Karnataka has 54,059 People living with AIDS, 3rd largest in country

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Karnataka has 54,059 aids victims, 3rd largest in country

Thursday, July 24 2008 19:14(IST)

News Gallery Mysore, July 24: There are atleast 54,059 aids victims in the state

and of them 5,722 are in Mysore district, District Health Officer Dr Raju said

on Thursday, July 24.

Speaking to newsmen here he said that Karnataka was in the third place in the

country in the list of aids affected and the number of patients was increasing

by the year. To prevent this epidemic, the government and various organisations

are conducting programmes to create awareness among the high-risk people, he

added.Out of the 5,722 in Mysore who are affected by the lethal disease the

condition of 1436 was serious.

The drive to prevent the spread of the disease and create awareness among the

public was being taken on a war footing, he said.

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