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.

NACO also undertakes HIV estimations biennially(every 2 years) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS). 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.
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