National AIDS Control Organisation

National AIDS Control Organisation
Abbreviation NACO
Formation 1992
Purpose HIV/AIDS control programme in India
Headquarters New Delhi
Parent organisation
 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Website [http://www.naco.gov.in]

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), established in 1992 is a division of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies, and is "the nodal organisation for formulation of policy and implementation of programs for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in India.".[1][2][3][4]

In 2010, NACO approved the TeachAIDS curriculum for use in India, an innovation which represented the first time that HIV/AIDS education could be provided in a curriculum which did not need to be coupled with sex education.[5]

In 2012, National AIDS Control Organisation, along with other 16 organisations working on HIV/AIDS, ran an event "Hijra Habba" under the programme of “Pehchan”. The event witnessed more than a 100 representatives of the Transgender and the Hijra community from 17 states, interacting with members of the government, NGOs and Civil Society.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National AIDS Control Organisation (1992 - ) www.hivpolicy.org.
  2. ↑ NACO aidsportal.org.
  3. ↑ India to Increase HIV Treatment Centers By NIRMALA GEORGE,The Associated Press, Washington Post, 29 September 2006.
  4. ↑ For once, it's good not being world No.1 The Economic Times, 7 Jul 2007.
  5. ↑ "National AIDS Control Organisation of India approves TeachAIDS curriculum". TeachAIDS. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "National Hijra Habba organised in Delhi - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-06-30.

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