Sri Lanka Health Ministry said the amount of money it spends on HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns has increased by 20 percent last year when compared to the amount spent in 2006.
Health Ministry reported that it has spent 1.44 millions rupees on AIDS prevention programs last year and more island wide programs are already underway to increase public awareness.
According to the Health Ministry statistics the number of reported HIV/AIDS cases has increased by 70 in the year 2007.