Andhra Pradesh may make pre-marriage HIV test mandatory From: India Abroad | Date: October 4, 2002| Author: Jafri, Syed Amin | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

India Abroad

10-04-2002

The Andhra Pradesh government has proposed a legislation making HIV tests
mandatory for all prospective brides and bridegrooms.

The move follows suggestions from women's activists and non-governmental
organizations in the wake of an alarming spread of AIDS in the state, with
transmission via the sexual route accounting for 90 percent of the
infections.

State Health Minister Dr. Kodela Siva Prasada Rao says the ne...

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