The overall adult HIV prevalence and HIV incidence (new infection) has come down in India. The adult HIV prevalence at national level has declined from 0.41 per cent in 2000 to 0.31 percent in 2009, although variations exist across the state. The estimated new annual HIV infections has declined by more than fifty percent over the past decade. Disclosing this on the eve of concluding celebrations of Red Ribbon Express at New Delhi today on World AIDS Day, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said that India is the first country to start this sort of campaign across the country and now other developing countries are following us. He said that during this round of Red Ribbon Express, achievements are tremendous as compare to the first attempt. The train has covered 22 states, 152 stations in 141 districts of the country and it has reached large number of populations creating awareness among around eighty lakh people of the country. He said that this time the new facilities like consultations on H1N1, Family Planning and AIDS along with testing of HIV were incorporated in the train. He said that around 36,000 people used the HIV testing facility available in the train. Azad along with Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Trivedi and S.Gandhiselvan and UNICEF India representative Karin Hulshof presented certificates to those who helped to make the Red Ribbon Express initiative a success.