saifeee
16th July 2005, 19:16
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With India’s 5million-plus HIV/AIDS patients rivalling the world’s AIDScapital, South Africa, its cheap drug industry has pioneered low-cost treatment, bringing the price down from 200 dollars to 300 dollars a month a decade ago.
While the Indian Government has been taking steps to control the spread of HIV/AIDS through various promotional programmes and funding activities, there are still some parts of the country where victims affected by the disease who cannot afford to buy the medicines required for combatting it.
Siliguri in West Bengal is one such place. Take the example of 28-year-old Niram Sharma, a man who is presently unemployed and close to death. But he has been able to fight his ailment with the help of a HIV/AIDS support group, a facility not ofetn available to others in the district or in the town because of the huge costs involved.
The cost? Just 1,300 rupees ($29.85) a month—less than one cup of coffee every two days in London or New York
With India’s 5million-plus HIV/AIDS patients rivalling the world’s AIDScapital, South Africa, its cheap drug industry has pioneered low-cost treatment, bringing the price down from 200 dollars to 300 dollars a month a decade ago.
While the Indian Government has been taking steps to control the spread of HIV/AIDS through various promotional programmes and funding activities, there are still some parts of the country where victims affected by the disease who cannot afford to buy the medicines required for combatting it.
Siliguri in West Bengal is one such place. Take the example of 28-year-old Niram Sharma, a man who is presently unemployed and close to death. But he has been able to fight his ailment with the help of a HIV/AIDS support group, a facility not ofetn available to others in the district or in the town because of the huge costs involved.
The cost? Just 1,300 rupees ($29.85) a month—less than one cup of coffee every two days in London or New York