<h1>India Secures $255M World Bank Loan for National AIDS Control Project-IV to Combat HIV by 2017.</h1> India has signed a loan agreement with the World Bank for US$ 255 million to fund the National AIDS Control Project-IV (NACP-IV). The agreement was signed by representatives from India's Ministry of Finance and the World Bank. The project's goal is to promote safer behaviors among high-risk groups to help reverse the HIV epidemic by 2017. NACP-IV includes three components: scaling-up targeted prevention interventions, behavior change communications, and institutional strengthening, with implementation planned at national, state, and district levels. The project is scheduled to conclude by September 30, 2017.