HIV Standard Service Package (SSP) For Key Populations

The National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) has published The HIV Standard Service Package(SSP) For Key Populations, which aims to address services for these populations, providing the standard prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care.

This HIV Standard Service Package (SSP) for KPs was created to document and standardize the effective and innovative approaches to HIV service delivery implemented in Nepal. The standard service package is expected to be implemented by all stakeholders working in HIV service delivery.

Recommended readings

• National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC)
• HIV Epidemic Update of Nepal (Fact sheet 2020)
• Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) sites in Nepal
• Key facts on HIV: Country Snapshot 2019: Nepal
• WHO recommends dolutegravir as preferred HIV treatment (Mexico Update, IAS 2019)
• UNAIDS calls on countries to step up global action and proposes bold new HIV targets for 2025
• World AIDS Day 2020: Global solidarity, shared responsibility!
• World AIDS Day 2019: Communities make the difference!
• The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Data 2019
• More people suffering from HIV/AIDS in the country are receiving antiretroviral drugs
• UNAIDS DATA 2017