INVC,,
New York,,
India has called for proactive and collective action from the international community to dismantle trade and intellectual property right barriers and improve the availability of accessible, affordable and quality drugs for the needy and impoverished. Speaking at the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on HIV and AIDS in New York, the Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad underscored India’s efforts on prevention, treatment, care and support of HIV and AIDS. He noted that India has been able to contain the epidemic with a prevalence of just 0.31%. India’s focus has been on high risk groups, expanding services and improving access to Anti Retroviral Therapy.
The Minister called on the international community to vigorously scale up actions to provide resources in the global effort to combat HIV and AIDS. Shri Azad highlighted the active role of pharmaceutical companies from India in providing high quality affordable generic drugs all over the world and noted that these drugs are not cheap in quality.
