International Conference of South Asian Parliamentarians on HIV/AIDS

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International Conference of South Asian Parliamentarians (SAARC) for

'Advocacy Role of Elected Representatives in Prevention of HIV/AIDS'

Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IAPPD) is

organizing the International Conference of South Asian Parliamentarians (SAARC)

for 'Advocacy Role of Elected Representatives in Prevention of HIV/AIDS' from

August 1-2, 2003 in New Delhi. The Conference is co-sponsor by Asian Forum of

Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), Thailand, Ministry of

Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India and United Nations Population Fund

(UNFPA), New Delhi. Lok Sabha Speaker Mr. Manohar Joshi will inaugurate the

Conference.

The Elected Representatives specially the parliamentarians, if do the advocacy

role for spreading awareness on HIV/AIDS amongs the masses, help in formulation

of laws etc. and monitor government activities on HIV/AIDS the situation can

improve to a great extent. With this objectives the Conference deliberations

will be center around prevention of HIV/AIDS for protecting children,

adolescents and women.

The organizer expecting that Parliamentarian/Legislators assembled in the

conference will discuss the all aspect of HIV/AIDS. Some issues are HIV/AIDS

challenge in South Asia; Response to HIV/AIDS Epidemic; Expanding partnership;

Prevention; Stigma; Effective polices; Enhancing political commitment; Migration

and its relation with problem.

IAPPD, the organizer of the Conference is a national level promotional body for

the public representatives from Panchayat to Parliament irrespective of their

party affiliations, is working actively in the field of population stabilization

programmes for the last almost 22 years. During these years, it has gone much

ahead in motivating the elected representatives regarding alarming increase in

population and consequent problems facing the countries of the Asian region

specially India. IAPPD has also been instrumental in convincing the Indian

States to give advice to their eligible couples to adopt one or two child norm

through practices of contraceptives.

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