HIV/AIDS Bill passed in Parliament: All you need to know

                                

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017, which will strengthen the rights of the people infected with the disease.

Here are some vital elements you have to think about the HIV/AIDS Bill go in Lok Sabha: 

The bill guarantees measure up to rights to the general population influenced by HIV and AIDS in getting treatment, confirmations in instructive foundations and occupations. 

The HIV/AIDS Bill declares that there would be no oppression people tainted with HIV on a ground of treatment, business and work environment. What's more, whosoever who does not hold fast to the arrangements of the bill will be punished. 

Naming the bill as patient-driven and dynamic in nature, Health Minister JP Nadda said that the administration will soon turn out to another test and treat strategy for the general population living with HIV for giving free treatment to them. 

The enactment has additionally arrangements to defend the property privileges of HIV constructive individuals - which implies that each HIV contaminated or influenced individual underneath the age of 18 years has the privilege to dwell in a mutual family and appreciate the offices of the family unit. 

The bill guarantees that no HIV test, medicinal treatment or research will be directed to a man without his educated accent. It additionally has an arrangement under which no individual might be constrained to uncover his HIV status aside from with his educated accent, and if required, by a court arrange. 

Prior, the HIV/AIDS Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on March 21. 

Toward the finish of 2015, there were an expected 2.1 million individuals living with HIV in India. 

Be that as it may, Nadda said the rate of new HIV contaminations have dropped by 67%, from 2.5 lakh to 85,000 and AIDS-related passings have declined to 54% for every penny, which is more than the worldwide normal. 


Declaring that India runs second biggest Antiretroviral Theraphy (ART) program on the planet, the priest additionally said the legislature spent Rs 2000 crore on ART alone for such patients a year ago, while including that there were 22,000 HIV testing focuses in the nation, which directed 2.9 crore HIV tests, including 1.3 crore pregnant ladies.