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===Laws & Social Stigmas===
===Laws & Social Stigmas===


Regarding HPV, India has been slow to begin offer vaccination programs. The first national program was launched in New Dehli in 2016.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.in/delhi-launches-countrys-first-hpv-vaccination-programme-fight-cervical-cancer-668834#wflESAjVaLqv6qM3.97 Delhi launches country's first HPV vaccination programme to fight cervical cancer
Regarding HPV, India has been slow to begin offer vaccination programs. The first national program was launched in New Dehli in 2016.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.in/delhi-launches-countrys-first-hpv-vaccination-programme-fight-cervical-cancer-668834#wflESAjVaLqv6qM3.97 Delhi launches country's first HPV vaccination programme to fight cervical cancer]</ref> Regarding PrEP, according to PrEPWatch: "India is host to a PrEP demonstration project among female sex workers in Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a brothel-based project in Sonagachi, and the Ashodaya Samithi project for street-based sex workers based in Mysore. It is scheduled to run from December 2015 to early 2017. Truvada is registered for treatment. It is not registered for prevention. There is no national PrEP policy or guidance at present. However, the ongoing demonstration project may be used to inform such policy."<ref>[http://www.prepwatch.org/india/ PrEpWatch: India]</ref>
Read more at http://www.ibtimes.co.in/delhi-launches-countrys-first-hpv-vaccination-programme-fight-cervical-cancer-668834#RMi6tA0CHJ6hU3TU.99]</ref> Regarding PrEP, according to PrEPWatch: "India is host to a PrEP demonstration project among female sex workers in Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a brothel-based project in Sonagachi, and the Ashodaya Samithi project for street-based sex workers based in Mysore. It is scheduled to run from December 2015 to early 2017. Truvada is registered for treatment. It is not registered for prevention. There is no national PrEP policy or guidance at present. However, the ongoing demonstration project may be used to inform such policy."<ref>[http://www.prepwatch.org/india/ PrEpWatch: India]</ref>


===What to Get & Where to Get It===
===What to Get & Where to Get It===

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