NACO FOCUS HINZRAS/TRANSGEDNDERS AND BISEXULS FOR HIV CONTROL

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Hinzras /Bisexuls and Trnsgenders are at high risk of Hiv transmission after Gay,Lesbians nd Drug injectors and they are most neglected too,Indian law Enforcing agencies like Police and Administration is always harsh on them except they rein groups,their exploittion by police is common,being rejected by society and family they donot have any option but to live in their group and pass on the life,criminalisation and stigma prevent sex knowledge and any other early diagnosis and treatment.
therfore to concern them and to bring them for HIV AWARENESS AND EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT ,NACO,The department of AIDS control under the health ministry has designed a comprehensive care package for transgenders or hijras at risk, under the National AIDS Control Progamme (NACP).

The programme plans to reach out to transgenders through fairs which they attend, and other community development programmes.

The department of AIDS control has conducted estimation exercises in 17 states with support from UNDP-India for effective planning and strategy design of such preventive interventions.

‘As the department of AIDS control develops the roadmap to scale up transgender and hijra interventions, we look forward to our continued dialogue with the transgender or Hijra community in designing the interventions,’ Luv Verma, secretary in the department of AIDS control, said at a press conference here.

‘We also believe that community participation is desirable to spearhead the efforts of HIV prevention and control,’ he said.

The department of AIDS control was collaborating with other ministries on various initiatives for the welfare of transgenders. (Read: 11 things about HIV/AIDS you didn’t know)

Considering the relatively high prevalence of HIV among transgenders, it was crucial that focused HIV interventions among them are scaled up, Verma added.

According to figures from the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), India has demonstrated an overall reduction of 57 percent in the annual new HIV infections from 2,74,000 in 2000 to 1,16,000 in 2011.