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Q. What is HIV?
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Q. What is AIDS? What causes AIDS?
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Q. Where did HIV come from?
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Q. How does HIV cause AIDS?
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Q. HHV-6 rather than HIV causes an author indicated in a recently published book that AIDS. Is this true?
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Q. Why do some people make statements that HIV does not cause AIDS?
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Q. How long does it take for HIV to cause AIDS?
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Q. How do people get infected with HIV?
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Q. How many people are oftected with HIV?
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Q. Does AIDS also aftect our region?
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Q. Why is the AIDS epidemic considered so serious?
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Q. How can I avoid being infected through sex?
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Q. Can we assume responsibility in preventing HIV infection?
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Q. Does the presence of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) facilitate HIV transmission?
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Q. Why is early treatment of STD important?
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Q. How can children and young people be protected from HIV?
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Q. How does a mother transmit HIV to her unborn child?
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Q. Can HIV be transmitted through breast-feeding?
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Q. Can blood transfusions transmit HIV infection?
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Q. Can injections transmit HIV infection?
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Q. What about having a tattoo or your ears pierced?
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Q. How serious is the interaction between HIV and TB in South-East Asia?
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Q. What efforts are being made to integrate HIV/AIDS/STD prevention and control activities into primary health care?
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Q. Is there a vaccine for HIV/AIDS? What is WHO's role in this regard?
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Q. Is there a treatment for HIV/AIDS?
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Q. How should governments share responsibility?
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Q. Do people living with HIV/AIDS have special rights or responsibilities?
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Q. Where did AIDS come from?
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Q. Where was AIDS first found?
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Q. But how can there suddenly be a disease that never existed before?
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Q. Are women at equal risk of getting infected with HIV?
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Q. Does AIDS affect children?
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Q. Who should provide care to HIV/AIDS affected persons?
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Q. What role do NGOs play in AIDS control?
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Q. Is it safe to work with someone infected with HIV?
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Q. Why are people safe from HIV infection during work?
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Q. What about working every day in close physical contact with an infected person?
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Q. Who is at risk while at work?
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Q. If a worker has HIV infection, should he or she be allowed to continue work?
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Q. Does an employee infected with the virus have to tell the employer about it?
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Q. Should an employer test a worker for HIV?
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Q. Should a traveller or tourist be concerned about AIDS?
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Q. Can a traveller become HIV-infected just by casual contact in a foreign country?
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Q. How can a traveller get infected with HIV?
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Q. How can the sexual spread of HIV be prevented while travelling?
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Q. What if you are already infected with HIV? Con you still travel?
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Q. 'AIDS is mainly a problem of developing countries.' or 'No, AIDS is really a problem of developed countries'. Which of these opinions is more accurate?
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Q. How do AIDS problems in different countries relate to each other?
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Q. If a person becomes infected with HIV, does that mean they have AIDS?
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Q. Is Oral Sex Unsafe?
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Q. Why Do I Need to Know About HIV Infection and AIDS?
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Q. How is HIV Treated?
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Q. How Do People Become Infected?
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Q. What About Getting AIDS From Body Fluids Like Saliva?
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Q. Could I Be at Risk?
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Q. What Can I Do To Avoid Getting HIV Infection?
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Q. Is There a Relationship Between HIV and Other STDs?
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Q. How Can I Tell If I Have HIV Infection?
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Q. Should I Take the HIV Test?
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Q. If I Am HIV Positive, What Should I Do?
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Q. What If a Friend or Associate Has HIV Infection or AIDS?
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Q. Why do people who are infected with HIV eventually die?
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Q.How can I tell if I'm infected with HIV? What are the symptoms?
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Q.Where can I get tested for HIV infection?
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Q.What are rapid HIV tests?
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Q.Are there other tests available?
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Q.How long after a possible exposure should I wait to get tested for HIV?
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Q. If I test HIV negative, does that mean that my partner is HIV negative also?
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Q. What if I test positive for HIV?
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Q. How is HIV passed from one person to another?
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Q. Can I get HIV from kissing on the cheek?
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Q. Can I get HIV from open-mouth kissing?
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Q. Can I get HIV from performing oral sex?
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Q. Can I get HIV from someone performing oral sex on me?
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Q. Can I get HIV from having vaginal sex?
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Q. Can I get HIV from anal sex?
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Q. How effective are latex condoms in preventing HIV?
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Q. Is there a connection between HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases?
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Q. Why is injecting drugs a risk for HIV?
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Q. How can people who use injection drugs reduce their risk for HIV infection?
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Q. Can I get HIV from getting a tattoo or through body piercing?
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Q. Are health care workers at risk of getting HIV on the job?
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Q. Are patients in a dentist's or doctor's office at risk of getting HIV?
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Q. Should I be concerned about getting infected with HIV while playing sports?
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Q. Can I get HIV from casual contact (shaking hands, hugging, using a toilet, drinking from the same glass, or the sneezing and coughing of an infected person)?
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Q. Can I get infected with HIV from mosquitoes?
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Q. Can a baby have the HIV test?
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Q. What are the possible advantages?
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Q. What are the possible disadvantages?
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Q. Are all pregnant women tested?
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Q. What happens when you have the test?
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Q. What happens if a woman has a positive test result?
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Q. On viral load tests, what is considered a high viral load and what is considered a low one? What are these tests used for?
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Q. Is There a Vaccine for HIV?
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Q. Should I Get Tested?
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Q. Is There a Cure?
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Q. Do Condoms Work?
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Q. What is the difference betweenHIV-1 and HIV- 2 ?
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Q. How many subtypes do we know about?
