T.N. achieves target of National AIDS Control Programme-Phase V: Health Minister

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T.N. achieves target of National AIDS Control Programme-Phase V: Health Minister

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Tamil Nadu's Health Minister says the State has met its target under Phase V of the National AIDS Control Programme. Reported HIV prevalence fell from 0.40% in 2010 to 0.19% in 2023, which the minister attributed to sustained awareness efforts by the government and NGOs.

The Minister, while participating in an event on a State-level intensified IEC campaign on HIV/AIDS, says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS has been down by half in the State; it has dropped from 0.40% in 2010 to 0.19% in 2023 as a result of sustained and intensive awareness efforts by the State government and NGOs

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