- Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda.
- Conducted at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya Auditorium, Indore.
World AIDS Day 2024: India’s Commitment to HIV/AIDS Rights
- Emphasizes legal protections, healthcare access, and societal change.
- Reminds of the efforts of those who have fought against the disease and lost loved ones.
- Highlights the ongoing Phase V of the National AIDS and STD Control Program.
- Highlights sustained efforts by NACO and State AIDS Control Societies, resulting in a 44% lower HIV epidemic in 2023 and a 79% decline in AIDS-related deaths.
Union Health Minister Shri Nadda’s AIDS Fighting Guidelines
- Complains about India progressing with respect to AIDS control wherein it starts producing cheap as well effective medication and shares to the needs.
- It emphasized India’s vision to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030, with an improvement of 44% on new HIV cases since 2010 and a reduction of deaths due to AIDS by as much as 79%.
- It also reported India’s 90-90-95 target for combating AIDS but later increased it to 95-95-95.
