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Refresher cum follow-up meeting of Opioid

Substitution Therapy

Following the completion of a National Training of Trainers dosing, optimal dosing, flexible timings, fast track
(TOT) on the Revised Clinical Practice Guideline and induction, and dealing with special population groups
Standard Operating Procedure for Opioid Substitution such as adolescents and pregnant women.
Therapy (OST) and classroom-based Induction Training
for 32 states, NACO has conducted a series of follow up The trainings were attended by a total of 306 attendees
refresher trainings for OST Medical Officers through the which included 242 Medical Officers /Nodal Officers
virtual mode between 29 August, 2022 to 23 across 32 states in 15 batches with a batch load of 20
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September, 2022. participants in each batch. The resource persons were
Dr. Amit Singh, KGMU, Lucknow, Dr. Arpit Parmar,
The objectives of the refresher training were to address AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Dr. Preethy Kathiresan, AIIMS,
any additional clinical queries related to patient Jodhpur, Dr. Gayatri Bhatia, AIIMS, Rajkot, and officials
management of OST clients and to provide a recap on from TI Divison, NACO.
the OST low threshold strategies such as take home

Regional Review Meetings of Targeted

Intervention Component under NACP

The Regional Review Meetings of Targeted Intervention meeting at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The second review
Component were held under the Chairpersonship of meeting at Agra, Uttar Pradesh was chaired by Dr. Heera
Dr. Shobini Rajan, CMO (SAG), NACO in two batches Lal, IAS, APD, Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society.
from 1 to 3 September, 2022 at Tirupati, Andhra Officials of TI division of NACO and SACS along with the
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Pradesh and from 7 to 9 September, 2022 at Agra, programme experts and development partners attended
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Uttar Pradesh. The objectives of these meetings were to the review meetings.
review the progress of states on revamped activities on
critical indicators and activities approved in annual action The next steps in the line were proposed to increase the
plans, brainstorm strengthening prevention activities, coverage of key populations, accelerate the index, spouse
and to provide a platform for cross-learning. & partner testing, improve ART linkages and focus on risk
assessment for the migrant and trucker population and
Sh. Naveen Kumar, IAS, Project Director, Andhra Pradesh bring in new innovations to fulfil the targets under NACP-V.
State AIDS Control Society, chaired the first review

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