Sitamarhi HIV Outbreak Surges Past 7,000 Cases: Transmission And Early Signs
Bihar's Sitamarhi district is currently witnessing a harrowing public health concern as officials revealed that over 7400 people have been registered as HIV positive. What is more concerning is that hundreds of children are involved among those infected. According to the ART Centre at the district hospital, 400 kids have contracted the virus from their parents putting pressure on local health system.
Sitamarhi HIV Outbreak Surges Past 7,000 Cases
According to reports, most cases involving families where one or both parents have HIV positive result in transmission at birth. Doctors in the district say that awareness regarding this highly contagious infection is severely low despite repeated campaigns. Dr J Javed, assistant civil surgeon and HIV nodal officer, told a leading media outlet, "This is not a disease that spreads through coughing; it spreads through blood transfusion or being injected with the same needle. Today, schools are teaching about AIDS and HIV. Bettiah, Motihari, and Muzaffarpur are in a worse situation than we are... Around 250 to 300 patients come to us daily to get medicines; the total number of patients under treatment is 6,707. This data is from 2012 to the present."
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