The AIDS Epidemic in India India, being one of the most populated countries in the world, is suffering due to its poverty and lack of health care, allowing AIDS to rapidly spread among the region. AIDS – the acquired immuno deficiency syndrome, is spread by a virus called human immuno deficiency virus, also known as HIV. It’s the preliminary stage of AIDS and it attacks our body’s immune system, and increases the vulnerability against …showed first 75 words of 891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 891 total…services should be offered and included in these services there should be a guarantee that no discrimination will fall upon those with HIV/AIDS. There must be much stricter screening of blood and universal precautions in the medical setting (Dube 125). These programs will help lower the rate of infection, but if these programs are not implemented, then within every eighteen to twenty-four months the infected population will double. (Graph data is found in Kalra p.26)