AIDS has killed 153 in UP: Govt.

Lucknow, Aug 25 (UNI) As many as 153 people have died of HIV/AIDS in Uttar Pradesh in the last six years, the government informed the legislative assembly today.

In a written reply, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav said 153 people have died of the epidemic between January 1, 2000 and July 31, 2006.

''In a bid to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, the government is running several programmes, including low cost community care, condom promotion, surveillance training and education amongst school students,'' he said.

To enable patients get free medicines, three anti-retroviral therapy centres have been established at KGMU, Lucknow, BHU, Varanasi and L L RM medical college, Meerut.

The question was raised by Ravindra Pundhir (Unattached, ex BJP).

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