Chandigarh: Haryana has recorded a major breakthrough in its fight against HIV/AIDS, significantly improving its performance on the global 95-95-95 targets within months and emerging among the country’s top-performing states, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Sumita Misra said here today.
Giving details of the accelerated implementation of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), Dr. Misra said Haryana has made substantial progress through aggressive patient tracking, targeted interventions, expanded testing, stronger treatment retention and an unprecedented statewide awareness campaign, particularly focused on young people and vulnerable communities.
In a significant district-level achievement, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Bhiwani, Panchkula and Yamunanagar have achieved full target status of ‘Surakshit’ across the key operational goals of diagnosis, treatment and viral suppression. Haryana’s overall performance has placed the state among the six top-performing states in the country, she added.
The Haryana State AIDS Control Society has also strengthened its network of Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres, Anti-Retroviral Therapy Centres and Suraksha Clinics, providing free HIV testing, counselling, treatment support and viral load monitoring across the state.
Youth mobilisation has emerged as another major pillar of Haryana’s intensified campaign. Under the Intensified IEC Campaign 2026, high-visibility events, including a major biker rally and walkathon in Panchkula and flash mobs at prominent public places, are being organised to spread HIV prevention awareness.
