World AIDS Day 2025: India Strengthens Response, Boosts Awareness and Treatment Efforts

December 1, 2025 3:00 PM

World AIDS Day 2025: India Strengthens Response, Boosts Awareness and Treatment Efforts

World marks World AIDS Day on December 1 to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, honour those who have died, and support people living with the virus. First marked by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1988, the day brings governments, communities, and individuals together worldwide to confront the epidemic. This year’s theme, “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response,” stresses safeguarding past progress while making HIV services more resilient, equitable, and community-led, p...

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

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...