18/07/2014 … All people living with HIV/AIDS in the country can access free Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) through 432 Anti-Retroviral Therapy Centres, and 870 Link Anti- Retroviral Therapy Centres. As of May 2014, a total of 777,485 patients are receiving free first line anti-retroviral therapy and 9333 patients are receiving free second line anti-retroviral therapy in the country.
State/UTs- wise details of HIV/AIDS patients receiving first line Anti-Retroviral treatment in the Country is given below:
|
Sr.No. |
State |
HIV/AIDS patients in country as on May’14 |
|
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
170,986 |
|
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
43 |
|
|
3 |
Assam |
2,893 |
|
|
4 |
Bihar |
20,012 |
|
|
5 |
Chandigarh |
3,466 |
|
|
6 |
Chhattisgarh |
5,385 |
|
|
7 |
Delhi |
16,535 |
|
|
8 |
Goa |
2,065 |
|
|
9 |
Gujarat |
40,121 |
|
|
10 |
Haryana |
5,269 |
|
|
11 |
HP |
2,682 |
|
|
12 |
J&K |
1,396 |
|
|
13 |
Jharkhand |
4,997 |
|
|
14 |
Karnataka |
107,664 |
|
|
15 |
Kerala |
8,897 |
|
|
16 |
Maharashtra |
143,578 |
|
|
17 |
Mumbai |
32,770 |
|
|
18 |
Manipur |
9,462 |
|
|
19 |
Mizoram |
2,947 |
|
|
20 |
Meghalaya |
494 |
|
|
21 |
MP |
11,744 |
|
|
22 |
Nagaland |
4,822 |
|
|
23 |
Odisha |
8,727 |
|
|
24 |
Pondicherry |
1,003 |
|
|
25 |
Punjab |
13,997 |
|
|
26 |
Rajasthan |
20,331 |
|
|
27 |
Sikkim |
100 |
|
|
28 |
Tamil Nadu |
80,685 |
|
|
29 |
Tripura |
453 |
|
|
30 |
Uttaranchal |
2,001 |
|
|
31 |
UP |
33,423 |
|
|
32 |
WB |
18,537 |
|
|
|
India |
777,485 |
State/UTs-wise breakup of second line patients are given below
|
Sr. No. |
State |
No of Patients |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
1396 |
|
2 |
Assam |
26 |
|
3 |
Bihar |
96 |
|
4 |
Chandigarh |
307 |
|
5 |
Total Delhi |
391 |
|
6 |
Goa |
22 |
|
7 |
Gujarat |
949 |
|
8 |
J&K |
22 |
|
9 |
Jharkhand |
8 |
|
10 |
Total Karnataka |
929 |
|
11 |
Kerala |
189 |
|
12 |
Madhya Pradesh |
85 |
|
13 |
Maharashtra |
2815 |
|
14 |
Manipur |
130 |
|
15 |
Meghalaya |
1 |
|
16 |
Mizoram |
5 |
|
17 |
Nagaland |
11 |
|
18 |
Odisha |
24 |
|
19 |
Punjab |
66 |
|
20 |
Rajasthan |
105 |
|
21 |
Tamil Nadu |
835 |
|
22 |
Uttarakhand |
20 |
|
23 |
Uttar Pradesh |
232 |
|
24 |
Total West Bengal |
669 |
|
Total No of Patient alive and on second line treatment |
9333 |
|
|
There are 52 facilities (10-Centre of Excellence, 7 Pediatric Centre of Excellence, and 35 ART plus centres) covering the country, patients from states who are not mentioned in the above list are covered by centres in nearby states |
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The free Anti-Retroviral Treatment in the country was introduced in the year 2004. The country has scaled up the ART programme in a phased manner and at present is providing treatment through a number of 1302 facilities. It is planned to scale up the services to 600 ART Centres and 1500 Link ART Centres by 2016-2017. NACP IV aims to provide universal access to free ART to all those who require it.
The government has already announced to provide free third line antiretroviral therapy and this would become functional as soon as the procurement of drugs and logistics for the same are ready. For viral load testing programme has adopted a targeted viral load approach. Free viral load testing is done for patients showing immunological failure. The viral load testing facilities are done through 9 identified labs across the country. Efforts are being made to upscale this further.
The estimated numbers of patients who require third line treatment are very few in the country. At present the cost for the same is planned to be managed from the current allocation for the antiretroviral programme.
The Health Minister stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
