National AIDS Control Organisation

{{Short description|Indian organization for control of HIV/AIDS}}

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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.".[http://www.hivpolicy.org/biogs/HPE0016b.htm National AIDS Control Organisation (1992 - )] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506024810/https://www.hivpolicy.org/biogs/HPE0016b.htm |date=6 May 2021 }} www.hivpolicy.org.[http://www.aidsportal.org/Organisation_Details.aspx?orgid=332 NACO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224031212/http://aidsportal.org/Organisation_Details.aspx?orgid=332 |date=24 December 2010 }} aidsportal.org.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092900271.html India to Increase HIV Treatment Centers] By NIRMALA GEORGE, The Associated Press, Washington Post, 29 September 2006.[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2183679.cms For once, it's good not being world No.1] The Economic Times, 7 July 2007.

Along with drug control authorities and NACO provides joint surveillance of Blood Bank licensing, Blood Donation activities and Transfusion Transmitted infection testing and reporting.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

NACO also undertakes HIV estimations biennially(every 2 years) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Sciences (NIRDHDS). The first round of HIV estimation in India was done in 1998, while the last round was done in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/naco-releases-hiv-estimations-2017-report/article24949216.ece|title=NACO releases HIV Estimations 2017 report|work=The Hindu|date=14 September 2014}}

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.{{cite web|title=National AIDS Control Organisation of India approves TeachAIDS curriculum|url=http://teachaids.org/blog/naco-approves-teachaids/|work=TeachAids|date=15 January 2010|access-date=16 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719203133/http://teachaids.org/blog/naco-approves-teachaids/|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, National AIDS Control Organisation, along with other 16 organizations working on HIV/AIDS, ran an event "Hijra Habba" under the program 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.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/National-Hijra-Habba-organised-in-Delhi/articleshow/13922992.cms|title=National Hijra Habba organised in Delhi - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-06-30}}