National Youth day

India's National AIDS Control Programme aims to combat AIDS and provide quality care and support for those affected by HIV.

“Let Communities Lead”

The world can end AIDS, with communities leading the way. Organisations of communities living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV are the frontline of progress in the HIV response. Communities’ leadership roles need to be made core in all HIV plans and programmes and in their formulation, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. “Nothing about us without us.”

As part of the HIV & AIDS Control programme happening globally, India works to combat AIDS, through National ACO under the Ministry of Health & Family welfare, Govt. of India. NACO envisions an India where every person living with HIV has access to quality care and is treated with dignity. Effective prevention, care and support for HIV/AIDS is possible in an environment where human rights are respected and where those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS live a life without stigma and discrimination.

National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP) now in the Phase-V is a Central Sector Scheme fully funded by the Government of India with an outlay of Rs 15471.94 crore. The NACP Phase-V will take the national AIDS and STD response till Financial Year 2025-26 towards the attainment of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 3.3 of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 through a comprehensive package of prevention, detection and treatment services. The Phase-V builds upon the gamechanger initiatives of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act (2017), Test and Treat Policy, Universal Viral Load Testing, Mission Sampark, Community-Based Screening, transition to Dolutegravir-based Treatment Regimen etc and introduces newer strategies consolidating and augmenting the gains. This include setting-up of Sampoorna Suraksha Kendras (SSK) for providing services through a single window model for those “at risk” for HIV and STI covering prevention-test-treat-care continuum. It includes a holistic set of services customized as per clients’ needs, with strong linkages and referrals within and outside of health systems.

In Kerala the Kerala State AIDS Control Society (KSACS), plays a pivotal role in the state’s strategy in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is an autonomous society registered under the Charitable Societies Act, with its members drawn from all key government departments to ensure greater flexibility and more effective programme management.

The activities and service centers of KSACS are as follows:

HIV COUNSELLING & TESTING SERVICES (HCTS) - Integrated Counseling and Testing Centers (ICTC) Jyothis Centers