HIV/AIDS : A Brief Study

Contents: Preface. 1. HIV/AIDS in India. 2. HIV, AIDS and Men. 3. Women, HIV and AIDS. 4. Infection through AIDS. 5. Transmission medicine. 6. Needle-exchange programme. 7. Prisons, prisoners and HIV/AIDS. 8. Sexual ethics and legality. 9. AIDS Pandemic. 10. Breastfeeding and HIV. 11. HIV test and antiretroviral drug. 12. Universal declaration of human rights.

HIV infection is now common in India; exactly what the prevalence is, is not really known, but it can be stated without any fear of being wrong that infection is widespread… it is spreading rapidly into those segments that society in India does not recognize as being at risk. AIDS is coming out of the closet. Educating people about HIV/AIDS and how it can be prevented is complicated in India, as a number of major languages and hundreds of different dialects are spoken within its population. This means that, although some HIV/AIDS prevention and education can be done at the national level, many of the efforts are best carried out at the state and local level.