The World Bank assisted National AIDS Control Support Project was launched by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare in New Delhi today. Shri A. H. Khan Choudhury and Smt. Santosh Chowdhary, Ministers of State for Health & Family Welfare were present on the occasion. Addressing the launch programme, Shri Azad said the prevention of HIV is high priority for Government of India. Over 99.5% of India’s population is free from HIV now. Accordingly the focus of the programme has been on prevention of spread of HIV, while ensuring access to treatment and care for all HIV infected persons. The National AIDS Control Project III was funded by multilateral and bi-lateral development agencies with only a fraction of the cost being borne by domestic budget support. In the current global economic scenario, external aid has dried up and there is need for greater reliance on domestic support to ensure that such a successful programme does not suffer lack of resources. However, the World Bank has been a long-standing partner of India’s fight against HIV/AIDS right from the first day. This partnership has been instrumental in establishing and scaling up the prevention architecture against HIV over years. ..........
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 06:04:47 +0000
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