Andhra Pradesh may make pre-marriage HIV test mandatory

India Abroad | October 4, 2002| | Copyright

Jafri, Syed Amin
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 new legislation
will be enacted only after studying the social and legal aspects of the
issue and eliciting the opinions of a cross-section of society.

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