Diversity in HIV epidemic transitions in India: An application of HIV epidemiological metrices and benchmarks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) has emphasized on the incidence-prevalence ratio (IPR) and incidence-mortality ratio (IMR) to measure the progress in HIV epidemic control. In this paper, we describe the status of epidemic control in India and in various states in terms of UNAIDS's recommended metrices.

Method

The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) of India spearheads work on mathematical modelling to estimate HIV burden based on periodically conducted sentinel surveillance for providing guidance to program implementation and policymaking. Using the results of the latest round of HIV Estimations in 2019, IPR and IMR were calculated.

Results

National level IPR was 0.029 [0.022-0.037] in 2019 and ranged from 0.01 to 0.15 in various Stat

SUBMITTER: Kumar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292090 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature