HIV and Development
UNDP works with the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to respond to HIV and AIDS in India and reduce its impact. UNDP supports the national efforts by offering knowledge, resources and technical expertise to effectively implement the National AIDS Control Programme. For the next five years, UNDP will be working to ensure that HIV becomes part of India’s development response across districts vulnerable to HIV in nine states across India. In partnership with NACO and other UN agencies, UNDP is also designing a national programme to make migration safer. Since it is the agency mandated to work on human rights and gender, UNDP will work with sexual minorities, such as men having sex with men, to address their most urgent needs and to reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV.
UNDP has helped the National AIDS Control Organisation to develop national policies for gender and HIV and for greater involvement of people living with HIV. Almost 15.6 million people across India were provided with information, training and services to improve their capacities to deal with HIV. 9,000 people living with HIV as well as trafficking survivors received livelihood training to expand their employment opportunities and skills. UNDP has also conducted pioneering research on the social dimensions of HIV. The first large-scale study of the socio-economic impact of HIV on households drew national and international attention from the media and policy makers.
Facts on HIV and Development
- In India, 58 percent of HIV infections are in rural areas
- About 4 out of 10 people living with HIV are women
- 87.4 percent of transmission happens through unprotected sex
- 34 districts with a high prevalence of HIV are in low-prevalence states
- Networks of people living with HIV are functional in 221 districts of 22 states
Sources:
India HIV Estimates-2006, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), 2006; HIV Sentinel Surveillance and HIV Estimation, NACO, 2006; Draft Gender policy and guidelines for HIV programmes, NACO, 2008.
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