Plan panel eyes 60% reduction in new HIV cases by 2017

120,000 new HIV infections were reported in 2009.

The 12th five-year plan will strive for a 60 per cent reduction in new Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections by 2017. The plan document will also incorporate recommendations of a Planning Commission working group constituted to suggest measures to strengthen AIDS control in the country.

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Publication Date: 
05/12/2011
Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
AIDS, National Aids Control Program, Assam, Chandigarh, Orissa (Odisha), Budget, Kerala, Jharkhand, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Arunachal, Meghalaya, Health