Re: Suggestions on un met HIV social research needs

[Guest guest]

Four Combined messages. [Moderator]

a) Health needs of people with disabilities (PWD).

Amit Bhanot

Expand the horizon in HIV and Human Rights

Amrutha Valli

c) Human rights implications of the policies and practices

Cheryl Overs

d) Effect on family members

Ellen

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a) Health needs of people with disabilities (PWD).

Amit Bhanot

This refers Nithya's request for unexplored issues in HIV/AIDS programmes, there

is the need for expanded research, and increased educational and clinical

outreach to people with disabilities (PWD).

Because PWD are among some of the most marginalized in the world today,

implications of HIV infection for them has been largely ignored. Every major

risk factor linked to HIV infection is also present in the disabled populations.

While all individuals with disability are at risk for HIV infection, subgroups

within the disabled population - most notably women with disability, disabled

adolescents and disabled individuals who live in institutions, are at especially

increased risk. HIV/AIDS educational, testing and clinical programs are largely

inaccessible to individuals with disability.

Since roughly 10 percent of the world's population are living with one form of

disability or another, disability components must be built in all developmental

projects.

I wish Nithya best of luck for all future endeavours.

With warm regards

Dr Amit Bhanot

E-mail: <prghealth@...>

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Expand the horizon in HIV and Human Rights

Amrutha Valli

It is important to expand your horizon in HIV and Human Rights, which is very

essential for present situation.

Regards

Amrutha

E-mail: <ammureeth@...>

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c) Human rights implications of the policies and practices

Cheryl Overs

I suggest exploring the human rights implications of the policies and practices

that govern the ways in which people affected by HIV are deployed in the Aids

industry in India as peer educators and in other voluntary/semi voluntary posts.

I know Human Rights Watch have done some work on this and I think it could be

taken forward.

Does anybody else find it odd that projects whose aims include reducing stigma

and discrimination against people living with HIV and other key populations

routinely pay people from those groups as little as 10% of what is paid to the

NGO workers who supervise them ?

Cheryl Overs

E-mail: <Covers@...>

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d) Effect on family members

Ellen

I am Ellen, a Catholic Sister involved in

HIV/AIDS Ministry in Taiwan. I am not sure how to send

this in on the Forum but I will reply personally to

you.

Did you study the effect on family members of people

who had died because of AIDS? Here in Taiwan the

stigma lives on long after the person dies. So often

the family members have, trying to keep others from

knowing, to make up stories and forget who they told

what to when... So, they avoid meeting the neighbors,

etc.

Do you have anything on this problem?

Thanks,

Ellen

E-mail: <kerriganme@...>