The government of Bangladesh is soonlikely to approve its national policy on combatingHIV/AIDS. A core group led by thedirector general of health servicesreviewed the draft national AIDS policywhile a select committee formed by thenational AIDS committee scrutinisedthe draft before placing it to the government. Official sources added that theAIDS policy has been drafted on the basis of the universaldeclaration of human rights as being a standard policy foraction in response to the growing incidence of HIV/AIDSand sexually transmitted diseases in Bangladesh.