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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
HIV infection rate declines by what amount between 2010 and 2021?
A
35%
B
46%
C
45%
D
49%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has revealed that the country’s annual rate of HIV infection has declined by 46 per cent between 2010 and 2021 against global average of 32 per cent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Annual infections in the U.S. have been reduced by more than two-thirds since the height of the epidemic in the mid-1980s.

Detailed explanation-3: -CDC researchers believe the declines in annual HIV infections are due, in large part, to efforts to increase the number of people living with HIV who know their HIV status and are virally suppressed - meaning their HIV infection is under control through effective treatment. This is a top public health priority.

Detailed explanation-4: -24 lakh HIV positive people in India: 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -Till now, the highest ever HIV cases 2,366 were detected in Assam in 2021-2022.

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