Question

how does the government provide support to the people of the HIV and AIDS awareness campaign

Answer 1

India has been working tremendously hard to eradicate HIV/AIDS which poses serious health challenges to a large population living in the country. Efforts are now being made to reduce the number of HIV cases to zero and the nation has already achieved a breakthrough to stop HIV prevalence in the last few years. However, there is a long way to go for an "AIDS Free India" as the country still has about 2.5 million people, aged between 15 and 49, estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, the third largest in the world.

Based on the HIV Estimation 2012, India has demonstrated an overall reduction of 57% in the annual new HIVinfections (among adult population) from 2.74 lakhs in 2000 to 1.16 lakhs in 2011, reflecting the impact of various interventions and scaled-up prevention strategies under the National AIDS Control Programme. The adult HIVprevalence has decreased from 0.41% in 2001 to 0.27% in 2011. Also, the estimated number of people living with HIVhas decreased from 24.1 lakh in 2000 to 20.9 lakhs in 2011. Wider access to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) has resulted in 29% reduction in estimated annual deaths due to AIDS related causes between 2007 and 2011. It is estimated that around 1.5 lakhs lives have been saved due to ART till 2011.

India has used extensive and ever increasing sources of HIV related data to plan programmes and monitor the impact of HIV prevention and care interventions.

Latest estimates from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) show that the world continues to close in on the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by stopping HIV transmission and halting AIDS-related deaths. Remarkable progress has been made over the last decade-yet significant challenges remain.


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