97,000 kids tested with AIDS from 2007-2009

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97,000 kids tested with AIDS from 2007-2009

As many as 96,942 children tested positive for AIDS during the last three years

in India, Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said Tuesday. HIV AIDS

The highest was in Andhra Pradesh with 22,559 children testing positive for the

disease followed by 21,835 in Maharashtra and 15,082 in Tamil Nadu.

Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Trivedi said: " The government has taken

several steps to protect children from HIV infection.

" Identification, counseling and prophylactic treatment to HIV positive pregnant

women and new born babies, diagnosis of HIV positive children and spreading

public awareness. "

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