2006, World Aids Day
On 1st December 2006, India Post issued this stamp on the occasion of the 19th World AIDS Day, marking 25 years since the first reported case, and 10 years since the founding of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
This stamp depicts a red ribbon, an internationally recognised symbol for AIDS awareness, worn in support of people living with HIV and in remembrance of those who have died from it.
Photo: UNAIDS
HIV/AIDS was detected for the first time in India in 1986. In 1992, the Government of India launched the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) – a comprehensive programme for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in India. Since then, India has seen a significant reduction in the number of new cases. Between 2010 – 2024, India’s HIV infections decreased by 44%.
Photo: UNDP
UNAIDS, which unites the work of 10 UN organisations in India — UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, UN Women, ILO, UNESCO, WHO – has been serving in India since 1999, in close partnership with India’s National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to realise the goal where every person living with HIV has access to care, dignity and freedom from discrimination.
There has been progress in the number of AIDS-related deaths since 2010, with a 56% decrease, from 160 00 deaths to 69 000 deaths. The number of new HIV infections has decreased, from 120 000 to 88 000 in the same period.
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