Chennai:
Tamil Nadu has a total of 80,685 patients who are receiving free
treatment from different Anti-Retroviral treatment facilities as on
May 31, 2014.
As per Union Health Ministry figures, 76,731 of them are above 15
years while 3954 are below 15 years who are receiving the treatment.
Union health ministry has stated that there has been a decline in
number of people suffering from HIV/AIDS detected through ICTC
(Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres) during the last three
years, including the current year.
In Tamil Nadu in 2011-12, a total of 21, 562 cases were detected,
these later fell down to 16, 653 in 2013-14. However, in 2014-15, the
cases registered from April to May 2014 is 1,452.
HIV/AIDS patients who are below the poverty line (BPL) are eligible
to Rashtriya Swasthaya Bima Yojana(RSBY), run by Union government,
but most other life and insurance schemes exclude insurance
coverage for HIV/AIDS and related ailment.
Tamil Nadu has a total of 80,685 patients who are receiving free
treatment from different Anti-Retroviral treatment facilities as on
May 31, 2014.
As per Union Health Ministry figures, 76,731 of them are above 15
years while 3954 are below 15 years who are receiving the treatment.
Union health ministry has stated that there has been a decline in
number of people suffering from HIV/AIDS detected through ICTC
(Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres) during the last three
years, including the current year.
In Tamil Nadu in 2011-12, a total of 21, 562 cases were detected,
these later fell down to 16, 653 in 2013-14. However, in 2014-15, the
cases registered from April to May 2014 is 1,452.
HIV/AIDS patients who are below the poverty line (BPL) are eligible
to Rashtriya Swasthaya Bima Yojana(RSBY), run by Union government,
but most other life and insurance schemes exclude insurance
coverage for HIV/AIDS and related ailment.
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