The two-day Inter-Ministerial Conference for mainstreaming HIV organized by the Department of AIDS Control held at New Delhi from December 19 -20.
The programme started with welcome by Dr. Neeraj Dhingra, Deputy Director General, TI, Department of AIDS Control.
Addressing the inaugural session, Ms. P Kousalya, President, Positive Women's Network said that HIV is a developmental issue which affects every aspect of life of an affected individual and has a significant impact beyond health, particularly of the women and children.
Ms. Alexandra Solovieva, Deputy Country Director, UNDP, India said that under the leadership of NACO, India has made significant strides towards arresting new infections and reversing the epidemic. She emphasised that for inclusive and sustainable development it is important to deliberate on the scope for mainstreaming HIV and commented that the conference has been timed well with the twelfth five year plan to gear up the efforts in mainstreaming.
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