Exposure visit to Sonagachi, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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All the Forum Members.

The Foundation for Human Development (FHD) has been implementing a program

aimed at prevention of HIV/AIDS, among the high-risk groups in Bangladesh

for the last 2 years. In order to better equip its staff members, FHD is

contemplating to send two of its members on exposure visit to Sonagachi

Brothel, in Kolkata. Will you kindly send me name and address of NGOs who

are working in the brothel so that we could contact them. Alternatively,

you can contact the NGOs on behalf of FHD. The staff members will observe

the work of NGOs in the brothel for 3-5 days.

The Foundation for Human Development

E-mail:<fhd@...>

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>Dear members of the AIDS-India Forum

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>The following letters were received by me from subscribers in

>response to the posting by Umesh about AIDS being treatable.

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>However, I wish to inform readers that six mails were inadvertently deleted

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>dear Doctor, I agree with your views. We need to be very intensive even

>with medical personnel to know the right things. The situation in Other

>parts of country is not different. Dr. S. V. Kulkarni. Khopoli dist Raigad

>Maharashtra

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>very good response... thank you.. regards Mona Mishra, Positive Life

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>Dear Umesh,

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>I am happy to note that there are saner voices in the bureaucracy, even if

>it is one from the last rungs of it. Thank you Umesh. We were fighting with

>NACO to change policy about the drug treatment. The State AIDS Control

>Society still is teaching that there is no cure for AIDS and all the anti

>retroviral treatment are costly, spreading a sense of despair both among the

>advocates as well as the public. This inadvertently increases the number of

>suicides in Kerala, which even otherwise high. When Justice Kirby and

>Justice Cameron came to Kerala, it was a revelation for us that Cameron is

>HIV+ and he is leading a healthy life for the last six years on

>antiretroviral treatment. Just because AIDS Control Society is spreading the

>idea of high cost for antiretrovirals, nobody bothers or explores to make it

>cost effective. We all are resigned to the fate, as always, the typical

>Indian mindset.

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>We should promote the idea, AIDS IS TREATABLE, and fight for the reduction

>of price by the companies. AIDS should be treated in par with diabetics,

>which is treatable if not curable. Indian companies are making it cheaper in

>Kenya. But our Government keeps its face turned away from all this. When

>people like you protest, from the side of the Government, it definitely will

>help us all in our struggle. Thank you again for such an inspiring letter.

>Thank you Rafique, for publishing it.

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>Love

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>Maitreya

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