Overview
- ART Centre data show nearly 7,400 registered HIV-positive patients in Sitamarhi, including more than 400 children.
- Doctors say most pediatric cases trace to transmission at birth in families where a parent is HIV-positive.
- Clinicians report 40–60 new infections each month, with about 5,000 people currently receiving medication.
- Medical staff describe the district facility as a high-load HIV centre that is taxing local services.
- Officials link the surge to low awareness, stigma, marriages without health checks and migration, and they are organizing community outreach and village testing camps.