First Asia Pacific PLWHA Congress,11 January 2004, Bangkok

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First Asia Pacific PLWHA Congress

11 January 2004, Bangkok

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As part of the Asia Pacific PLWHA Coalition for Advocacy and Capacity

Transfer, the Asia Pacific PLWHA Resource Centre (APPRC) based in New

Delhi, India, plans to organize three annual Asia Pacific PLWHA Congresses

in association with APN+ ( Asia Pacific Network of PLWHA), INP+ (Indian

Network For PLWHA) and UNDP ( United Nations Development Programme). The

first Congress will be held on the 11 January 2004 in Bangkok in

conjunction with the Asia Pacific Community Forum (12th -14th January 2004)

with participants expected from across the Asia Pacific Region. The

Congress is to assist in formulating the Asia Pacific PLWHA Advocacy

agendas and regional strategic action plans to be implemented by the APPRC

in the following areas:

1.GIPA and Empowerment

2.Access to treatment

3.Advocacy

4.Human rights

Objective:

To create a regional agenda and strategic action plan on access to treatment,

human rights, advocacy, GIPA and Empowerment

-by bringing PLWHA together across Asia Pacific Region

-by providing an opportunity to discuss and enthuse PLWHA to raise their

issues at international HIV/AIDS and communities events

Outputs:

endorsement of an Asia Pacific PLWHA Advocacy Agenda, discussion and adoption of

a Strategic Action Plan to take forward the agenda, issuing of a PLWHA

resolution to be addressed at the conference or forum that the Congress is held

with

The main agenda for the first Congress will be:

Identifying and prioritizing emerging PLWHA issues

Exploring methods, issues and developing a draft agenda

Discussion and consensus on taking forward the agenda to international

AIDS events

Participants for the Congresses will be People Living with HIV/AIDS from

the Asia Pacific Region.

Contact Person:

Mr. Shiba Phurailatpam

APPRC, 13 Jor Bagh

New Delhi-3

India

Tel- +91-11-24620618/24632339

Fax- +91-11-24631647

Email- plwharesourcecentre@...

Website- www.plwha.org