Fifteen outreach workers lose their jobs after funding cuts at the National AIDS Control Organisation. Their job was to help HIV-positive pregnant women with their medication and monitor newborn babies. “We have seen discrimination in hospitals against HIV-positive women from such close quarters. “Our role was to help such women.”However, in December last year, the scheme was abruptly ended citing lack of funds, rendering the outreach workers jobless. The outreach workers have tried it all to have their voices heard — from writing letters to the Health Ministry to protesting at Jantar Mantar.

Source: The Hindu September 17, 2016 18:33 UTC