AIDS: Where India stands on HIV control

India has the third highest number of estimated people living with HIV in the world.

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattanaik creates sand art themed on AIDS awareness on the eve of World AIDS Day in Puri on Sunday. (Source: PTI Photo)

The world is celebrating AIDS day today to draw the attention to curb this menace which for so long has inflicted nations all around the planet. India has also not remained untouched by it. India has the third highest number of estimated people living with HIV in the world. According to the HIV Estimations 2012, the estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India was 20.89 lakh. Here is a look on the steps taken by the government to curb the menace.

1. India has demonstrated an overall reduction of 57% in the annual new HIV infections among adult population from 2.74 lakh in 2000 to 1.16 lakh in 2011.

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2. Various interventions and scaled-up prevention strategies under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) have been responsible for decline in new AIDS cases.

One of the sex workers from Kamathipura carries her kid as she participates in a rally to spread awareness on AIDS on World AIDS Day in Mumbai on Monday. (Source: PTI Photo)

3. Till financial year 2013-2014, about 7.18 lakh (82.7%) Female Sex Workers (FSWs) and about 2.59 lakh (82.7%) high risk Men who
have Sex with Men (MSMs) were covered under the programme.

4. Currently, DAC is supporting provision of OST services (for Injecting Drug Users) through more than 150 OST centres spread across 30 States/UTs in India.

2. School students hold placards as they participate in a cancer awareness program during a 'No Tobacco Pledge Day' in Patna on Friday. (Source: PTI Photo)

School students hold placards as they participate in a cancer awareness program during a ‘No Tobacco Pledge Day’ in Patna on Friday. (Source: PTI Photo)

5.Department of AIDS Control has successfully implemented Condom Social Marketing Programme in 15 States in 2013-2014 with 56.45 crore condom pieces sold.

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(ANC : Antenatal Clinic, FSW : Female Sex Workers, MSM : Men who have Sex with Men, IDU : Injecting Drug User, TG : Transgender)

6. A total of 67.68 lakh STI/RTI cases have been managed against the target of 68 lakh during 2013-2014.

7. The Counseling and testing services for HIV were availed by about 130.3 lakh general clients and 97.52 lakh pregnant women, against the target of 102 lakh each.

Sex workers from Kamathipura participate in a rally to spread awareness on AIDS on World AIDS Day in Mumbai on Monday. (Source: PTI Photo)

8. Over the period 2012-2017, NACP-IV aims to accelerate the process of reversal, further strengthening the epidemic response in India through a cautious and well-defined integration process.

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9. The HIV epidemic in India is concentrated among High Risk Groups and is heterogeneous in its distribution.

Sex Workers along with school students participating in an awareness campaign on World AIDS day in Thane, Mumbai on Monday. (Source: PTI Photo)

10. High risk groups include Female Sex Workers (FSW), Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), Transgenders (TG)/ Hijras and Injecting Drug Users (IDU), and bridge populations include high risk behaviour Migrants and Long Distance Truckers.

11. The highest prevalence was recorded in Nagaland (0.88%), followed by Mizoram (0.68%), Manipur (0.64%), Andhra Pradesh (0.59%) and Karnataka (0.53%)

People hold placards and fly a hot air balloon as part of an AIDS awareness program on the eve of World AIDS Day, in Kolkata on Sunday. (Source: PTI Photo)

12. States like Chhattisgarh (0.51%), Gujarat (0.50%), Maharashtra (0.40%), Delhi (0.40%) and Punjab (0.37%) recorded HIV prevalence of more than the national average.

(Source: National AIDS control Organisation)

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