Summary:
Chandigarh is a small city surrounded by two large states where the prevalence rate of HIV is much higher. The local population is only about 11 per cent of the total positive cases detected in Chandigarh. UT Health Secretary Anurag Agarwal, who was the chief guest at the conference, said, “Chandigarh SACS has given a remarkable performance. (By Saliq Parvaiz)Chandigarh is leading in containing the spread of AIDS epidemic and has managed to reduce the prevalence rate from 0.27 per cent to 0.08 per cent from 2008 till 2017 in the city, according to officials of the Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society (CSACS). “The prevalence of HIV in the city has shown a steady decline from 0.27% (2008) – 0.08% (2017)..