National AIDS Control Organisation is a division of the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS
control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies.
The objective of NACP-I
(1992-1999) was to control the spread of HIV infection. During this period a
major expansion of infrastructure of blood banks was undertaken with the
establishment of 685 blood banks and 40 blood component separation.
Infrastructure for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in district
hospitals and medical colleges was created with the establishment of 504 STD
clinics. HIV sentinel surveillance system was also initiated. NGOs were involved
in the prevention interventions with the focus on awareness generation. The
programme led to capacity development at the state level with the creation of
State AIDS Cells in the Directorate of Health Services in states and union
territories.
State AIDS Prevention and Control Societies (SACS) implement NACO programme at state level, but have functional independence to upscale and innovate. Contact
list of SACS in different states
SACS
|
Whether
it is 1097 or any other number
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Name
of the place where the helpline is installed
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Andhra
Pradesh SACS
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1097,
040-27714881, 27714355
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Hyderabad
|
Assam
SACS
|
1051
|
Guwahati
|
Chandigarh
SACS
|
1097
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Chandigarh
|
Himachal
Pradesh SACS
|
1299
|
Shimla
|
Kerala
SACS
|
0484
237020, 0484 2237030
|
Cochin
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Puducherry
SACS
|
1097
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Puducherry
& Karaikal
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Punjab
SACS
|
1800
180 2008
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Punjab
|
Uttar
Pradesh SACS
|
0522
- 2700419
|
Lucknow
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Uttarakhand
SACS
|
1097
|
Dehradun
|
West
Bengal SAPCS
|
1097
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Kolkata
|
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