HIV in India: A Situational Analysis

India is a country with third largest population of people living with HIV.Key populations responsible for transmission include sex workers, injectable drug users, men having sex with men and transgenders.Identifying states in India with the highest prevalence of people living with HIV as well as deaths related to HIV is important in deciding which states need measures to reduce the transmission of HIV and deaths due to AIDS.Allocating funds to reduce transmission from key populations to the general population as well as increasing awareness through education, screening for HIV through index testing and prevention of mother to child transmission are essential to reduce the incidence of people living with HIV as well as to reach the universal target of 95-95-95.