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28-11-2020 | 15:29 PM

HIV Prevention Model of India

• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare addressed the Ministerial meeting of the Global Prevention Coalition for HIV prevention. 
• During the conference, the Minister expressed the progress of India's HIV Prevention Model.

Key Highlights:

• The minister stressed upon the following as India’s actions under its HIV Prevention Model.
• The HIV Prevention Model of India is centred around the concept of ‘Social Contracting”. The Targeted Interventions Programme is implemented under this concept.
• Test and Treat Policy was adopted.
• Mission SAMPARK was launched. Under this, around 50,000 people living with HIV who were lost to follow-up were linked back to Anti-retroviral Treatment services.
• The Adolescence Education Programme is being implemented in 23 states. It covers more than 49,000 schools.
• HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control) act, 2017 was passed.
• India has so far succeeded in reducing its HIV infection mainly because of the National AIDS Control Programme.

National AIDS Control Programme

• It was introduced in 1992 in India to deter and monitor AIDS. Four stages of the initiative have now been implemented. The Program is being introduced by the National AIDS Control Organisation.
• India is actively pursuing a National Strategic Plan (2017-24) to eliminate AIDS by 2030.

Antiretroviral Treatment:
AIDS treatment in India is given at the ART Centres. The number of these centres has been raised from 54 to 91. ART medications are not used to treat AIDS. However it does help to suppress the HIV virus.