A report by Teresita C. Schaffer and Pramit Mitra on the trip taken to India by a nine-member delegation of medical, public health, and diplomatic experts from January 3-10, 2004, in coordination with the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Task Force on HIV/AIDS.
The purpose of the visit was to understand how HIV/AIDS is affecting India, how governmental and nongovernmental institutions in the country are mobilizing to slow the spread of the disease, and how the United States should work with India in this effort. This report reviews the overall state of the epidemic and India’s response to it; it then lists the delegation’s key findings and, finally, enumerates the delegation’s recommendations.