Andhra Prasdesh: Poor monitoring of AIDS control programme

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Andhra Prasdesh: Friday, 30 Jul 2004

CAG raps AP govt for poor monitoring of AIDS control programme

Hyderabad, Jul 29 - Rapping Andhra Pradesh government for poor

monitoring of AIDS control programme and under-utilisation of

Central grants, Comptroller and Auditor General of India said it has

failed to fix district-wise physical targets causing an increase in

the number of HIV positive patients.

" As a result of poor monitoring of centrally-sponsored national AIDS

control programme, the incidence of HIV and AIDS has increased, " the

CAG said in its report for the year ended March 31, 2003.

The state AIDS Control Society paid little attention to the

activities like delivery of condoms, strengthening of STD clinics,

establishing voluntary testing clinics and upgradation of blood

banks and care and support centres, the report, which was tabled in

the Legislative Assembly today, said.

Andhra Pradesh has the dubious distinction of ranking second in the

country after Maharashtra in terms of HIV incidence. With four lakh

HIV positive cases as of March last year, the state accounted for 10

per cent of the total cases in the country.

Out of the total of Rs 76.31 crore released by National AIDS Control

Organisation (NACO) from 1998-99 to 2002-03, the state Society had

spent Rs 64.37 crore, the report said adding that there was no

proper mechanism with the Society to ascertain the exact number of

AIDS cases in the state.

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