16 Jun 2021 Resolution 75/260 of UNGA: HIV/AIDS
Resolution 75/260 of UNGA: HIV/AIDS
Context:
The Union Health Minister addressed the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on prevention of HIV/AIDS.
The Resolution 75/260 of UNGA deals with the Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS.
Key Points of address:
HIV/AIDS Prevention Model: India’s unique HIV prevention model is centered around the concept of ‘Social Contracting’ through which the ‘Targeted Interventions Program’ is implemented with support from civil society.
The program is aimed at behavior change, communication, outreach, service delivery, counselling & testing and ensuring linkages to HIV care.
Legal Framework: The HIV & AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2017, provides a legal and enabling framework to safeguard the human rights of infected and affected populations.
Free Treatment: India is providing free anti-retro-viral treatment to close to 1.4 million people.
Anti-retro-viral therapy:
It is a combination of daily medications that stop the virus from reproducing.
The therapy helps in protecting CD4 cells thus keeping the immune system strong enough to fight off the disease.
It, besides reducing the risk of transmission of HIV, also helps in stopping its progression to AIDS (a spectrum of conditions caused by infection due to HIV).
National AIDS Control Program:
The National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) launched the first phase of the National AIDS Control Programme in (1992-1999). NACO is a division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It was constituted in 1992 to provide leadership to HIV/AIDS control programmes in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies.
India is gradually transitioning the people living with HIV to Dolutegravir (a safer and efficacious anti-retro-viral medication regimen).
Other Initiatives:
Project Sunrise: The initiative was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2016, to tackle the rising HIV prevalence in north-eastern states in India, especially among people injecting drugs.
The Red Ribbon: The red ribbon is the universal symbol of awareness and support for people living with HIV. Wearing a ribbon is a great way to raise awareness on and during the run up to World AIDS Day.
90-90-90: 90% of those who are HIV positive in the country know their status, 90% of those who know their status are on treatment and 90% of those who are on treatment experience effective viral load suppression.
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM): The Global Fund is a 21st-century partnership organization designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics
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