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Jharkhand Village Shocked to Know About Its Huge HIV Positive Population

by Sreeraman on July 03, 2007 at 7:44 PM AIDS/HIV News

Fear gripped Vishnugarh village in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh District after over 100 people reportedly tested HIV positive.

The victims were those villagers, who had gone out of their village to nearby cities in search of work, only to return with the deadly virus.

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The remote village fraught with poverty, illiteracy, unemployment and underdevelopment has been shocked into disbelief, after 35 AIDS deaths were reported in the last four years.

Experts say Vishnugarh's case is just the tip of an iceberg and that the HIV problem has assumed alarming proportions, despite awareness programmes.

Village elders were holding public meetings to create awareness about the deadly virus as worried locals were seen scampering to get themselves tested.

Having moved beyond traditionally high-risk groups such as homosexuals, commercial sex workers and drug users, the virus is spreading into families, infecting mothers and children.

The situation is alarming particularly because of the lack of awareness, as most people do not know that they have been infected, resulting in further spread of the disease.

Shuk Yadav a villager whose grandson tested positive blamed the village youths, who migrated to bigger cities in search of work and brought back the "city" disease to their homes.

"Many people from the village go to other cities in search of employment and return with the disease. We try to figure them out, but of no use. Over 35 people have died here in the last 4-5 years. But no treatment is available," he said.

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