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According to AIDS Alliance, "India accounts for roughly half of Asia’s HIV epidemic with approximately 2.1 million people living with HIV. The Government of India has conservatively estimated that there are 2.3 million MSM and transgender people, of whom 412,000 are considered to be at high risk for HIV infection. HIV rates in MSM are 4.43% and in transgender people at 8.82% with the overall adult HIV prevalence at 0.27%."<ref>[http://www.aidsalliance.org/our-impact/making-it-happen-old/152-they-tell-me-im-a-criminal-transgender-rights-in-india They tell me I’m a criminal: Transgender rights in India]</ref> Furthermore, "Testing pregnant women for HIV is an essential entry point into treatment, care and prevention of HIV. However, only 20% of the 27 million annual pregnancies in India are currently tested for HIV."<ref>[http://www.aidsalliance.org/resources/725-providing-oral-rapid-hiv-testing-to-pregnant-women-in-india Providing oral rapid HIV testing to pregnant women in India]</ref> | According to AIDS Alliance, "India accounts for roughly half of Asia’s HIV epidemic with approximately 2.1 million people living with HIV. The Government of India has conservatively estimated that there are 2.3 million MSM and transgender people, of whom 412,000 are considered to be at high risk for HIV infection. HIV rates in MSM are 4.43% and in transgender people at 8.82% with the overall adult HIV prevalence at 0.27%."<ref>[http://www.aidsalliance.org/our-impact/making-it-happen-old/152-they-tell-me-im-a-criminal-transgender-rights-in-india They tell me I’m a criminal: Transgender rights in India]</ref> Furthermore, "Testing pregnant women for HIV is an essential entry point into treatment, care and prevention of HIV. However, only 20% of the 27 million annual pregnancies in India are currently tested for HIV."<ref>[http://www.aidsalliance.org/resources/725-providing-oral-rapid-hiv-testing-to-pregnant-women-in-india Providing oral rapid HIV testing to pregnant women in India]</ref> | ||
Many young people also neglect to find help. As reported by the Times of India, "Reluctant to visit government clinics, they usually withdraw into a shell, expecting a natural cure. But in 90% of the cases, that doesn't happen, points out a study by an NGO. It claims that this group is not only at a higher risk of contracting HIV, it remains sexually active and spreads the infection in the community."<ref> | |||
[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Young-STD-patients-shy-away-from-treatment/articleshow/46273480.cms Young STD patients shy away from treatment]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
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====Testing Facilities==== | ====Testing Facilities==== | ||
* [https://www.better2know.in/clinics/city/mumbai Better2Know]: Tests for HIV 1 and 2, the p-24 antigen, Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. Book appointment online. "Better2Know offers a wide range of sexual health testing services across various locations in India, including an expanding range of medical centres located in the Eastern and Western territories of Mumbai. Established practices include Dadar, Andheri and Thane." | |||
** Dadar: Shankar Ghanekar Road (Near Siddhivanayak Mandir Opposite IDBI Bank), Prabhadevi, Dadar (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400028. | |||
** Thane: Manpada Thane (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400607 | |||
* [http://www.pathologylabindia.com/ Disha Pathology Service]: Provides HIV, Hepatitis and Herpes tests. For more information, please contact +91 22 66949876 / 98331 41024 or email at disha@pathologylabindia.com for any test requirement or any query related to our pathology lab. | |||
* Chlorophyll Medical Center: Address: F1 - F&G Zohra CHS, Yari Road, Versova,Andheri(W), Mumbai, 400061 | |||
* Fertility First: Screens for Lower Genital Tract Infections, Syphilis, Chlamydia, Tuberculosis, HBV, HCV, HIV. Address: Khokhani Lane, East Ghatkopar, Mumbai, 400077. Phone: 00 91 98204 28238 | |||
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