Government of India HIV/AIDS Report to the People (2007)

June 7, 2007

(AIeF)The Report to the People, published every year by the

Government, has set a new benchmark for accountability in governance.

According to the Prime Minister of India, this comprehensive report

listing all the policies adopted, projects launched and programmes

implemented is a unique demonstration of the United Progressive

Alliance (UPA) Governments commitment to being accountable.

Excerpt

2.1.2 HIV/AIDS: AIDS control has been given leadership at the level

of the Prime Minister with the formation of the National Council on

AIDS, which has given direction to the National AIDS Control

Programme Phase-III (NACP-III) for making AIDS everyone's business

and mainstreaming HIV/AIDS concerns in programmes and schemes across

relevant Ministries in order to achieve the Millennium Development

Goal of halting and reserving the AIDS epidemic

by 2011, rather than the global target of 2015 through scaling up of

access to preventive services, counselling and testing facilities in

the general population for behaviour change towards a more

responsible life style. NACP-III, starting in 2007-08, will target

high-risk groups in all states.

The Government will expand access to condoms and ensure universal

access to blood screening and safe blood. More hospitals will provide

treatment to prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child.

Support will be given to the protocol on paediatric dosage to prevent

mother to child HIV transmission. Outlays have more than doubled over

the past two budgets. In addition, the Government has approved

accessing financial grant of over Rs. 300 crore from the Global Fund

to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for implementing and scaling

up the Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission programme in the

six high prevalence states till 2008-09.

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