Factsheet 3: HIV Testing and Counseling Services in Nepal (as of July 2009)

Facts about HIV Testing and Counseling in Nepal

• Voluntary Testing and Counseling of HIV was first started in Nepal in 1995 at National Centre for AIDS and STDC ontrol (NCASC).
• HIV Testing and Counseling is the entry point for overall HIV and AIDS case services. It is provided free of cost to the Most at Risk Populations, including general population from all over the country.
• There is a National Guidelines for Testing and Counseling of HIV in Nepal, first developed in 2003, and updated in 2007.