become a major health threat in the country with 4,700 people, 229 of them below 14 years of age, dying of it every year. According to latest data made available at a recent programme, about 63,528 people across the country are HIV-positive. Among others, drug users, women sex traders and their customers, gays and migrant workers area at high risk.

Though the number of HIV patients in Nepal stands at 63,528, only 16,262 — 1,569 males and 5,693 females — have been identified so far. Unsafe intercourse is one of the causes of the disease with a recent study showing that 7,215 of the patients had contracted the disease through this medium. About 405 kids were found to have inherited the disease from their parents, the study said.

Krishna Kumar Rai, director, National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Centre, said prevention initiatives have not been effective for want of coordination between government bodies and NGOs. “Many organisations have been working separately in the field of HIV AIDS, it would be better if they worked jointly.’’ Of the total investment in HIV/AIDS prevention, the government investment amounts to 9 percent, while non-government organisations have invested the rest.

More than $ 10 million is spent in this field in Nepal annually. Many programmes have been organised for the prevention of the disease including Anti Retro Viral (ART) therapy. A total of 4,509 affected people are receiving treatment through 25 ART centres and 10 sub-centres. Rajiv Kafle, chairman, National Federation of HIV/AIDS, opined that some new technologies should be devised for preventing the disease.

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