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perhaps its polygamy.........marry one women....only and have not more than 2 children....
AIDS infested India - deadly threat to Bangladesh
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Next what?? Indian Muslims and lower castes face discrimination because of AIDs??
Yes thats also is the reality. In our societies people try to avoid even treating the poor aid patients. I remember a Muslim woman In India an year back was refused treatment for Pregnency as she was HIV patient so her husband helped her delivering the child. I remember it because Reuters or AFP sent that pic of the Indian couple with the newborn baby.
On another note its a common practice that poor HIV patients in this part of the world are discriminated irrespective of their creed or cast.
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perhaps its polygamy.........marry one women....only and have not more than 2 children....
Nop its not polygamy. Hindus dont go for multipal marriages why they are infected then ? infact STOP going to prostitutes, Stop taking unscreened Blood, stop having sex outside your marriage and take all precautionry measures viz viz use of health equipment
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I am not surprised .since you are an encyclopedia about India's discrimination for her Muslims and lower castes i am sure that you heard about that news some where..and to be frank there is an incident about a guy being stoned to death because he is an Aids patient..its generally because of peoples lack of knowledge and fear of that disease..Don't think it as a discrimination against Muslims and lower caste.even if he is a Brahmin or upper caste some people will always fear to treat him because of this disease..the govt is trying to create awareness among people in India and i think its working..the number of new Aids patients are decreasing compared to last years..
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Why bring in Religion ? Don't Muslims get infected with AIDs?
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brahminical tyrrany and RAW plot to destabilize Bngladesh perhaps
INDIA: Truck Drivers More Sinned Against Than Sinning
Inter Press Service - August 8, 2005
Ranjita Biswas
KOLKATA, Aug 8 (IPS) - It took a photo exhibition on the lives and work of India's truck drivers for many to realise that they are more than just another high-risk group for HIV/AIDS in a list drawn by voluntary agencies working against the disease.
The exhibition titled 'Driven' by British freelance photographer Jason Taylor opened on Jul. 19 at the British Council premises and shows up India's truck drivers, who ply their behemoths on India's 3.3 million kms highway network, to be no more 'high-risk behaviour' than any other conceivable group barring nuns in a convent.
"Its unfair. I want to show through my photographs that they are like any other working group. They have a much harder life being on the road for weeks, without the company of their families, driving 10 to 12 hours at a stretch. They are stigmatised as a group but does it mean that other blue collar workers have less-risk behaviour?" Jason told IPS.
Truck-drivers in India are not of particular interest to the general public though they play a vital role in keeping the supply lines of food and sundry things, going to the remotest corners of the far-flung country.
Although there are no accurate figures for truck drivers and their crew, at the last count in 2004, there were more than 3.5 million trucks operating on India's roads.
Many truck drivers surprised and even angry to learn that they are now labelled as having high-risk behaviour, especially when they see themselves as hard-working, god-fearing people who provide a vital service.
"How do they draw such conclusions about us - nobody ever asks us what kind of lives we lead," said Avtar Singh who, every month does the long haul between Ludhiana in the Punjab and Guwahati in north-eastern Assam with a diversion to Kolkata.
For his project, Taylor travelled for months from north to the south and to the east, riding with the drivers, eating with them and sharing their life on the road. "I kept mum as much as possible and observed them and they accepted me. I never had any problem".
Taylor initially conceived the project as one dealing with the subject of truck drivers and AIDS. "I thought, like others, that it would be a story of drinking, violence and sex but slowly, as I came to know them, I found they were like any of us".
"There were bad men and good men among them, as in other segments of society. True, there's a lot of promiscuity, but it's more out of loneliness. Many of them are actually family men, some are quite well- read," Taylor said.
Last year, a University of Chicago student Bulbul Tiwari tried to dispel stereotypes surrounding this working class group in her documentary 'Carriers'.
"Truck drivers in India are considered outcasts and criminals. There is a lot of prejudice against them," she said.
Tiwari's film was the first attempt to give a voice to a section of society, often portrayed in a poor light by mainstream media, by allowing members of that section to speak for themselves.
Taylor feels that the general perception about the truckers as a promiscuous lot and carriers of the HIV virus has led to people looking at them askance, and also resulted in alienating them to an extent.
Rakesh Agarwal, chief of the Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust, which runs HIV/AIDS intervention progammes agrees. "Are we trying to stamp one class of people as guilty? Does it mean that the commercial sex workers and migrant labourers are less responsible? It's really unfair stigmatisation".
