{"id":5825,"date":"2020-10-20T11:25:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T05:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2022-03-12T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:27:34","slug":"many-gains-in-fighting-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Many gains in fighting HIV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/<\/p>\n<div class=\"hidden-xs\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/#There_is_a_reduction_in_new_HIV_infections_among_children_and_in_AIDS-related_deaths_in_India\" >There is a reduction in new HIV infections among children and in AIDS-related deaths in India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/#Steps_forward\" >Steps forward<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/#Still_a_long_way_to_go\" >Still a long way to go<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"intro\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_is_a_reduction_in_new_HIV_infections_among_children_and_in_AIDS-related_deaths_in_India\"><\/span>There is a reduction in new HIV infections among children and in AIDS-related deaths in India<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-14269002-32894965\" class=\"paywall\">\n<p>In this challenging moment when we are confronted with one of the biggest health emergencies in our history, the COVID-19 pandemic, we find our strength in the gains we are making despite this disruption.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_forward\"><\/span>Steps forward<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The newly released 2019 HIV estimates by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO)\/Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the technical support of UNAIDS tell us that there has been a 66.1% reduction in new HIV infections among children and a 65.3% reduction in AIDS-related deaths in India over a nine-year period. The number of pregnant women living with HIV has reduced from 31,000 in 2010 to 20,000 in 2019. Overall, antenatal coverage has expanded, and HIV testing has increased over time and within target range. Treatment coverage has also expanded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1552914402102-0\" class=\"dfp-ad Inarticle\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Under the leadership of NACO, a \u2018Fast-Tracking of EMTCT (elimination of mother-to-child transmission) strategy-cum-action plan\u2019 was outlined by June 2019, in the run-up towards December 2020: the deadline to achieve EMTCT. The plan entailed mobilisation and reinforcement of all national, State and partners\u2019 collective efforts \u2014 in a strategic manner, with district-level focus, and considering latest evidence \u2014 so that the States\/Union Territories and the country as a whole achieve the EMTCT goal. Additionally, in March 2020, we began efforts to minimise challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>From 2010 to 2019, India made important progress in reducing the HIV impact on children through prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This was done through education and communication programmes; increased access to HIV services with innovative delivery mechanisms for HIV testing (community-based testing, partner testing or index testing); counselling and care; and treatment and follow-ups. India made HIV testing for all pregnant women free and HIV treatment is offered the same way nationwide without cost to pregnant mothers living with HIV through the national \u2018treat all\u2019 policy.<\/p>\n<p>Cognisant of the challenge of diagnosing 20,000 pregnant women living with HIV in an estimated 30 million pregnancies annually in India, for two years UNICEF has worked with the World Health Organization and NACO to identify high burden districts (in terms of density of pregnant women living with HIV) as the last mile towards disease elimination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"atd-ad\">Since 2002, when the EMTCT of HIV programmes or prevention of parent-to-child transmission of HIV were launched in India, a series of policy, programmatic and implementation strategies were rolled out so that all pregnant women can access free HIV testing along with other services at antenatal clinics, and free treatment regimens for life to prevent HIV transmission from mothers to babies. This has been made possible in government health centres and grass-root level workers through village health and nutrition days and other grass-roots events under the National Health Mission.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the approach being promoted by UNICEF in focusing attention and resources in high burden districts is supported by the HIV strategic information division of NACO and UNAIDS to better understand the locations and populations most HIV affected, so that technical support and HIV services can be directed towards these areas.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Still_a_long_way_to_go\"><\/span>Still a long way to go<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>However, there remains a need for increased treatment saturation coverage and for early HIV testing and treatment initiation to become the normal. While periodic monitoring of the data and reviews are the mainstay of the programme response, by 2019 it was very evident to all the stakeholders that while there are successes, we have a long way to go towards the final targets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"atd-ad\">Using data-driven and decision-making approaches, we are certain that AIDS will no longer be a public health threat for children in India by the end 2030, if not before.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ng_tagline_credit\">Bilali Camara is UNAIDS Country Director for India<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[62,451,1208,1187,52,579,727,345],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aids-hiv","tag-aids","tag-children","tag-deaths","tag-gains","tag-hiv","tag-india","tag-infections","tag-reduction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Many gains in fighting HIV - MyMedicPlus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Many gains in fighting HIV - MyMedicPlus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MyMedicPlus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-20T05:55:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-12T09:27:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hiv-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mymedicplus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mymedicplus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mymedicplus\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/064cee11e5bd38b19d197d3f9491488f\"},\"headline\":\"Many gains in fighting HIV\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-20T05:55:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-12T09:27:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/\"},\"wordCount\":615,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/many-gains-in-fighting-hiv\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/hiv-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AIDS\",\"Children\",\"deaths\",\"gains\",\"HIV\",\"India\",\"infections\",\"reduction\"],\"articleSection\":[\"AIDS &amp; 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