NACO call to report each HIV case fails to click with pvt docs
Two years ago, following a directive of the apex court, NACO had written to Medical Council of India to direct private doctors to report details about HIV patients being treated either on first- or second-line drug regimen. “This was done to contain increase in resistance to drugs, in the private health sector,” Rewari said.
MCI had written to state medical councils to direct doctors treating HIV patients to report each case to NACO to check prescriptions recommended for anti retroviral therapy.
According to Rewari, initially a small database was prepared but two years later there has been virtually no response from private practitioners. “Since HIV is not a notifiable disease, NACO officials admitted they could not take the project further beyond appeals to doctors.” “However, there are 42 second-line ART centres that have been set up and more have been planned to ensure patients who have not responded to first-line drugs can get treatment,” Rewari said.
While NACO will officially make an announcement in the decline in HIV prevalence, Rewari said there has been a significant decrease and the percentages are likely to come down. Out of 2.3 million people with HIV, we have reached out to 5.6 lakh who
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