Agartala, April 1 -- Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday informed the Assembly that as of January 2025, a total of 5,520 injection drug users have received treatment from Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) centers. Of these, 612 have completed treatment and returned to the mainstream of healthy, normal lives.

CM Saha, who is also the Health Minister of the state, said this while replying to a notice in the reference period raised by MLA Gopal Chandra Roy.

CM Saha stated that from April 2024 to January 2025, the Tripura AIDS Control Society has conducted various activities to increase awareness about and combat HIV in the state.

"Under the Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) component of the Tripura AIDS Control Soci...