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Q. What are the major differences between these subtypes?
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Q. Are some subtypes more infectious than others?
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Q. How can one protect oneself against the different subtypes?
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Q. Is subtype E a new subtype?
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Q. Is subtype E responsible for the rapid spread of HIV in Thailand and is there reason to expect an explosive spread of subtype E in other countries?
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Q. Do conventional AIDS tests detect all subtypes?
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Q. Are more subtypes likely to "appear"?
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Q. What are the implications of HIV variability for research on treatment and vaccines?
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Q. What is HIV Sentinel surveillance?
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Q. What is "Unlinked Anonymity in HIV Sentinel surveillance?
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Q.Is the HIV sentinel surveillance clinic based or community based?
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Q. What is the usefulness of HIV Sentinel surveillance?
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Q. When was the first AIDS case reported in India?
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Q. What is the estimated number of HIV infections in the country?
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Q. Why is there so much difference between the reported and estimated number of HIV infections?
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Q. What is the situation of HIV infection in the country?
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Q. Despite all the publicity regarding the AIDS Awareness Campaign, the awareness about AIDS is very low. Where is all the money going?
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Q. The message of AIDS advertisements is done crudely with a fear approach. What is the process by which NACO decides its messages for various target audiences?
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Q. AIDS is associated with very high profile funds and personalities. In spite of this, there seems to be no control on the spread of the virus.?
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Q. What have been the achievements during the IEC Campaigns being organized over the years?
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Q. With respect to corruption in the selection of NGOs, how does NACO ensure that bonafide NGOs are given work?
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Q.The number of NGOs is adequate but what about quality of work? How does NACO keep a check on defaulting NGOs?
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Q.Why is NGO work mostly restricted to Targetted Interventions? Doesn't it lead to identification of High Risk Groups and further stigmatization?
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Q.Many NGOs are harassed for their activities. What does NACO do about it?
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Q.What does NACO do about regional disparities in the number of NGOs operating?
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Q.What is VCTC?
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Q.What is the role of VCTC in the prevention of HIV/AIDS?
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Q.Where are VCTCs located in India ?
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Q.What is the setup at VCTC?
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Q. What has been done to make VCTCs user- friendly?
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Q.How do you ensure credibility of reports of the test carried out at VCTC ?
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Q.What is NACO's stand for compulsory pre operative HIV testing in private practice and pre employment test in private companies?
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Q.What is FHAC?
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Q.Is there a National Blood Policy?
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Q.What is the number of blood banks in the country.
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Q.What are the infections for which blood is tested.?
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Q. What does the term 'Service Charge' means in Blood banks?
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Q. Is there some uniform service charge fixed for a Blood unit?
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Q.What is the estimated demand of blood in the country and how much is collected. Is there any shortage of blood in the country?
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Q.NBTC was constituted subsequent to Supreme Court judgment in 1996 with the focus of catering to Nation's blood security. The prime objective was to phase out professional donors and focus on voluntary donations. How far has this policy been successful and how much voluntary blood is collected in the country?
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Q.Is the blood issued by blood banks safe?
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Q.Can one acquire HIV infection if one donates blood.?
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Q.Is it beneficial to use blood components?
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Q. Why one should donate blood?
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Q. Who can donate blood?
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Q. Is there any inspection of blood banks?
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Q. Do AIDS cases require a separate ward ?
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Q. If testing has to be done in the hospital, is the consent of the patient required?
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Q. What is the importance of VCTC in care and support ?
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Q. Is the government considering to provide anti-retroviral therapy to AIDS cases ?
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Q. What are the common opportunistic infections encountered by HIV/AIDS patients?
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Q. What is the burden of HIV-TB co-infection?
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Q. How does infection with TB affect the HIV/AIDS scenario?
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Q. What is the impact of HIV on the epidemiology of TB?
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Q. What are the clinical features of TB and what type of TB is more commonly seen in HIV positive individuals?
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Q. What steps has the Govt. of India taken to tackle this dual epidemic?
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Q.How does treatment of TB differ in HIV infected and HIV uninfected individuals?
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Q. What precautions should be taken while treating HIV and TB at the same time?
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Q. Why no reduction has been noticed in the prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in India even though the STD Control Programme has been in operation since 1949 ? Which activities are provided under STD Control Programmes?
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Q.Is there any interrelationship between STDs and HIV infection ?
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Q.Is it true that male circumcision may provide protection against HIV infection?
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Q.What is the risk of transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, and what is the magnitude of the problem in India ?
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Q.What are the goals of the PMTCT programme ?
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Q.What steps has the Government of India taken to ensure that all HIV positive pregnant mothers avail the benefits of this programme?
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Q.What is the Government's stand on breast feeding in case of HIV positive mothers?
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Q.Is the Government of India planning to introduce Antiretroviral therapy free of cost in Govt. hospitals? Who will be eligible for the supply of drugs?
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Q. How much will this cost and where will the funds be available from?
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Q. Has there been any offer of help from Former President Bill Clinton in combating HIV/AIDS in India?
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Q.How many vaccines are currently under trial in India? In what stages are they now?
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Q.What is Government's policy on Condoms?
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Q. How safe are condoms in preventing HIV?
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Q. Recently, some HIV positive persons were quarantined at Mumbai for not taking Yellow Fever vaccination. What are Government Guidelines on Yellow Fever Vaccination for HIV positive persons?
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Q. Is it true that there is an increase of HIV infection among women in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Himachal Pradesh.
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Q. There are concerns for young industrial workers infected with HIV and industries should take care of them.
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Q. Is there any recent paradigm shift in IEC strategy in India ?
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