State’s HIV prevalence among people aged 15 to 49 years is 2.04%, almost ten times the rational average of 0.22%
Mizoram, the State with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in India, launched a drive on Tuesday involving bike and taxi associations for distribution of free condoms to beat the “other pandemic.”
The Mizoram State AIDS Control Society (MSACS) launched the ‘free love condom’ campaign named Love Brigade with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in the State capital Aizawl to mark World AIDS Day.
Data with the MSACS show Mizoram’s HIV prevalence among people aged 15 to 49 years by October 2019 was 2.04%, almost ten times the rational average of 0.22%. The States’ annual new HIV infection rate was 1.32%, about 20 times the national average of 0.07%.
Two other north-eastern States — Manipur and Nagaland — follow Mizoram in that order.
Lalthlengliani, project director of MSACS said the Love Brigade campaign was a collaboration between the society and the…