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Enumerate the steps taken by WHO to control AIDS.
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Answer
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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