De-stigmatising HIV On World AIDS Day
Featured image courtesy UNAIDS – Sri Lanka
- - on 12/01/2015
Today (December 1) is World AIDS Day. According to reports, approximately 4 people are diagnosed with HIV every week in Sri Lanka, with an estimated 5 more going undetected.
The National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP) in Sri Lanka has reported 2,241 cases of HIV as of September 2015 – with the number of positives doubling over the past 6 years. At the same time, there have been 587 reported cases of AIDS, with 21 deaths this year alone.
