Safe Passage

摘要

THE PROBLEM In India, the number of new annual HIV infections declined by more than 50 percent between 2000 and 2010. Yet some states with low HIV prevalence have shown an increase in the number of new infections. Coincidentally, these states also have high out-migration, mostly due to poverty, lack of economic opportunities, and high illiteracy. Migration may have contributed significantly to the spread of HIV and the rising number of new infections in these states. As India’s migrant population grows, research is needed to understand the linkages between migration and HIV in order to design policies to protect migrants and their sexual partners.