Question : Emerging ‘Hot Spots’ of HIV

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the number of HIV patients has decreased during the last three years due to various programmes launched by the Government to check its spread;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of patients diagnosed with HIV/ AIDS in the country during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether new ‘hot spots’ of HIV are emerging, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;

(d) whether the Government provides free medical assistance and medicines to HIV patients and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether any country has offered its assistance in treatment of AIDS and if so, the details thereof including the time by which the said assistance is likely to be received?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.


STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 250* FOR 3RD AUGUST, 2018
(a) & (b): Yes, there is a decrease in the number of HIV patients diagnosed during the last three years; the following table shows the diagnosis of HIV cases in India for last three years.
Year No. of HIV patients diagnosed
2015-16 200,465
2016-17 193,195
2017-18 190,763

The States/UTs wise number of patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the country during the last three years is at Annexure -1.

(c): Yes, the States of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura have seen emergence of new hotspots of HIV. The details of the HIV prevalence in these States in different population groups has been provided at Annexure -2. This is because of high risk behavior denoted by the Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) and unsafe sexual practices.

(d): Yes, Under National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), the Government provides comprehensive package of prevention, counselling, testing and treatment services, which includes free provision of Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs, testing and treatment of Opportunistic Infections (OIs). The State/UT wise no. of PLHIV who are on ART is at Annexure-3.
(e): National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) is a Central Sector Scheme fully funded by the Government of India and no country has offered its assistance in treatment of AIDS. However, multilateral agencies like The World Bank, The Global Fund etc offer support to the programme.