Twarit Mahanagar: 10,000 people die due to HIV in Maharashtra in 2017-18, reveals health ministry data

According to data from the central health ministry, the number of deaths due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Maharashtra has risen by 24 per cent, from 8,247 in 2016-17 to 10,061 in 2017-18, while the country has witnessed a four per cent rise in the number of such deaths. The data also reveals that in the same period, the fund allocation has also witnessed a drop, affecting outreach programmes, which could be a factor for the spike in these numbers.