The Health department is set to launch a new campaign “Zero new HIV infection by 2025”.
The State has been able to keep the rate of HIV infection at a low. While the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals aim at zero new HIV infection by 2030, Kerala is poised to achieve the goal by 2025, a statement issued by the department said.
The density of HIV infection in Kerala is only 0.06 as against the national figure or 0.22. However, as a State with a highly mobile population, with a large number of Keralites travelling frequently and many from other States coming to settle down in Kerala, the State’s risk profile is quite intense.
