Project Sunrise
Union
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had launched Project Sunrise on for prevention of AIDS in the 8 North-Eastern states.
The funding of project is done by the Centre for Disease Control of the United
States. First cases of HIV were diagnosed in 1986 among sex workers in Chennai.
The objective of this AIDS prevention project is to diagnose 90 per cent of
such drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment by 2020.
Key highlights
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The project will
create more awareness about the disease in these N-E states.
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This programme
will be implemented in 20 districts of the eight states including four
districts of Manipur- Imphal East, Bishnupur, Ukhrul and Churachandpur.
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The project will
cover one lakh people suffering with HIV/AIDS the government will provide them
treatment and care facilities free of cost.
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In addition with
the existing projects of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) it will
also be implemented in the North East
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NACO will
unswervingly reassign its funding to State AIDS Control Societies as a
substitute of the existing system for financial support through state
governments.
Other AIDS
Control programs in India
·
Set up State AIDS
bodies in 25 states and 7 union territories in 1992
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India’s first
National AIDS Control Programme NACP-I was launched in 1992
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National AIDS
Control Organization (NACO) was put into operation
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The National AIDS
Committee was formed in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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