Public Interest Litigation for CD4 machines

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Dear Forum Members,

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW NETWORK (HRLN) has filed Public Interest Litigation for CD4

machines in Delhi High Court, Bihar High Court and Guwahati High Court(Imphal

Bench), vis-a-vis introduction of adequate and functional CD4 machines within

the government run Anti Retroviral Treatment Centres in these states.

In the following months HRLN will be filing PILs in the following states of

Orissa,Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh on provision for CD4 machine in each

government run hospital with the ART roll out programme.

Due to the lack of adequate number of CD4 machine in the govenrment hospitals

there is a long waiting list for the tests to be done and regular testing is

impossible. This leads to a backlog of 3-4 months before which time an HIV

infected person has no recourse to measure his CD4 count. Therefore to have CD4

machine available in each ART centre is crucial for comprehensive support and

treatment to persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Thankyou

Warm Regards

Ms Laya Medhini

Senior Advisor

Tashi.C.Sherpa

Legal Officer

Sophia

Program Coordinator, HIV/AIDS and the Law Unit

Human Rights Law Network

65 Masjid Road,Jungpura,

New Delhi –110 014

Email: hri.delhi@...