New Delhi, September 08: Boosting the fight against HIV/AIDS, Government today signed an agreement under which it will receive Rs 609.9 crore from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) to support its flagship programmes of AIDS control.
The three-year grant agreement was signed during a meeting between K Chandramouli, Secretary and Director General, National Aids Control Organisation and Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, GFATM.
The programmes covered under the grant agreement include integrated counselling and testing services, prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT) services aimed at preventing new born infants from contracting HIV from their mothers and HIV-TB collaborative services.
The overall goal of the grant will be to reach and diagnose an estimated 65 per cent of the HIV infected people in India and link them to care, support and treatment network.
–Agencies