The Bhoruka Trust works in eastern India and also Andhra Pradesh in the south. In 1993, it ran an intervention programme in Uluberia, off Kolkata, the biggest centre for truckers in transit.
Being involved with intervention programmes among the truck drivers has given the medic interesting insight into their life-style. "Because they are away from home for long weeks they do indulge in extra-marital sex," he said.
As drivers are often away from their families for months at a stretch, their trucks become their homes and many buy sex as well as food, alcohol and a bed at 'dhabas' or roadside eateries which are a feature of India's highways.
But, interestingly, the HIV/AIDS campaigns have had an effect on truck- drivers in that they stay away from 'high-risk' brothels and instead look for sexual services in the remote villages that they pass through, using contacts and networks.
Far from showing high-risk behaviour, truck drivers are careful about their health to the point that they avoid eating at wayside stalls if they can help it for fear of contaminated or unsuitable food.
Agarwal found that many truck drivers actually carry along their own provisions and stoves and cook their own food and this, he thought, was a sign that they were ready to avoid risks.
Like Taylor, Agarwal found that that the communication strategy to reach out to truck drivers, through HIV/AIDS campaigns devised so far, has not worked very well.
"We need a workplace intervention programme, not just a behavioural change programme with focus on HIV/AIDS. Despite all the work we have done, we haven't been able to change the lives and life-styles of the truck drivers," he said.
Much of the failure has to do with the fact that truck-driving is still unorganised labour in India. "There're lots of unmet needs-- social security, accident insurance, basic facilities en route, etc. For this, we need to involve the industry and the truck owners," said Agarwal.
India has seen an increase in the rate of HIV infection from a few thousand people in the early 1990s to over five million in 2005, but many believe that the approach to tackling the spread of the disease through targeting groups designated as high-risk has not been as successful as in other parts of the world.
INDIA: Truck Drivers More Sinned Against Than Sinning
Inter Press Service - August 8, 2005
Ranjita Biswas
KOLKATA, Aug 8 (IPS) - It took a photo exhibition on the lives and work of India's truck drivers for many to realise that they are more than just another high-risk group for HIV/AIDS in a list drawn by voluntary agencies working against the disease.
The exhibition titled 'Driven' by British freelance photographer Jason Taylor opened on Jul. 19 at the British Council premises and shows up India's truck drivers, who ply their behemoths on India's 3.3 million kms highway network, to be no more 'high-risk behaviour' than any other conceivable group barring nuns in a convent.
"Its unfair. I want to show through my photographs that they are like any other working group. They have a much harder life being on the road for weeks, without the company of their families, driving 10 to 12 hours at a stretch. They are stigmatised as a group but does it mean that other blue collar workers have less-risk behaviour?" Jason told IPS.
Truck-drivers in India are not of particular interest to the general public though they play a vital role in keeping the supply lines of food and sundry things, going to the remotest corners of the far-flung country.
Although there are no accurate figures for truck drivers and their crew, at the last count in 2004, there were more than 3.5 million trucks operating on India's roads.
Many truck drivers surprised and even angry to learn that they are now labelled as having high-risk behaviour, especially when they see themselves as hard-working, god-fearing people who provide a vital service.
"How do they draw such conclusions about us - nobody ever asks us what kind of lives we lead," said Avtar Singh who, every month does the long haul between Ludhiana in the Punjab and Guwahati in north-eastern Assam with a diversion to Kolkata.
For his project, Taylor travelled for months from north to the south and to the east, riding with the drivers, eating with them and sharing their life on the road. "I kept mum as much as possible and observed them and they accepted me. I never had any problem".
Taylor initially conceived the project as one dealing with the subject of truck drivers and AIDS. "I thought, like others, that it would be a story of drinking, violence and sex but slowly, as I came to know them, I found they were like any of us".
"There were bad men and good men among them, as in other segments of society. True, there's a lot of promiscuity, but it's more out of loneliness. Many of them are actually family men, some are quite well- read," Taylor said.
Last year, a University of Chicago student Bulbul Tiwari tried to dispel stereotypes surrounding this working class group in her documentary 'Carriers'.
"Truck drivers in India are considered outcasts and criminals. There is a lot of prejudice against them," she said.
Tiwari's film was the first attempt to give a voice to a section of society, often portrayed in a poor light by mainstream media, by allowing members of that section to speak for themselves.
Taylor feels that the general perception about the truckers as a promiscuous lot and carriers of the HIV virus has led to people looking at them askance, and also resulted in alienating them to an extent.
