Manipur is now doomed. :Time Magazine, 30 September 2002

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Stalking a Killer

By Tim McGirk and Jakes

Time Magazine, 30 September 2002

Excerpts from the article:

...... What researchers fear most: AIDS is about to explode in the

world's most populous nations—China and India. Each has more than a

billion citizens, most of them impoverished. Neither country has

comprehensive AIDS awareness programs or adequate health care. India

has an estimated 4 million HIV sufferers; that number is growing

exponentially as migrant laborers carry the virus from the cities

back to the villages. " India may not reach the prevalence of 30% as

in Africa, but even a 1% increase for HIV would mean about 1 million

new cases, " says Dr. Sunithi , an AIDS worker in Madras who

diagnosed the first Indian case in 1986. Ominously, the epidemic has

got out of hand in India's northeastern state of Manipur, a locus of

Burmese heroin trafficking. Says Dr. Narendra Singh of the Jawaharal

Nehru Memorial Hospital in the state capital, Imphal: " Manipur is now

doomed. " ....

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