HIV Sentinel Surveillance Plus 2021: Central Prison Sites

HIV sero-surveillance which was initiated in 1985 has evolved over the years as one of the most fundamental strategic information functions, facilitating evidence-based decision-making under the National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP) of the Government of India. Inmates at the central jails were included as one of the HIV surveillance population groups under NACP in India during the 2019 round of surveillance.