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History of WHO support to HIV/AIDS in
India
WHO has been working closely with the Ministry of Health
in HIV since the 1980s. The set-up and expansion of sero-surveillance centers for tracking HIV was supported by WHO in collaboration with the Indian
Council of Medical Research, before the detection of the first case in
1986.
Chronological development of the support for HIV/AIDS in India
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Milestones
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Support from WHO
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1987
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Launch of the National AIDS Control Programme
(NACP) with WHO’s
technical support in the formulation of strategy and plan for
implementation of prevention and control activities.
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1989
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Development of the medium term plan for HIV/AIDS control
in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Manipur and Delhi, with a US $10 million budget
mobilized from various sources, with technical support from WHO
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1990-91
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Launch of the unlinked anonymous surveillance to track
the HIV epidemic, supported by WHO
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1992
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Following the launch of the National AIDS Project-I
(NACP-I), WHO assisted in the planning and implementation of a spectrum of
activities such as education and awareness programme,
blood safety, hospital infection control, condom promotion, strengthening
of clinical services for both STI and HIV. WHO supported development of
guidelines for various activities and procured the necessary equipment for
effective blood measures.
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1996
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Increasing technical support for surveillance, estimations
and projections; prevention activities such as STI and HIV, blood safety,
monitoring and evaluation, operational research together with the Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and
other UN partners
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2003 Dec
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Launch of the care and treatment programme
by Government of India with technical support from WHO.
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2004 - present
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Scaling up of the national prevention, treatment, care
and support programme with technical assistance
from WHO in various programmatic areas.
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