Rakesh Agarwal, chief of the Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust, which runs HIV/AIDS intervention progammes agrees. "Are we trying to stamp one class of people as guilty? Does it mean that the commercial sex workers and migrant labourers are less responsible? It's really unfair stigmatisation".
The Bhoruka Trust works in eastern India and also Andhra Pradesh in the south. In 1993, it ran an intervention programme in Uluberia, off Kolkata, the biggest centre for truckers in transit.
Being involved with intervention programmes among the truck drivers has given the medic interesting insight into their life-style. "Because they are away from home for long weeks they do indulge in extra-marital sex," he said.
As drivers are often away from their families for months at a stretch, their trucks become their homes and many buy sex as well as food, alcohol and a bed at 'dhabas' or roadside eateries which are a feature of India's highways.
But, interestingly, the HIV/AIDS campaigns have had an effect on truck- drivers in that they stay away from 'high-risk' brothels and instead look for sexual services in the remote villages that they pass through, using contacts and networks.
Far from showing high-risk behaviour, truck drivers are careful about their health to the point that they avoid eating at wayside stalls if they can help it for fear of contaminated or unsuitable food.
Agarwal found that many truck drivers actually carry along their own provisions and stoves and cook their own food and this, he thought, was a sign that they were ready to avoid risks.
Like Taylor, Agarwal found that that the communication strategy to reach out to truck drivers, through HIV/AIDS campaigns devised so far, has not worked very well.
"We need a workplace intervention programme, not just a behavioural change programme with focus on HIV/AIDS. Despite all the work we have done, we haven't been able to change the lives and life-styles of the truck drivers," he said.
Much of the failure has to do with the fact that truck-driving is still unorganised labour in India. "There're lots of unmet needs-- social security, accident insurance, basic facilities en route, etc. For this, we need to involve the industry and the truck owners," said Agarwal.
India has seen an increase in the rate of HIV infection from a few thousand people in the early 1990s to over five million in 2005, but many believe that the approach to tackling the spread of the disease through targeting groups designated as high-risk has not been as successful as in other parts of the world.
INDIA: Truck Drivers More Sinned Against Than Sinning
AIDS and its tentacles in India
New Delhi, Wed, 23 May 2007 Nadeem Bhat
May 23: With over one billion inhabitants, India is one of the largest and most populated countries in the world. Only next to China, the second most populous country in the world also inhabits the greatest number of people infected with HIV, according to some reports. At least five million of its total population is currently reported to be living with HIV.
In a country where poverty, illiteracy and poor health are widespread, the spread of HIV presents a daunting challenge.
Even though HIV emerged later in India than it did in many other countries, but this has not limited its impact. Ever since 1990 the infection kept on increasing and in recent years it has just intensified. The crisis continues to deepen, as it becomes clear that the epidemic is affecting all sections of Indian society, not just the groups â?? such as sex workers and truck drivers â?? that it was originally associated with.
People living with HIV in India come from incredibly diverse backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles. The vast majority of infections occur through heterosexual sex, members of such groups, including sex workers, men who have sex with men, truck drivers and migrant workers, do face a proportionately higher risk of infection.
Indiaâ??s first cases of HIV were diagnosed among sex workers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in 1986. It was noted that contact with foreign visitors had played a role in initial infections among sex workers, and as HIV screening centers were set up across the country there were calls for visitors to be screened for HIV. Gradually, these calls subsided as more attention was paid to ensuring that HIV screening was carried out in blood banks.
In 1987 a National AIDS Control Programme was launched to co-ordinate national responses. Its activities covered surveillance, blood screening, and health education. By the end of 1987, out of 52,907 who had been tested, around 135 people were found to be HIV positive and 14 had AIDS.
Most of these initial cases had occurred through heterosexual sex, but at the end of the 1980s a rapid spread of HIV was observed among injecting drug users in Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland - three north-eastern states of India bordering Myanmar (Burma).
There is difference over how many people are currently living with HIV in India. UNAIDS (the United Nations agency that co-ordinates global efforts to fight HIV) estimates 5.7 million people in India living with HIV up to 2005, suggesting that India has the highest number of HIV patients than any other country in the world. On the other hand, NACO has established an estimate of 5.2 million people, which indicates India is second to South Africa. Either way, it is clear that the number affected by the epidemic is huge.
Overall, around 0.9 per cent of Indiaâ??s population is living with HIV. While this may seem a low rate, Indiaâ??s population is vast, so the actual number of people living with HIV is remarkably high. There are so many people living in India that a mere 0.1 per cent increase in the HIV prevalence would increase the estimated number of people living with HIV by over half a million.
