Alarming Rise in Aids Cases in India  
Pakistan Times Wire Service

NEW DELHI: Alarming rise has been recorded in HIV/AIDS cases in Bihar state of India during the past six years.

This was reveal in the Sentinel Surveillance Report for 2006-07 carried out by the State Aids Control Society.

The society's Executive Director K P Ramaiah said "The situation is turning from bad to worse." The disease has spread to ten more districts of Bihar where no case was reported earlier.

The report further said the number of cases of HIV positive patients rose to 4,254 during 2006-07 as against 2,786 in 2005-06.

In 2001-02, only seven HIV/AIDS cases were detected in the state, while it went upto 348 in 2002-03, 812 in 2003-04 and 824 in 2004-05.

Despite spending huge amount to control the disease, the situation went on "aggravating".

One hundered and twelve (112) full-blown cases of AIDS have been reported from various parts of the state, the report added.●