From the
Campaign Trail
Staying alive with HIV/AIDS during wait for ARVs
From ACW
secretariat- (To speak out about your government's progress in fulfilling
its promises to HIV/AIDS care and treatment, click
here.)
Recently,
all governments were requested by the United Nations (UN) to urgently
compile a report on progress they have made towards fulfilling promises
detailed in the landmark Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS signed by all
member states of the UN in 2001.
The progress review began last month, and as required by the Declaration
of Commitment, governments should “ensure a participatory and transparent
approach throughout the reporting process”. This means that civil society
groups, including people living with HIV/AIDS networks, must be included in
the national review and reporting processes.
However, last week, an Indian newspaper reported that civil society
groups in India had not yet been consulted, despite assurances from the
National AIDS Control society that they had already been asked for their
input.
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Feature
Story
3.8 million Africans need ARVs
By Georgina Cranston, The East African
(IRIN), 26 Sept 2005
With just four months to go, it seems unlikely that the WHO
campaign target of putting three million people in the developing world on
anti-Aids drugs by the end of 2005 will be met.
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Frontline
Kenya: HIV/TB co-infection and challenges
KENYA - In the past decade, there have been increasing campaigns
geared towards TB treatment and many Kenyans have been treated under the
free medical scheme (for TB patients). But the rise in number of TB patients
has also coincided with the rise in HIV infection rates.
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Real Speak
Interview with Mr. KK Abraham
KK Abraham is the president
of the Indian Network of people living with HIV/AIDS based in Chennai,
India.
ACW: The vast majority of people living with HIV/AIDS
do not have access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. Can you comment on current
progress in scaling up of ARV provision in India?
KK: India has over 5.3 million people
estimated to be HIV positive out of which only five percent know their HIV
status. World AIDS Day 2003, the Government of India (GOI) announced a
strong policy commitment to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) to 100,000
people with HIV/AIDS, with implementation starting on 1st April 2004. The
global fund grant for the government is for enabling 137,000 people living
with HIV be put on ARV in the next five years.
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Spotlight
Namibia: Get rid of stigma in battle against AIDS
pandemic
By Surihe GaomasWindhoek
, New Era (Windhoek), 14 Sept 2005
NAMIBIA- "The trouble we have here is stigma.
Stigma kills the person before the disease, making stigma the number one
enemy." This was the view if facilitator of Home Based Care Training Ben
Motinga when he addressed peer graduates in Windhoek last Friday.
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Positively Alive
AIDS treatment, nutrition and food supplements
World Health Organization Fact Sheet
HIV progressively damages the immune system,
which can make a person susceptible to a range of opportunistic infections
and lead to conditions such as weight loss, fever and diarrhoea. These
HIV-related conditions can lower food intake by reducing appetite and
interfering with the body's ability to absorb food. HIV also alters
metabolism which can often lead to increased energy and nutrient
requirements for people with HIV-infection.
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Partner Highlight
Bangladesh AIDS Information and Dissemination Services
(BAIDS)
BAIDS is a network of five major civil society
organizations working on HIV/AIDS, which includes CCD (Centre for
Communication and Development)Communication for AIDS Prevention project
(CAP), Anti-AIDS Journalist Alliance (AJA), Bangladesh Anti-AIDS Students'
Alliance (BASA) and CARE Bangladesh.
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