Over 1,300 people died of AIDS in Mizoram since 1990
Of the 13,040 cases since October 1990, over 1,300 people have died of AIDS in Mizoram, officials said. It was alarming as over 60% of the cases were infected through sexual contact, many of them not belonging to risk groups, they added. Mizoram's future would be extremely bleak without concerted efforts by NGOs and churches to combat AIDS, they added.