The World AIDS Day was observed in Kathmandu on Saturday under the theme of "Take the Lead."
In his message to the occasion, Dr. Padam Bahadur Chand, director of National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Center, said that the government was working to implement the commitments made to ensure universal access to treatment and care for the HIV/AIDS patients.
According to him, there are AIDS Coordination Committees in all of the 75 districts in the country. Through 16 centers, 1,296 patients are being provided with Anti Retro Viral treatment.
Official statistics show that there are 10,321 HIV/AIDS patients, of whom 1,553 are with full blown AIDS in the country.
Source: Xinhua
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