Second National Conference on HIV / AIDS

[Guest guest]

Second National Conference on HIV / AIDS

Dear colleges,

Last year we had a NGO meet at Mumbai addressing the same issue.

Looking at the present scenario in the country the need to held one

national conference came forward. The idea of organizing such event

was already introduced to most of our partners. It has been discussed

with central health ministry as well as the state government.

The appropriate venue for the meeting, dates and the agenda for the

meeting is being discussed. Some of our partners had shown keen

interest in organizing this event. The budget and other formalitites

are in process.

This is a note for you for suggestions and discussion. For the actual

event we are planning to set on core committee. We had already made

contact with some of the leading organization on this issue. Few of

them had informally agreed to join hands with us. This is a concept

paper for all of us for suggestions and new recommendation

We wish your wholehearted support and active participation.

Please confirm at earliest.

With warm regards from

Yuvak Pratishthan " <yuvak@...>

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Baseline:

Need of collective efforts to fight this global epidemic.

Implementation of national policy for massive and effective awareness

and preventive measures.

Absence of space and forum available to address the epidemic at

national level.

The problem of the affected population is getting worse; youth is

prime target..

Objectives:

Understanding the epidemic and its realities in the Indian context.

Obtain factual data and ground realities of HIV / AIDS in India.

Listing out the common issues and difficulties in understanding the

socio-cultural aspects of our society.

Sharing of knowledge, experiences, awareness materials and resources.

Possibilities to undertake common awareness programmes.

Explore the possibilities to develop new strategies for access to

care and support.

To build strong national network to address mother to child transmission.

To build a channel to ensure collective efforts with effective

co-ordination.

Explore the areas of future collaboration for public-private

partnerships.

Bring women and children to the centre stage of HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Ensure people?s participation in all levels of planning and

implementation.

Outcome:

Formation of national level forum to institutionize the sectoral

partnership.

Rationalization of policies.

Immediate plan of action and responsibilities towards goal of 2007.

Platform for dialogue, discussions, debate, policy level efforts and

thinking.

Participants:

Medical experts and health workers, research professionals, NGOs,

academicians, medical and pharmaceutical firms, experts, thinkers,

opinion makers or community leaders, social workers, person living

with HIV/AIDS.

1000 delegates are expected to attend.

50 international experts under the umbrella of IAS will participate.

Tentative dates: 9-12th January 2003

Venue: Mumbai

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[Guest guest]

[Moderators note: Many subscribers have complained about the e-mail address of

" Yuvak Pratisthan " Will some body advice " Yuvak Pratisthan " to address their

e-mail problem? Also please let them know that taking a more responsible

attitude towards e-mails would be a key factor in organizing a successful

" National Conference on HIV/AIDS " It appears that may subscribers of this forum

have been unsuccessfully trying to get in touch with " Yuvak Pratisthan " for

further details of the conference and to contribute towards the conference

planning.]

To Yuvak Pratisthan,

It is very good that you are organising the 2nd NGO conference, I want to

give some suggestion but your Email yuvak@... is bouncing back. Please

give me another Email number so that I can give my suggestions.

Thanks

Dr.Jayanta Kumar,

Imphal, Manipur

E-mail: <jayanta_isd@...>

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