HIV Surveillance in India: An Overview & Implications for Future

Authors

  • Divya Persai Public Health Foundation of India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4578

Abstract

HIV infection is one of the leading cause of death in India. Surveillance of risky behaviors as well as of HIV infection and its manifest diseases has provided a better understanding of the complex nature of the HIV epidemic in India, identifying multiple sub-epidemics unfolding at different rates in different populations. However, there is a scarcity of studies in Indian context which evaluates various surveillance activities in context of India. Present study aimed to analyze the HIV surveillance activities carried out in India till today.

Author Biography

Divya Persai, Public Health Foundation of India

Dr. Divya Persai is a research associate at Public Health Foundation of India. She has worked in HIV sentinel survellince project with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India. At present she is working in Health system Research and involved in various monitoring and evaluation activites in India.

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Published

2013-03-24

How to Cite

Persai, D. (2013). HIV Surveillance in India: An Overview & Implications for Future. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4578

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Poster Presentations

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