Ashok Pandey, Coordinator of the District AIDS Coordination Committee said that the workers returned from India and their family are affected by the AIDS. Some 175 males and 148 women and their 46 children are affected by it in the district, Pandey said.[break]
Some 71 victimized here in the district died due to HIV /AIDS since 2006 to 2012, Pandey added.
An awareness programme targeting the workers should be launched before they go to India, locals said.
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