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LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh government is trying to make sure that more people infected with HIV/AIDS get medicines from Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) centres in the state..
He further said that with close coordination of different wings, the gap between people with HIV infection and the infected people getting medicines from ART centres will fast reduce in the state..
As per May 2023 data, 1,08,155 people with HIV infection are getting medicine from ART centres in U.P. out of the 1.93 lakh people infected with the virus..
In 2022, there were 96,205 HIV-infected people receiving medicines from ART centres in the state, and in 2021, 90,857 such people were getting medicines from ATR centres..
In this sequence, Vimlesh Kumar of the Uttar Pradesh Welfare for People Living with HIV/AIDS (UPNP PLUS), the advocacy group working in the state, said, The major cause for new cases is the migration of people who have a high level of vulnerability to HIV infection, including female sex workers, men having sex with men, and injectable drug users..
