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Bhupendra Patel became ill from an AIDS patient
BJP government stopped allowance of 85 thousand patients
4 Chief Ministers of BJP have not increased their allowance for 15 years
Ahmedabad, 3 December 2024
The Gujarat governments of BJP’s Bhupendra Patel, Vijay Rupani, Anandiben Patel and Narendra Modi have been treating AIDS patients for more than 15 years. The monthly allowance given to AIDS patients has not been increased for 15 years. 85 thousand people are suffering from pain. Even the government cannot take care of them.
Bhupendra Patel has turned out to be more cruel than the previous Chief Minister. He has stopped the travel allowance of AIDS patients for two years.
Ahead of World AIDS Day, Daksha Patel of GSNP Plus organization said that the world has set a target of eliminating AIDS in 2030 and India in 2025. At that time, the government is providing free medicine and other facilities. Many efforts are being made. Facilities for patients have also been increased. From the year 2009, patients started being given Rs 500 per month. Which is still given the same way today. In many communities, Rs 2500 is given. Then if all the patients are given Rs 2500 allowance without discrimination of age, age, religion etc., then the needy can benefit a lot. Also, the government has stopped the travel allowance given by the state government to the patients for two years. We are trying to start it again.
There are more than 1.20 lakh Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) virus in Gujarat. On an average, four people per one lakh population are infected with HIV. 800 people have lost their lives due to AIDS in a year. The HIV prevalence rate in the age group of 15 to 49 in Gujarat is 0.19 percent.
The pain increases
The total number of patients registered in 2024 is 84537. In 2019-20, the number of these patients was 71499. Thus, the number of patients has increased by more than 12 percent in five years.
The Gujarat government claims that the estimated adult HIV prevalence has decreased from 0.20% in 2019 to 0.19% in 2023. Similarly, the HIV infection rate has decreased from 6 per 1 lakh uninfected people in 2019 to 4 in 2023.
Out of the estimated 3.99 crore people in the world, an estimated 25.44 lakh people in India are living with HIV infection.
105 NGOs in Gujarat to control the disease. And 2 OST. HIV prevention through centers-opioid substitution center.
Awareness, screening and treatment of people at high risk of HIV infection such as homosexuals, prostitutes, migrant workers, truck drivers and needle-syringe drug users.
Information not disclosed
261 ICTC in government hospital. centers and 2400 screening centers and 3 mobile vans have provided free HIV testing facility. Sexually transmitted diseases are diagnosed and treated in 60 centers of government hospital. There are 48 ART in government hospitals. centers and 59 Link ART. HIV positive people are given free medicine at the centers. The program does not disclose information about the screening and treatment of a person.
Spread of AIDS
It is not spread by working together at the same workplace, using the same swimming pool, eating together, wearing each other’s clothes, being bitten by mosquitoes, living together in the same house, hugging, shaking hands or touching.
First case in Surat
The first case of HIV in the world was reported in California, USA in the year 1981. The first case in India was reported in 1986 in Chennai and Surat, Gujarat.
HIV positive patients in Gujarat
A patient enrolled in National AIDS Control Programme
Year – Male – Female – Homosexual – Total
2018-20 – 42,238 – 28,965 – 301 – 71,488
2020-21 – 42,228 – 28,181 – 282 – 71,711
2021-22 – 43,848 – 30,300 – 308 – 74,457
2022-23 – 46,850 – 32,216 – 358 – 78,824
2023-24 – 50,000 – 34,156 – 381 – 84,537
(Google translation from Gujarati)
