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Title: Transitioning from HIV Sentinel Surveillance to Programme Based Surveillance (Commentary) (Report)
Author : Sanjay Mehendale
Release Date : January 01, 2010
Genre: Life Sciences,Books,Science & Nature,Health, Mind & Body,Health & Fitness,
Pages : * pages
Size : 70 KB

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Kumar et al (1) have presented evidence in support of potential use of data emerging from screening of pregnant women at prevention of parent-to-child transmission of HIV centers (PPTCT) in place of the annual HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) data for determining HIV prevalence trends. Ever since its introduction in 1998 in India (2), annual HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) has remained the mainstay for monitoring trends of HIV epidemic in high and low risk populations and also for HIV disease burden estimation in India. The HSS programme was initially critiqued for its non-uniformity and lack of adequate coverage (3); however, its expansion over the last decade has significantly improved the coverage. In 2008, HSS was conducted at 660 sites among pregnant women (ANC sites) in the country (4). Although HSS has remained the most reliable and readily available HIV data source in India, there have always been concerns about the survey methodology.