iarjimphIARJIMPHIARJIMPH2709-331Xhttps://doi.org/10.47310/iarjimph.2021.v02i02.008Rising Trend of Adult HIV Prevalence among Low Prevalent States/UTs in IndiaYogeshWadgaveDivyaMehtaAnujKumarPandeyBackground & Objectives: HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) belongs to the family Retroviridae and genus Lentivirus. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to achieve End of AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. In 2017, there was an estimated adult (15-49 years) prevalence of 0.22% (0.16-0.30) in India. Adult prevalence and HIV population estimates provide insight to the status of HIV in the geographic area: its level, trend and overall burden of disease at the inter-state level. While the national Adult HIV prevalence has been declining, there are significant inter-State variations. Methods: An advanced search of the published literature on the reasons for rising trend of Adult HIV prevalence in low prevalent states in India was performed in the PubMed and Google Scholar databases. Publications from last 10 years w.r.t date 20.09.19 were taken into consideration. Results: Overall, 6 studies were identified. The data suggested a total sample size of approximately 8591 individuals (2112 General population, 4491 FSWs, 726 ever married individuals, 107 HCWs and 1155 IDUs). Two studies were conducted in General population, 1 among FSWs, 1 among ever married individuals, 1 among HCWs and 1 among IDUs. All studies were with cross sectional study design. Interpretation & Conclusions: Substantially very low amount of research in these States/UTs and with the aim to achieve 90-90-90 by 2020; begs a more intense research focusing the key high risk population and the younger general population.