Tripura Clarifies HIV Student Numbers: 828 Cases Over 17 Years

The Tripura State AIDS Control Society has clarified a report that stated 828 students in Tripura are registered as HIV positive. According to Dr. Samarpita Dutta, Project Director, these figures are cumulative from April 2007 to May 2024. Over these years, 828 students have been registered in ART Centres and are receiving free anti-retroviral treatment as per NACO guidelines. Unfortunately, 47 of these students have died during this period.

The government of Tripura issued a clarification, terming the report as misleading. They emphasized that the figures are not recent but span over 17 years. The Health & Family Welfare Government of Tripura also posted an official message on social media platform X, confirming the cumulative nature of the data.

In recent years, the number of new HIV infections detected in Tripura was 1847 in 2022-23 with a positive rate of 0.89% and 67 deaths. For 2023-24, there were 1790 new infections with a positive rate of 0.92%.