The 22nd World AIDS Day is being observed in Nepal with various programs on the theme "Universal Access and Human Rights" Tuesday.
According to local website ww.nepalnews.com, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal urged all stakeholders to launch extensive awareness programs to control HIV from spreading further.
PM Nepal said in his statement, the chances of spreading HIV in Nepal is high as many of the infected persons are unaware as they have not gone through blood tests due to poverty and lack of awareness.
Nepali government statistics shows the number of HIV infected in Nepal only at about 15000, but organisations working in this sector have say as many as 70,000 persons could have contracted HIV.
Maiti Nepal, an organisation working against women and children trafficking, organised a candle light prayer meeting in memory of those
killed due to AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day Monday evening in Kathmandu.