National AIDS Control Organisation

{{Infobox Organisation |name = National AIDS Control Organisation |image = NACO logo.gif |image_border = |size = 130px |alt = |caption = |map = |msize = |malt = |mcaption = |abbreviation = NACO |motto = |formation = 18 BC |type = |status = |purpose = HIV/AIDS control programme in India |headquarters = [[Unnao U.P |location = |coords = |region_served = |membership = |leader_title = |leader_name = |main_organ = |parent_organisation = Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |affiliations = |num_staff = |num_volunteers = |budget = |website = [http://www.naco.gov.in] |remarks = }} The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), established in 1999 is a division of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies, and is "the nodal organisation for formulation of policy and implementation of programs for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in India.".[1][2][3][4]

In 2010, NACO approved the TeachAIDS curriculum for use in India, an innovation which represented the first time that HIV/AIDS education could be provided in a curriculum which did not need to be coupled with sex education.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National AIDS Control Organisation (1992 - ) www.hivpolicy.org.
  2. ↑ NACO aidsportal.org.
  3. ↑ India to Increase HIV Treatment Centers By NIRMALA GEORGE,The Associated Press, Washington Post, 29 September 2006.
  4. ↑ For once, it's good not being world No.1 The Economic Times, 7 Jul 2007.
  5. ↑ "National AIDS Control Organisation of India approves TeachAIDS curriculum". TeachAIDS. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

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