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India is targeting populations at
high risk of HIV/AIDS while also seeking to improve education and prevention
efforts, Amit Kumar, counselor for the India’s mission to the UN, said Monday.
He described peer education as “the backbone of the targeted intervention
program,” which he said “ensures community participation in planning,
implementing, and monitoring the program,” thus building a feeling of community
ownership.
The effort includes the distribution
of needles and also seeks to prevent the spread of STDs by advocating condom
use and providing testing and counseling.
Kumar, speaking at a plenary session
of the UN General Assembly, said coverage to prevent mother-to-baby HIV
transmission has expanded from 2.3 million pregnancies in 2007 to 8.56 million
in 2011-12. Kumar said India remains “fully committed” to the goal of providing
antiretroviral access to 15 million patients by 2015, though continued
international support is vital to attaining this milestone.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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