Project SUNRISE

For the prevention of AIDS in the eight North-Eastern states, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda has launched a project called ‘Project Sunrise’. It is implemented in 20 districts of the eight states. The project is expected to cover one lakh people living with HIV/AIDS by giving them treatment and care facilities free of cost. It will be implemented in the North East in addition to the existing projects of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO). The project has been sponsored by US based Centre for Disease Control and would be implemented by Family Health International 360.

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Project Sunrise

In February 2016, the Union government has launched a new initiative “Project Sunrise” to tackle the increasing HIV prevalence in the North-Eastern states. The AIDS prevention special project aims to diagnose 90 per cent of such drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment by 2020.

Background

North Eastern States like Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram account for highest adult (15-49 years) HIV prevalence in the country. National average for prevalence of HIV/AIDS among drug addicts is 7.14%, whereas in Manipur it is 12.9% and in Mizoram it is 12%.

Key facts

• Project Sunrise aims at bringing the people living with HIV/AIDS into the national mainstream and create more awareness about the disease in these N-E states..
• It will be implemented in the North East in addition to the existing projects of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO).
• The project has been sponsored by US based Centre for Disease Control and would be implemented by Family Health International 360.
• It will cover one lakh people living with HIV/AIDS by giving them treatment and care facilities free of cost.
• Other initiatives to be covered it include enhancing capacity of state-level institutions in high burden areas, community mobilization, intervention among females injecting drugs.

Duration

The project is a five-year programme (2015-2020) aimed at complementing the ongoing National AIDS Control Programme (NACP).