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Bollywood Actress Preity Zinta appointed as the ambassador for United Nations Programme on HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS) in India. She will raise awareness on HIV with her team members of IPL Kings XI Punjab with an emphasis on women and children.

Preity Zinta said, "The team members of Kings XI, they will be involved in a public service film to talk about HIV-AIDS. We are also in our first game with Delhi Daredevils, which is on March 13, going to have a toss done by a person living with HIV. We will be doing a lot of on-ground... going and creating awareness, meeting people living with HIV. I think this is the first step and there is lots more to come."

She Added, "I think although there are so many awareness programmes being done amongst the people but something is still lacking. People need to put more efforts in the awareness programmes. Till now awareness programmes were conducted only in the cities but now we shall have to conduct it in the villages and rural areas of the country as well."

At least 2.3 million Estimated HIV positive people in India as per 2006 United Nations Programme on HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS) reports.