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International Herald Tribune
“ India tops with world's largest number of HIV cases” ….
"Our priority for the new phase of the AIDS control program has shifted to take in the rise of injecting drug users," says Sujatha Rao, director of India's National AIDS Control Organization, or NACO.….
“The HIV risk is much higher with injecting drug users," says Denis Broun, who runs UNAIDS' India program. "With unprotected sex, the risk of contracting HIV is about 1 in 200. However, when people inject directly with a tainted needle or syringe, the risk is as high as 1 in 10."