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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
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