NACO holds Suraksha Sankalp Karyashala in Hyderabad to strengthen HIV response

The National AIDS Control Organisation organised the Suraksha Sankalp Karyashala in Hyderabad under Mission AIDS Suraksha to strengthen district-level HIV response. Officials highlighted the importance of data-driven interventions in 19 priority districts in Telangana.

Hyderabad: Under its intensified national initiative, Mission AIDS Suraksha, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) conducted the Suraksha Sankalp Karyashala in Hyderabad to strengthen district-level HIV response. The Karyashala brought together national, State and district leadership to accelerate targeted interventions across priority districts in the State.

Chairing the workshop, Dr Rakesh Gupta, Additional Secretary & Director General, NACO, emphasised that priority districts remain central to India’s HIV response, and focused, data-driven interventions at the grassroots level are critical to improving outcomes and accelerating progress towards national targets.

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Dr S Sangeetha Satyanarayana, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Telangana and Project Director, Telangana State AIDS Control Society (TSACS), also participated.

Telangana remains a key focus State in the national HIV response, with an adult HIV prevalence of 0.41% and an estimated 1,56,961 people living with HIV. The State has 19 priority districts which have been identified for intensified programme implementation and monitoring.

Senior Programme Officers, District Collectors, Additional District Collectors, District Medical & Health Officers and District AIDS Control Officers participated in the Karyashala.