Re: ITPC -Mumbai World CAB meeting

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Dear FORUM,

Just for clarification about the International Treatment Preparedness

Coalition, it is a well established group comprising over 280 members

from about 100 countries around the world. There is a Steering Committee

of 15 people representing each of the regions, and of which only three

people on that Steering Committee are from developed countries (in the

regions they represent). In each region there is also a Regional

Advisory Committee of locally based people, and that Committee is

responsible for all decisions on all issues in their region. There is a

separate region for South Asia and one for East Asia and for South East

Asia, although East Asia, South East Asia and Australia/NZ /Japan have

all joined together operationally at least for the time being.

The ITPC is open to anyone interested in fighting for treatment access.

There are several Indian members of the ITPC and the ITPC has been in

contact with Indian based organisations about the upcoming ITPC's World

CAB (Community Advisory Board) meeting in Mumbai in January 2005. While

this meeting includes people from every region in the world, and is to

address issues that are of interest in access to treatment throughout

the world, there are India-specific items on the agenda.

M. Rock

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