The Patients of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), have been added to the seven categories that are being provided various health facilities free of cost under PPP mode.
The case study is of a patient with advanced HIV who, despite having only mild Covid-19 illness, tested SARS-CoV-2 positive for 216 days.
The act also seeks to prohibit discrimination against persons with HIV and AIDS and to provide for confidentiality with regard to their treatment.
