UN official

The prevalence of the deadly virus HIV/AIDS is still in tolerable level in Bangladesh, said a UN official on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) here on Monday.

The UNODC Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) representative Cristina Albertin made the remarks when she called on the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni.

A press release of the Foreign Ministry said Dipu Moni asked the UN official to continue its support to Bangladesh in undertaking various programs for preventing HIV prevalence and abuses of drugs.

Cristina briefed Dipu Moni of her organization's activities in the field of counter narcotics enforcement, prevention of HIV, and prevention and treatment of drug use in Bangladesh.

Dipu Moni said although the HIV prevalence in Bangladesh is quite low, the government is fully alert on the issue.

During the last 20 years, 1,745 persons were infected by HIV/ AIDS in Bangladesh of whom 204 persons died of AIDS till December 2009. The first case of HIV carrier was detected in 1989 in the country.

"The government has enacted several laws to encounter drug trafficking and local drug trades," the Foreign Minister said.

UNODC Regional Office for South Asia is based in New Delhi and is responsible for its operations in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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