Eighty per cent of the AIDS-infected children in India are likely to die within five years of the contraction of the disease, if steps are not taken to cure it. At present, there are 3,551 AIDS cases in India.

Minister of state for health and family welfare, Renuka Chaudhury, revealed this at a recent press conference, while launching an AIDS campaign. The campaign is being called "Children living in a world of AIDS'. Chaudhury said that of the total number, while 46 per cent children were infected through the