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
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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....
