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The main cause ofHIVinfection in the state is sexual (86.31%), while transmission through infected syringes and needles is merely 5.24%, revealed data released by theAssamState Aids Control Society<\/a> (AACS) on World Aids Day.<\/p>\n

The route of transmission in 82.20% detected HIV positive cases is heterosexual, whereas in 4.11% cases the transmission is by homosexuals or bisexuals. Parent to child infection rate is 4.64%, and in 2.82% cases the reason behind the transmission has not been specified or remains unknown.<\/p>\n

The obvious concern has been the areas in and around Guwahati. District wise detection shows that, the maximum number of cases (33%) has been diagnosed in Kamrup (Metropolitan) district as on October 31. Also in the scanner is Cachar district in South Assam where 23% of the state’s total cases have been diagnosed. The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) data shows that Assam has been able to test<\/a> 67,15,121 persons (22,22,527 general clients and 44,92,594 pregnant Women<\/a>) till October 31, 2021 and 20,841 cases have been diagnosed as HIV positive, out of which 19,030 are general clients and 1,811 are pregnant women.<\/p>\n

In the last 20 years though, the HIV case detection graph has been unevenly on the rise and reached climax in 2019-20 when the highest 1,955 number of cases. In the last two years, however, it has noticeably gone down to 1,288 in 2020-21 and 1,287 in 2021-22 (April to October).<\/p>\n

Expert analysis done by ASACS stated that Assam remains a highly vulnerable state as far as HIV transmission possibility is concerned because a large number of young Population<\/a> from the state is also going to large cities for EMPLOYMENT<\/a> and get involved in high-risk behaviour. A large number of female migrants from other northeastern states, West Bengal and Nepal, who have come to Assam for employment and Education<\/a>, got involved in risk behavior favorable for HIV transmission, they observed.<\/p>\n

According to India HIV estimations 2019, adult (15 to 49 years) prevalence Percentage<\/a> in northeast was highest in Mizoram (2.32%), followed by Nagaland (1.45%), Manipur (1.18%), Meghalaya (0.54%), Tripura (0.10%), Assam (0.09%),(0.07%) and Arunachal Pradesh (0.06%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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