After 5 years of AIDS disease decreased, Corona storm hits Gujarat

Gandhinagar, 11 November 2020

Every year 2200 to 2500 people die due to AIDS in Gujarat. December 1 will be World AIDS Day after 19 days. Then deaths from corona and AIDS will be compared. In Gujarat, there are 90 thousand AIDS patients. In 2018-2019, there were 9023 AIDS positive patients in Gujarat. Which the government claims to be lower than in previous years. The figures are. 10630 patients were positive in 2014–15, 9836 in 2015–16, 9662 in 2016–17 and 10396 in 2017–18. The government’s health department claims that the least number of patients have been registered in the last five years.

AIDS, which has plagued India since 1986, has had a worse impact in 32 years than Corona. By 2000, 0.41 percent and by 2012, 0.37 percent of people in Gujarat were infected with HIV-AIDS. 90 thousand patients were undergoing treatment. AIDS was more prevalent in Surat, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Navsari, Dahod, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar districts where people with lonely and poor health services live.

District wise Performance of ICTC- General Clients (2018-19)

Ahmedabad1451
Amreli100
Anand248
Aravalli136
Banas Kantha354
Bharuch176
Bhavnagar347
Botad30
Chhota Udaipur39
Dahod260
Devbhoomi Dwarka9
Gandhinagar240
Gir Somnath39
Jamnagar200
Junagarh167
Kachchh340
Kheda459
Mahisagar63
Mehsana226
Morbi89
Narmada24
Navsari134
Panch Mahals215
Patan230
Porbandar64
Rajkot493
Sabar Kantha266
Surat1156
Surendranagar207
Tapi123
The Dangs11
Vadodara828
Valsad299
Total  9023

 

In the last two years in 2019-20, 9900 people died due to TB, 2200 due to cancer and 1600 people due to HIV / AIDS in Gujarat. Every year 7 thousand people die from E3 diseases.

The highest number of deaths due to HIV / AIDS and cancer occurred in Ahmedabad district. In two years, AIDS has killed 196 people. In Ahmedabad, 1062 people died due to cancer.

Surat / 185 deaths, Vadodara (109 deaths) and Rajkot (88) districts have higher HIV / AIDS deaths. During these two years, there were zero deaths due to cancer in Narmada, Anand, Bharuch, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Tapi, Dang, Dahod and Chhota Udepur districts. Similarly, Deng has the lowest number of accidents with one death due to HIV / AIDS.

According to a report published in the American Journal of Nature, the immune system of cows can reduce the risk of HIV by 20% in 42 days. Scientists gave 2–2 injections of HIV to 4 cows. After a month, the cows began to develop immunity.