Factors affecting enrolment of PLHIV into ART services in India

The Population Council conducts research worldwide to improve policies, programs, and products in three areas: HIV and AIDS; poverty, gender, and youth; and reproductive health. ii The authors would like to thank our partner National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) for their support in the conduct of the study. A special thanks to Dr K. Chandramouly, Secretary, Department of AIDS Control and Director General, NACO for his support. We would like to extend our thanks to all the medical offi cers in charge of ART and ICTC and nodal offi cers and other offi cials from the district: Our special thanks to Dr Niranjan Saggurti, Population Council, for his insightful comments and review of the report. This study could not have been done without the members of our research team: Research inves-deepest thanks to them. We would like to acknowledge Mr V.L. Thomas for administrative support. And lastly we would like to thank the study participants for their time and support.