CHILDREN AND AIDS
It is estimated that approximately 70,000 children below the age of 15 are infected with HIV in India and over 21,000 children are infected every year through mother to child transmission. A small proportion is also infected by unsafe injections and infected blood transfusions, a preventable cause which continues in resource limited countries.
Based on antenatal prevalence (ANC), six states in India have been identified as high prevalence states (having more than 1.0 percent HIV prevalence in general population), three states as moderate prevalence states (concentrated epidemic with more than 5% HIV prevalence in high risk population) and the rest as low risk prevalence states.
(Source: Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in India, NACO, NCAER and UNDP 2006)
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