Over 1,000 HIV/AIDS affected persons reported:
Labour Relations and Manpower Minister Athauda Seneviratne yesterday said that over 1,000 HIV/AIDS affected persons have been reported from various parts of the country and called upon the managers of all public and private sector institutions to be vigilant over such workers, employed within their workplaces.
The number of people living with HIV worldwide continued to grow in 2008, reaching an estimated 33.