The national HIV prevalence has risen dramatically since the start of the epidemic, but a study released at the beginning of 2006 suggests that the HIV infection rate has fallen in southern India, the region that has been hit hardest by AIDS. In addition, NACO has released figures suggesting that the overall rate of new HIV infections in the country is slowing. Researchers claim that this decline is the result of successful prevention campaigns, which have led to an increase in condom use.
However Some AIDS activists are doubtful of the suggestion that the situation is improving, though:
â??It is the reverse. All the NGOs I know have recorded increases in the number of people accepting help because of HIV. I am really worried that we are just burying our head in the sand over this,â? said Anjali Gopalan from the Naz Foundation.
The HIV epidemic is misunderstood and stigmatized among the Indian public. People living with HIV have faced violent attacks; been rejected by families, spouses and communities; been refused medical treatment; and even, in some reported cases, denied the last rites before they die.
While such strong reactions to HIV and AIDS exist, it is difficult to educate people about how they can avoid infection. AIDS outreach workers and peer-educators have reported harassment, and even in schools, the teachers often face negative reactions from the parents of children that they teach about AIDS.
A 2002 report by the CIA's National Intelligence Council predicted 20 million to 25 million AIDS cases in India by 2010 - more than any other country in the world. However the government has claimed that these figures are â??completely inaccurateâ??, and has accused those who cite them of â??spreading panicâ??.
On the other hand Ruben del Prado, deputy UNAIDS country coordinator for India, has predicted that â??there is going to be a reversal of the epidemic by 2008 and 2009â?. But this does not correlate with other UN-related estimates, which have suggested that India's adult HIV prevalence will peak at 1.9% in 2019.
However the other figures state that the number of AIDS deaths in India (which was estimated at 2.7 million for the period 1980-2000) will rise to 12.3 million during 2000-15, and to 49.5 million during 2015-50. Also the economic growth in India will slow by almost a percentage point per year as a result of AIDS by 2019.
Whatever the exact figures turn out to be, it is clear that HIV and AIDS will have a devastating effect on India in the future, and that as much as possible needs to be done to minimize this impact. The challenges India faces to overcome this epidemic are enormous. Yet India possesses in ample quantities all the resources needed to achieve universal access to HIV prevention and treatment, defeating AIDS will require a significant intensification of our efforts, in India, just as in the rest of the world.
AIDS and its tentacles in India
New Delhi, Wed, 23 May 2007 Nadeem Bhat
May 23: With over one billion inhabitants, India is one of the largest and most populated countries in the world. Only next to China, the second most populous country in the world also inhabits the greatest number of people infected with HIV, according to some reports. At least five million of its total population is currently reported to be living with HIV.
In a country where poverty, illiteracy and poor health are widespread, the spread of HIV presents a daunting challenge.
Even though HIV emerged later in India than it did in many other countries, but this has not limited its impact. Ever since 1990 the infection kept on increasing and in recent years it has just intensified. The crisis continues to deepen, as it becomes clear that the epidemic is affecting all sections of Indian society, not just the groups â?? such as sex workers and truck drivers â?? that it was originally associated with.
People living with HIV in India come from incredibly diverse backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles. The vast majority of infections occur through heterosexual sex, members of such groups, including sex workers, men who have sex with men, truck drivers and migrant workers, do face a proportionately higher risk of infection.
Indiaâ??s first cases of HIV were diagnosed among sex workers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in 1986. It was noted that contact with foreign visitors had played a role in initial infections among sex workers, and as HIV screening centers were set up across the country there were calls for visitors to be screened for HIV. Gradually, these calls subsided as more attention was paid to ensuring that HIV screening was carried out in blood banks.
In 1987 a National AIDS Control Programme was launched to co-ordinate national responses. Its activities covered surveillance, blood screening, and health education. By the end of 1987, out of 52,907 who had been tested, around 135 people were found to be HIV positive and 14 had AIDS.
Most of these initial cases had occurred through heterosexual sex, but at the end of the 1980s a rapid spread of HIV was observed among injecting drug users in Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland - three north-eastern states of India bordering Myanmar (Burma).
There is difference over how many people are currently living with HIV in India. UNAIDS (the United Nations agency that co-ordinates global efforts to fight HIV) estimates 5.7 million people in India living with HIV up to 2005, suggesting that India has the highest number of HIV patients than any other country in the world. On the other hand, NACO has established an estimate of 5.2 million people, which indicates India is second to South Africa. Either way, it is clear that the number affected by the epidemic is huge.
