| India
and Southern Africa
India AIDS situation The
following is based on a recent three city tour of India and participation
in the World Economic Forum Southern Africa Economic Summit in May
1997.
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The global pandemic
continues to accelerate very rapidly despite hopeful signs
of behaviour change in some countries and continuing progress
with more effective but highly costly HIV treatments. (For
more on treatment see news). |
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African nations
continue to suffer with alarming lack of action by many. |
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For example a
recent UNAIDS survey of 40 companies in Zimbabwe found that
in a country with almost a fifth of all adults already infected,
only four out of 40 companies had taken any steps to educate
their own workers. |
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Of those four,
only two had been prepared to do so without being paid by
another organisation. |
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Many company Chairmen
and CEOs continue to insist that very few of their workforce
are infected. Those that are facing reality are often fatalistic,
convinced that education is a "complete waste of time". |
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India is facing
a similar catastrophe made worse by the absence of a high
profile government health campaign, in a population more than
50 times that of Zimbabwe or Uganda. 800 infected daily in
Bombay with 2.5% of all adults HIV. More HIV in India than
whole of Africa today by 2000, more than whole world today
by 2005-10. |
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The absence of
government action is striking with 30 million lives at risk
in India over the next five to ten years, and perhaps 200
million over the following decade. |
Useful India AIDS links
http://www.avert.org/aidsindia.htm
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