en sensitised so far.

Religious leaders feel that awareness about HIV/AIDS can be easily created.

The increased presence of police, military and paramilitary forces in the state has added to the risk because of HIV/AIDS among security personnel.

A majority of the cases detected in the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and the SMHS Hospital in Srinagar were those of Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel.

"We have been conducting workshops on HIV/AIDS at the basic unit level and further up in the Northern Command Hospital for educating officers, soldiers and their families," said an army spokesperson.

The BSF has recently introduced a bi-annual health check up for its doctors, and other meets where doctors interact with the troops about the disease. Though the AIDS awareness programme for defence personnel does not come under the ambit of JKSAPCS, it has been conducting programmes for army, air force and the police.

Official figures have, however, recorded only 37 deaths out of the 95 full-blown reported cases in the state. But the actual figure is suspected to be many times more.

(Source: IANS)
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