India to get a loan of 255 million USD for National AIDS Control Project-IV

June 19, 2013

India has inked a loan agreement of US$ 255 million with the World Bank for the “National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)”.
NACP-IV
Objective: To increase safe behaviors among high risk groups in order to contribute to India’s national goal of reversal of the HIV epidemic by 2017.
Project Components: The Project has three components that include implementation at the national, State and district levels:
(i) Scaling-up Targeted Prevention Interventions;
(ii) Behavior Change Communications; and
(iii) Institutional Strengthening.