On the eve of World Aids Day, both Mumbai District Aids Control Society (MDACS) and Maharashtra State Aids Control Society (MSACS) declared that the state has seen a considerable reduction in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive cases this year.

However on the other hand, doctors from AIDS Society of India, hospitals and NGOs based in the city have expressed an urgent need for the Centre and the State government to renew the guidelines on the use of a preventive drug that can stave off HIV infection. They demand that the new guidelines should approve the administration of Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) drugs to rape victims to prevent them from contracting HIV.