- The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, headed by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approves the continuation of the National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP, Phase-V) from April 1st, 2021 to March 31st, 2026.
- The total outlay for the programme is Rs. 15471.94 crore.
- The program, which was implemented in 1992 has witnessed a significant reduction in new infections of HIV and AIDS-related deaths in India, thereby keeping the rate of HIV prevalence low.
- Several initiatives since 2014 have supported NACP toward success, such as: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act (2017), Test and Treat Policy, Universal Viral Load Testing, Mission Sampark, Community-Based Screening, and transition to Dolutegravir-based Treatment Regimen.
- NACP Phase-V shall be aimed to end HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 through an integrated package of prevention, detection and treatment services.
- Salient features are:
- Around 8 crore people will be covered every year with an integrated prevention-detection-treatment service.
- Over 99.5% of the adult population will be prevented from HIV infection.
- Around 27 crore HIV tests will be done in five years of NACP Phase-V.
- 21 lakh HIV-infected people will be on Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) at the end of the project period.
- Approximately 80 lakh viral load tests will be done in on-ART HIV-infected persons.
- The programme will provide free HIV prevention, detection, and treatment services to high-risk, vulnerable, and other ‘at-risk’ populations and PLHIV.
Source: PIB
