Indian Scenario
Timeline –Indian Activities
- 1992- NACP I
- 1997- VCTC Services
- 1999- NACP Phase II
- 2002- National PMTCT Programme
- 2004- National ART Programme
- 2004- Comprehensive PPTCT Programme
- 2006- Revised WHO ART Guidelines
- 2007- NACP Phase III
- 2012- NACP Phase IV
- 2017- Test and Treat Strategy
- 2018- Community based testing
Indian Scenario
- PLHIV - Estimates 2.14 Million [HSS 2017], 2.31 million [2007] ,
- 42% - women
- All states affected
- Epidemic moving from groups at high risk to the general population and from urban to rural areas
- 11,81,129 HIV +ve on ART in ART Centers [2017]
Characteristics of Indian Epidemic
- Heterogeneous epidemic
- A wide variation in HIV prevalence between districts and intra districts even within the states
- A concentrated epidemic, focused in HRGs (CSWs,MSMs,IDUs)
- 0.22% prevalence