AIDS AND VARIOUS PREVENTION PROGRAMS

1. BR. SARATH THOMAS CHAMALAYIL

2. According to NACO ( NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL ORGANIZTION)
Approximately 172,000 people died of AIDS related causes in 2009 in
India.
The total number of people living with HIV in India is estimated at 2.4
million with uncertainty bounds of 1.93 to 3.04 million in 2009.
The percent distribution of HIV infection by age is estimated at 4.4%
among children below the age of 15 years, 82.4% among adults aged 15
to 49 years and the remaining 13.2% among people over 50 years of
age.
The main factors which have contributed to India's large HIV-infected
population are extensive labour migration and low literacy levels in certain rural areas
resulting in lack of awareness and gender disparity

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• West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh- 100,000 ( account
for 22% of HIV infections in India)
• Punjab, Orissa, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh range from 50,000
to 100,000 and these states collectively account for 12% of HIV
infections.

4. AIDS IN INDIA

5. HOW THIS VIRUSES AFFECTS OUR IMMINUE SYSTEM

8. Kerala State AIDS Control Society
1. Targeted Interventions (TI) for high risk behaviour
groups such as Sex Workers, Men having sex with
men, Injecting Drug users, and other vulnerable
populations like Migrants and Truck drivers.
2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Control
Programme for counselling, and treatment of sexually
transmitted infections. Condom promotion
programme to increase the correct and consistent
usage of condoms among the population by ensuring
its availability and affordability in Kerala.

9. 3. Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
programme : intended to create awareness through
prevention messages, a non stigmatizing
environment, promote demand generation of
services and increase service uptake, mainstreaming
activities through various modes of campaigns and
training and increase voluntary blood donation

13. 5. Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission
(PPTCT) programme. provides treatment of HIV
positive expecting mothers. Through a series of
measures including provision of antiretroviral
drugs to the mother and child, transmission of
the infection to their children are greatly
reduced.

14. 6. Blood Safety program: Provision of adequate
quantities of safe blood, when and where needed, is an
important strategy for reducing transfusion associated HIV
infection.
The Blood Safety Program ensures safety of blood
donations, transfused blood and blood components by
improving quality control practices in blood banks and
providing blood safety training to personnel
7. Civil Society Mainstreaming: Mainstreaming aims to
bring the issues of HIV/AIDS to the mainstream of the
society by incorporating them into activities of other
governmental departments and private sector companies.

15. National AIDS Control Program
( NAPC)
• 1985 Govt. of India constituted a taskforce to study
the problem of HIV/AIDS as related to India
• Phase-I (1992 - 1999) A comprehensive HIV/AIDS
Control Project Phase with an outlay of 222.6 crores
with the assistance of World Bank & WHO.
• NAPC was implemented across the country with
objective to slow the spread of HIV to reduce future
morbidity, mortality, and the impact of AIDS by
initiating a major effort in the prevention of HIV
transmission.
• Phase-II (1999 - 2006) was aimed at reducing spread of
HIV infection in India and strengthen India's capacity to
respond to HIV epidemic on long term basis
• Phase-III (2007-2012) places the highest priority on
preventive efforts while, at the same time, seeks to
integrate prevention with care, support and treatment.

16. IMPORTANT PREVENTION PROGRAMS OF NAPC
AND NACO
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STD control program
The Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PPTCT)
Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres (VCTC)
Universal precautions and Post exposure prophylaxis
Blood safety
‘Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre’ (ICTC) to provide services to all clients
under one roof
Improved access to quality condoms
Focused efforts on women, children and Young people
Expanding HIV/AIDS response at workplace
Focused efforts on migrants, mobile populations and in cross border areas
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Care, support and treatment

17. One Test. Two Lives. Prenatal HIV Screening
Campaign (CDC) focuses on ensuring that all
women are tested for HIV early in their pregnancy
and provides quick access to a variety of resources
for providers and materials for their patients to
help encourage universal voluntary prenatal testing
for HIV.

19. DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIV PREVENTION
Biomedical HIV prevention interventions
• Male circumcision (MC)
• Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT)
• Condoms (Male and Female)
• Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
• HIV vaccine

20. 2. Social and behavioural prevention
interventions
• Abstinence-only and ABC interventions
• Voluntary Counselling & Testing (VCT)
• Stepping Stones counselling intervention
3. Structural HIV prevention interventions – (stigma
reduction, gender equality)
4. Legal and policy interventions

23. let our promises guide us…….

24. CONCLUSION

25. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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www.infofacts.in
www.ksacs.in
www.nacoonline.
www.nihfw.org
www. wikipedia.org
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

26. THANK YOU