National AIDS control Organization is not going to implement World Health Organization's recommendation of "antiretroviral therapy for all" in near future. Currently, they are planning to offer the ART to patients with a just higher CD4 cell count than its earlier limit. World Health Organization (WHO) in its "treat-all" recommendation stated that anyone infected with HIV should begin antiretroviral treatment as soon after diagnosis as possible.
WHO removes all limitations on eligibility for antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV; making all populations and age groups eligible for treatment. WHO also recommended that people at "substantial" risk of HIV should be offered preventive antiretroviral treatment. However, The National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) has made it clear that India is not ready to adhere to WHO's recent recommendation of providing…
