Given this prevalence scenario, the primary concern of NACP–III is to halt and reverse the epidemic in India over the next five years. The programme hopes to achieve this through a number of measures­ – saturation of coverage of high-risk groups with targeted interventions, scaled up interventions for the general population, and through integration and augmentation of systems and human resources in prevention, care and support and treatment at the district, state and national levels.

For effective outreach NACP–III seeks to decentralise its implementation structure to district level. Apart from this, Regional AIDS Control Unit in the North-East, a sub-group of NACO, will address special vulnerabilities of the region.

A nationwide Strategic information management system addresses issues of planning, monitoring, evaluation, surveillance and research to help track the epidemic, identify the pockets of infection and estimate the burden of infection. These measures can reduce new infections by 60 percent in high prevalence states and by 40 percent in the vulnerable states.

NACP–III also seeks to promote district-level network of people living with HIV/AIDS. It seeks active role of welfare organisations in providing nutritional support, opportunities for income generation and other welfare activities for HIV positive people.