The government said on 26th August 2019, that there has been more than 80 per cent decline in new HIV infection cases across the country since its peak in 1995. The global average of decline in new infection is estimated at 47 per cent
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While speaking at a function in New Delhi, the Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, National Aids Control Organisation has signed a MoU with 18 Ministries and Departments to augment a comprehensive AIDS response mechanism.
He said that the government is committed to meeting all the set goals to eradicate HIV from the country.
National Aids Control Organisation, NACO have signed an MoU with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for prevention and control of HIV related disease.
The MoU intends to create awareness and educate people about the ill-effects of drugs abuse on the individual, family, workplace and society at large.
It aims to reduce stigmatisation of and discrimination against, groups and individuals dependent on drugs in order to integrate them back into society.
Speaking at the occasion, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria said, both the Ministries will work together, towards spreading awareness and to reduce HIV related diseases drastically