Overall, around 0.9 per cent of Indiaâ??s population is living with HIV. While this may seem a low rate, Indiaâ??s population is vast, so the actual number of people living with HIV is remarkably high. There are so many people living in India that a mere 0.1 per cent increase in the HIV prevalence would increase the estimated number of people living with HIV by over half a million.
The national HIV prevalence has risen dramatically since the start of the epidemic, but a study released at the beginning of 2006 suggests that the HIV infection rate has fallen in southern India, the region that has been hit hardest by AIDS. In addition, NACO has released figures suggesting that the overall rate of new HIV infections in the country is slowing. Researchers claim that this decline is the result of successful prevention campaigns, which have led to an increase in condom use.
However Some AIDS activists are doubtful of the suggestion that the situation is improving, though:
â??It is the reverse. All the NGOs I know have recorded increases in the number of people accepting help because of HIV. I am really worried that we are just burying our head in the sand over this,â? said Anjali Gopalan from the Naz Foundation.
The HIV epidemic is misunderstood and stigmatized among the Indian public. People living with HIV have faced violent attacks; been rejected by families, spouses and communities; been refused medical treatment; and even, in some reported cases, denied the last rites before they die.
While such strong reactions to HIV and AIDS exist, it is difficult to educate people about how they can avoid infection. AIDS outreach workers and peer-educators have reported harassment, and even in schools, the teachers often face negative reactions from the parents of children that they teach about AIDS.
A 2002 report by the CIA's National Intelligence Council predicted 20 million to 25 million AIDS cases in India by 2010 - more than any other country in the world. However the government has claimed that these figures are â??completely inaccurateâ??, and has accused those who cite them of â??spreading panicâ??.
On the other hand Ruben del Prado, deputy UNAIDS country coordinator for India, has predicted that â??there is going to be a reversal of the epidemic by 2008 and 2009â?. But this does not correlate with other UN-related estimates, which have suggested that India's adult HIV prevalence will peak at 1.9% in 2019.
However the other figures state that the number of AIDS deaths in India (which was estimated at 2.7 million for the period 1980-2000) will rise to 12.3 million during 2000-15, and to 49.5 million during 2015-50. Also the economic growth in India will slow by almost a percentage point per year as a result of AIDS by 2019.
Whatever the exact figures turn out to be, it is clear that HIV and AIDS will have a devastating effect on India in the future, and that as much as possible needs to be done to minimize this impact. The challenges India faces to overcome this epidemic are enormous. Yet India possesses in ample quantities all the resources needed to achieve universal access to HIV prevention and treatment, defeating AIDS will require a significant intensification of our efforts, in India, just as in the rest of the world.
AIDS and its tentacles in India
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Dude whats wrong with you??citing old articles to take a cheap shot against India??The govt and other NGO organizations are taking steps to create awareness among the drivers and common people about this epidemics
AIDS Awareness Camp for Drivers at HMEL | The India Post
The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Jharkhand | Global award for educating truck drivers
I am sure that you read some link like this or are you become that blind in India hatred not to see these articles..the articles you are showing are 2-3 years old ..Our govt is trying to rectify the issues and for the issue of its being a threat to Bangladesh you can solve it by creating awareness among you people too..sound cant be made by single hand na..If Aids is a threat to Bangladesh then the responsibility lies with Bangladeshi people also because this disease is not spreading through air or water..I am sure that you knowhow this disease are spread through human to human ..
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Could you provide figures of Bangladeshis who got HIV infection by India ? This would help in supporting your Title.
Or you can give some information about Preventive actions initiated by Bangladesh government to curb infection from India. I am not aware of Visas to Indians been banned or curbed.
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Why to indulge in any thread which is just for miss information.
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Dont feed him man. He is famous for that. Recently he quoted some old news article (I think 2007) to prove that some caste discrimination is happening in flood relief. That too Bihar report which is not even close to flood area.
He is on payroll man. dont feed him. He uses some automated scripts with some keywords to search for articles and posts it here without checking dates , relevance. I call him "HATE BLINDED"
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I agree that it would have happened , It happens to anyone in our societies as the AIDS awareness is completely missing. I remembered some school declined to admit aids +ve kids (no aids +ve lower caste , muslims etc )
But sorry hardly has anything to do with religion caste and blah blah..
Good effort to create divide and rule. First degrade Idune Vhai then milk Janaji. It seems like
"Kalo, Dhalo aar agosalo
Sabb Indianer Vhiter pesalo"?
What do you say, Indian friends?
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The thread itself is dubious its apparent from Topic. Its amusing to see it still open.
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