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High Court forms HIV/AIDS committee
By Daily News & Analysis
Published: 09/16/2008

INDIA - The high court in Mumbai, India, on Thursday formed a committee to create guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of HIV in prisons in response to the increasing spread of the virus among inmates, the Daily News & Analysis reports. Justices Ranjana Desai and DY Chandrachud requested that Advocate General Ravi Kadam work with the inspector general for prisons to complete a draft of the guidelines by Oct. 1.

Desai said the guidelines should address prevention and treatment for prisoners living with HIV/AIDS. Chandrachud added, "The issue of sexual contact between prison inmates will have to be confronted." Read more.

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