Factsheets on the status of national PMTCT responses in the most affected countries.

Each of these 22 country-specific factsheets sets out strategic information on the state of PMTCT service-delivery and policy development, while also highlighting bottlenecks that must be tackled to reach national targets.

India

Country Situation

HIV prevalence among adults (ages 15-49) in India was estimated at 0.3% in 2009, with higher rates in the south and southeast regions[7]. India has the greatest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Asia—an estimated 2.4 million as of 2009[1].

It is estimated that there are between 22,000 and 61,000 HIV pregnant women living with HIV in India. Although the percentage of pregnant women tested for HIV increased from 2% in 2005 to 23% in 2010, testing coverage is still low[2].

India has adopted the WHO PMTCT Option A regimen for PMTCT and discussions are underway on whether to shift to the Option B regimen. A costed national PMTCT scale up plan (2010-2015) is in place[8,9].

Link to the India Ministry of Health.

Download the Factsheet PMTCT-Factsheet-India-1