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Surveillance, Estimations & Projections
In 1998, WHO in partnership with UNAIDS extended
technical assistance to expand sentinel surveillance and in the development
of methodologies for estimation of HIV infection burden. Since 2001,
WHO provided technical support to NACO for monitoring and quality assurance
of surveillance and estimations. Since 2003,
monitoring of surveillance activities and estimation process were institutionalized
with the support of WHO by involving National
Institute of Health & Family Welfare and Indian Council of Medical
Research.
The National
Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW) monitors the
quality and coverage of surveillance through Regional Coordination Teams,
comprising senior epidemiologists, microbiologists and STD specialists, with
the financial support of WHO. It also undertakes
validation of data and its analysis for HIV prevalence trends. In order to
ensure quality and timely transmission of data, a web based data entry system
has been introduced. The data received from different testing laboratories
are entered at State AIDS Control Society (SACS) level and are transmitted to
NIHFW.
The Institute
for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR), an institute of the
Indian Council of Medical Research, undertakes the estimation of HIV
infection burden. The process of estimations is monitored by an Expert
Committee constituted by the Director General, ICMR and comprises eminent
epidemiologists, biostatisticians and researchers in the field of HIV. The
estimation process and its monitoring are financially and technically
supported by WHO.
In June 2005, a joint WHO-NACO meeting in Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) discussed the development of a protocol for HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance
(both prevalence and incidence). National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) and
TRC were identified as pilot centers.
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 Global Launch of the “AIDS
epidemic update 2005” Report
 Guidelines for Second
Generation HIV Surveillance
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