Tackling HIV In India. By Claeson & ander

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Tackling HIV In India: Evidence-Based Priority Setting And Programming

[A pdF copy of the this article is available from the editor of AIDS

INDIA FORUM]

Today's challenge is to scale up proven interventions to reach the

vast majority of India's vulnerable populations.

by m Claeson and Ashok

ABSTRACT: In the wake of a downward revision of the number of HIV-

infected people, India is launching an ambitious US$2.5 billion, five-

year HIV plan. Responding to new data on HIV prevalence and risk

behavior, India has earmarked almost 70 percent of the budget for

prevention; one-third focuses on prevention activities for those at

highest risk of HIV, and the remainder addresses HIV testing

expansion and services for pregnant women.

About 20 percent of the total budget is for care and treatment.

Although the size and scope of the proposed HIV response pose

challenges, the world has much to learn from India's data informed

approach to policy and priority setting.

[Health Affairs 27, no. 4 (2008): 1091–1102; 0.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1091]

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