In New Delhi, the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) is pushing a plan that would provide AIDS patients with electronic smart cards containing their entire case history. The aim of the program is to ensure continuity in the treatment of patients seeking care at Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) centers located throughout the country.

New Delhi’s ART Centers provide free treatment to AIDS patients. With the smart card, it will be much easier for these patients to receive proper and consistent care, even when traveling from one city to another. By issuing electronic smart cards, NACO will also be able to more accurately keep track of the growing number of AIDS patients in the country. The organization is currently in the process of computerizing medical records, and plans to issue the smart cards later this year.