Project SUNRISE

For the prevention of AIDS in the eight North-Eastern states, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda has launched a project called ‘Project Sunrise’. It is implemented in 20 districts of the eight states. The project is expected to cover one lakh people living with HIV/AIDS by giving them treatment and care facilities free of cost. It will be implemented in the North East in addition to the existing projects of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO). The project has been sponsored by US based Centre for Disease Control and would be implemented by Family Health International 360.