STI/RTI Prevention and Control Programme in India

Abstract

Diseases that are transmitted by sexual contact are known as STDs. It includes infections and clinical diseases like syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, donovanosis, nongonococcal urethritis, genital warts, herpes genitalis and diseases or infections that may not cause clinical disease of genitals, but are transmitted by sexual interaction e.g., all STDs and hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) etc.
National STD Control Programme has been in operation since the mid-1950s which is now a part of National AIDS Control Programme (NACP). Objectives of STI/RTI control and prevention program are: Reduce STD cases and there by control HIV transmission by minimizing the risk factor and Prevent the short term as well as long term morbidity and mortality due to STD.
The STI/RTI Prevention and Control Programme is providing effective control of sexually transmitted infections including Reproductive Tract Infections for general population through continued support to the designated STI/RTI clinics (Suraksha Clinics) in public sector and for high risk population through Targeted Interventions (TI) programme