New Delhi: There has been a marked decline in number of HIV/Aids cases in the three armed services, the forces top medical official said yesterday.
Nobody has died of Aids in the last year, Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services, D P Joshi told reporters here.
Efforts are also being taken to reduce stress levels of servicemen by setting up helplines and efforts through the human resources department of the services, said Director General Medical Services (Air) A K Behl said.
Air Marshal Joshi said the services were also making efforts to preserve blood samples of personnel till they retire and 10 years after that to match in case of any untoward incident like accidents where the body is unrecognisable.
“We want to have a DNA bank. We are still in the beginning. It is a major project. We are working out the modalities,” he said.IANS
