The National AIDS Control Programme was launched in 1987 in India to halt and reverse the HIV/AIDS epidemic over 5 years. It aims to reduce new infections by 60% in high prevalence states through targeted interventions for high-risk groups and general population education. Objectives include preventing new infections, improving treatment and care for those infected, strengthening infrastructure and resources, and building strategic information systems. Key strategies are saturation coverage of high-risk groups, scaling up general population interventions, improving care and support, and strengthening nationwide monitoring.

1. NATIONALAIDS CONTROL
PROGRAMME : objectives and
strategies

2. Contents
• Introduction
• Goals and objectives
• Strategies
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3. Introduction
• National Aids Control Programme (NACP) was
launched in India in 1987. The ministry of
health and family welfare has set up National
Aids Control Organization (NACO) as a
separate wing to implement and closely
monitor the various components of the
programme.
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4. Goals and objectives
• The overall of NACP is to halt and reverse the
epidemic in India over the next 5 years by
integrating programmes for prevention, care
and support and treatment. This is achieved
through four-prolonged strategy.
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5. Continued…
• The specific objective is to reduce the rate of
incidence by 60% in the 1st year of the
programme in high prevalence states to
obtain the reversal of the epidemic.
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6. Objective 1:
To prevent new infections
• Saturation of coverage of high risk group
through target interventions.
• Scaling up interventions among general
population
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7. Objective 2:
Care support and treatment
• Improved treatment access for opportunistic
infections and continuation of care.
• Community care and support programs.
• Impact mitigation and linking it with livelihood
support.
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8. Objective 3:
Strengthen the infrastructure,
systems and human resources
• State AIDS control societies.
• District AIDS prevention and control units.
• Strengthening of NACO
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9. Objective 4:
Strengthening strategic information
system (SIMS)
• One nationwide strategic information system
Strengthening the computerized management
system and making it more appropriate and user-
friendly.
Developing indicators for the state plans and
institutional arrangement for collecting, analyzing
and monitoring progress.
Developing community friendly information
system.
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10. Strategies
• Prevent infection through saturation of
coverage of high risk groups with targeted
interventions and scaled up interventions in
the general population.
• Provide greater care, support and treatment
to larger number of PLHA.
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11. Continued…
• Strengthen the infrastructure, systems and
human resources in prevention, care, support
and treatment programmes at district, state
and national levels
• Strengthen the nationwide strategic
information management systems.
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12. References
• ^K. Park, “Park’s text book of preventive an social medicine” (22nd edition)
• ^National AIDS Control programme
www.nacp.gov.in
• ^National AIDS Control Program
www.pitt.edu
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13. Thank you!
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