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50 HIV positive babies in Sri Lanka
Monday, 1 December 2008 - 1:54 PM SL Time
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Around 50 babies are among the 40,000 HIV positive persons found in Sri Lanka, and 31 of them - all aged below six years - have reached the full blown AIDS stage, said Dr. Ajith Karawita of the National STD/AIDS Control Program Sri Lanka.
All these babies have contracted HIV at birth from their mothers, he said.
Sri Lanka found its first HIV positive person in 1987, and since then, 182 have died of AIDS.
The country presently has 281 AIDS patients.
In the global context, there are 33.2 million HIV positive cases, and 2.9 million had died of AIDS last year alone, said Dr. Karawita.
World AIDS Day today (Dec. 01st), in its 20th year, is marked on the theme `Stop AIDS: Keep the promise.`
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Daisy
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 1 Dec 2008 08:43:30 GMT Report for Abuse
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50 HIV positive babies in Sri Lanka
All these babies have contracted HIV at birth from their mothers, he said.
Death certificate given at birth!...that's really sad!
UNAIDS estimates that about 3,800 Sri Lankans were living with HIV at the end of 2007, yielding prevalence of less than 0.1 percent. As of December 2007, 957 reported cases of HIV in the country (an increase of 71 cases reported since June 2007) out of which 177 have died. Sixty percent of reported HIV cases are males, and more than half are from Colombo. Under reporting of cases is mainly due to low knowledge about how HIV is spread, and barriers to seeking services due to stigma and discrimination
SL continues to have a low HIV prevalence....but the attempt should be to reduce it further! Sadly, due to the present situation in the country and the on going war, these issues really dont get the required attention.... and that shouldnt be the case! |
lankaputha
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 1 Dec 2008 11:27:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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So many contradicting figures been published by all the media.
One says we have more than 40,000 HIV cases.
Another says we have 1129 which is 435 males, 594 males, and un known sex of the rest.
Another says 5000 HIV cases.
Even the ministry may not have a figure in hand, just bulping radomly with what ever the figure that comes to thier mind.
Any ways, we should know that no Doctor or any other can inform any other organization or any census that he knows person A is HIV unless person A gives the consent to do that.
We need to change this rule as, it will allow a HIV person to go public with out any notice and spread the disease. |
ripsp
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 1 Dec 2008 15:50:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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How long as Mahinda been saying that the kilinochi town will be captured, it is only a dream that Mahinda has and it will most definately not come true.
If the LTTE say they will take over Jaffna or the East tomorrow, it will happen within a matter of hours.
The LTTE always strive there goals and will never give up till they achieve it. The current situation can turn right around if The LTTE want to, so Mahinda back down your forces or else you will face intensive setbacks in the upcoming months.
The funny thing about the SLA is that more than half of them do not want to fight the LTTE, 10 000's of sla forces have fled the FLD's as they are afraid of the LTTE, and simply becuase they do not want to be there fighting for Mahinda.
On the other hand, ever single LTTE fighter is in the LTTE with bride and honor, as each and every single one of them want a better future for the Tamils. |
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 1 Dec 2008 17:21:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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Around 50 babies are among the 40,000 HIV positive persons found in Sri Lanka,
this is sad.. coming to this world with a sickness that is not curable... lets hope some permanent remedy is found for this illness soon.... |
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