Abbreviation NACO Headquarters New Delhi | Formation 1992 | |
Purpose HIV/AIDS control programme in India Parent organisation Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Website [http://www.naco.gov.in] | ||
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), established in 1992, is a division of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies, and is "the nodal organisation for formulation of policy and implementation of programs for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in India.".
In 2010, NACO approved the TeachAIDS curriculum for use in India, an innovation which represented the first time that HIV/AIDS education could be provided in a curriculum which did not need to be coupled with sex education.
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