National AIDS Control Organisation

National AIDS Control Organisation
AbbreviationNACO
Formation1992
PurposeHIV/AIDS control programme in India
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Parent organisation
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Websitehttp://www.naco.gov.in

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), established in 1992 is a division of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies, and is "the nodal organisation for formulation of policy and implementation of programs for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in India.".[1][2][3][4]

Along with drug control authorities and NACO provides joint surveillance of Blood Bank licensing, Blood Donation activities and Transfusion Transmitted infection testing and reporting.[citation needed]

NACO also undertakes HIV estimations biennially(every 2 years) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Sciences (NIRDHDS). The first round of HIV estimation in India was done in 1998, while the last round was done in 2017.[5]

In 2010, NACO approved the TeachAids curriculum for use in India, an innovation which represented the first time that HIV/AIDS education could be provided in a curriculum which did not need to be coupled with sex education.[6]

In 2012, National AIDS Control Organisation, along with other 16 organizations working on HIV/AIDS, ran an event "Hijra Habba" under the program of "Pehchan". The event witnessed more than a 100 representatives of the Transgender and the Hijra community from 17 states, interacting with members of the government, NGOs and Civil Society.[7]

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References

  1. ^ National AIDS Control Organisation (1992 - ) Archived 6 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine www.hivpolicy.org.
  2. ^ NACO Archived 24 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine aidsportal.org.
  3. ^ India to Increase HIV Treatment Centers By NIRMALA GEORGE, The Associated Press, Washington Post, 29 September 2006.
  4. ^ For once, it's good not being world No.1 The Economic Times, 7 July 2007.
  5. ^ "NACO releases HIV Estimations 2017 report". The Hindu. 14 September 2014.
  6. ^ "National AIDS Control Organisation of India approves TeachAIDS curriculum". TeachAids. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  7. ^ "National Hijra Habba organised in Delhi - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2018.