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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