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NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL PROGRAMME : objectives
and strategies
Contents
• Introduction• Goals and objectives• Strategies
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Introduction • National Aids Control Programme (NACP) was
launched in India in 1987. The ministry of health and family welfare has set up National Aids Control Organization (NACO) as a separate wing to implement and closely monitor the various components of the programme.
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Goals and objectives• The overall of NACP is to halt and reverse the
epidemic in India over the next 5 years by integrating programmes for prevention, care and support and treatment. This is achieved through four-prolonged strategy.
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Continued…
• The specific objective is to reduce the rate of incidence by 60% in the 1st year of the programme in high prevalence states to obtain the reversal of the epidemic.
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Objective 1: To prevent new infections
• Saturation of coverage of high risk group through target interventions.
• Scaling up interventions among general population
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Objective 2: Care support and treatment
• Improved treatment access for opportunistic infections and continuation of care.
• Community care and support programs.• Impact mitigation and linking it with livelihood
support.
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Objective 3: Strengthen the infrastructure, systems and human resources
• State AIDS control societies.• District AIDS prevention and control units.• Strengthening of NACO
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Objective 4: Strengthening strategic
information system (SIMS)• One nationwide strategic information systemStrengthening the computerized management
system and making it more appropriate and user-friendly.
Developing indicators for the state plans and institutional arrangement for collecting, analyzing and monitoring progress.
Developing community friendly information system.
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Strategies
• Prevent infection through saturation of coverage of high risk groups with targeted interventions and scaled up interventions in the general population.
• Provide greater care, support and treatment to larger number of PLHA.
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Continued…
• Strengthen the infrastructure, systems and human resources in prevention, care, support and treatment programmes at district, state and national levels
• Strengthen the nationwide strategic information management systems.
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References
• ^K. Park, “Park’s text book of preventive an social medicine” (22nd edition)• ^National AIDS Control programme www.nacp.gov.in• ^National AIDS Control Program www.pitt.edu
Thank you!
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