Global Prevention Coalition (GPC)

Why in news?

• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally addressed the Ministerial meeting of the Global Prevention Coalition (GPC) for HIV Prevention

About GPC:

• It is a global coalition of United Nations Member States, donors, civil society organizations and implementers established to support global efforts to accelerate HIV prevention. 
• It was established in 2017.
• The overarching goal of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition is to strengthen and sustain political commitment for primary prevention by setting a common agenda among key policy-makers, funders and programme implementers.
• With countries and communities at the centre, it seeks to ensure accountability for delivering prevention services at scale in order to achieve the targets of the 2016 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, including a 75% reduction in HIV infections towards fewer than 500 000 infections by 2020, and to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Add on 90-90-90 targets:

• UNAIDS’ 90–90–90 targets aim to bring HIV testing and treatment to the vast majority of people living with HIV by the end of 2020
• It has 3 objectives
  • By 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status.
  • By 2020, 90% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy.
  • By 2020, 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following statements regarding the HIV/AIDS:
1.All Body fluids including saliva and sweat transmit the HIV virus.
2.India has the highest global population with HIV.
Choose the correct statements from the codes given below:
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

 Answer to prelims question