Enumerate the steps taken by WHO to control AIDS. - Vidyadip

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Enumerate the steps taken by WHO to control AIDS.

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Awareness and precautions are the only option to prevent AIDS. National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) started in 1991 in India and many other started a number of programmes to prevent the spread of HIV. Some main strategies of prevention are:

Making blood (in blood bank reserves) safe from HIV.
Use of only disposable needles and syringes in public and private hospitals and clinics.
Free distribution of condoms and advocating safe sex.
Controlling drug abuse.
Promoting regular check-ups for HIV in susceptible people.

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