Hyderabad: The National AIDS Control Organisation will hold a Suraksha Sankalp workshop on March 25 to strengthen HIV control through a district-led approach in Telangana.
Chaired by NACO Director General Dr. Rakesh Gupta, the high-level meeting will bring together senior officials to review progress and refine strategies. Participants include Dr. S. Sangeetha Satyanarayana, Project Director of the Telangana State AIDS Control Society, along with district collectors, additional collectors, district medical and health officers, and District AIDS Control Officers.
Officials said Telangana has been identified as a priority state under Mission AIDS Suraksha. The state has an HIV prevalence of 0.41 percent and an estimated 1,56,961 people living with HIV/AIDS.
A total of 19 districts, including Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Khammam, Karimnagar, and Nalgonda, have been marked for intensified action. Other identified districts include Siddipet, Medak, Warangal, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Suryapet, Peddapalli, Jangaon, Vikarabad, Kamareddy, Hanumakonda, Sangareddy, Mahabubabad, and Jayashankar Bhupalapally.
Suraksha Sankalp workshop targets district-led HIV strategy
During the Suraksha Sankalp workshop, district representatives will present progress reports and highlight operational challenges. They will also propose targeted interventions to improve service delivery at the grassroots level.
The initiative will focus on expanding HIV testing, improving access to treatment, and ensuring patient retention in care programmes. Officials said a data-driven and decentralised model would guide implementation.
The workshop forms part of a broader effort to accelerate India’s goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat. Authorities expect coordinated district-level action to play a critical role in achieving this target.