February 21, 2025 5:19 PM

India no longer dependent on foreign aid for tackling AIDS: NACO

India is no longer dependent on foreign aid or funding to tackle the burden of AIDS, said Dr Uday Bhanu Das, Deputy Director General of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Friday. Speaking at the 16th National Conference of the AIDS Society of India, being held in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, Das noted that a major chunk of funding for various AIDS programmes in the country comes from the government. “Currently, 94 per cent of the fund...