Vizag observes AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day with rally

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Government wellness officials, voluntary organisation members, and HIV/AIDS affirmative web unit observed the 43rd International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day by taking retired a candy rally connected the taxable “Light the Legacy: Remember. Advance. Act” successful Visakhapatnam connected Sunday.

The rally, flagged disconnected by District Medical and Health Officer Dr. P. Jagadeeshwara Rao and led by District Leprosy, AIDS, and TB Officer Dr. Ronanki Ramesh, proceeded from Satyam Junction to Rama Talkies. Of the 26,203 HIV-positive individuals identified successful the district, 11,682 are presently connected antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication, portion 7,445 deaths person been recorded implicit the past 2 decades. The territory operates 5 ART centres.

Published - May 17, 2026 11:51 p.m. IST

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