LOVE YOURSELF AND BE CAREFUL: Dip in HIV among gay men sparks row over prevalence | Sumitra DebRoy | | May 18 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai)http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=Dip-in-HIV-among-gay-men-sparks-row-18052015002014 |
NGOs Doubt Fall In Numbers, Programme Reach A dramatic decline in official figures of HIV prevalence among `men having sex with men' (MSM) has fuelled serious debate rather than celebration. The figures show that infection among one of the most high-risk groups in the city has declined from 10.3% to a record low of.5% in six years. The numbers collated by Mumbai District Aids Control Society (MDACS) reveal that in 2014-15, 86 of 16,264 gay and bisexual men tested for HIV were positive. While MSMs are often equated with gay men, activists say it is not so, as bisexuals--men having sex with men and women--too come under the ambit. MDACS numbers state that over the last six years, of 72,737 MSMs tested for HIV , 1.42% were positive....