Advocay for nutritional support for PLHAs

[Guest guest]

Dear e forum members

 

This is in regards to a nutrition campaign planned in Bangalore as to make the

political contestants to bring it as manifesto in this 15th loksaba election.

 

We as members of Bangalore HIV and Aids forum have found hundreds of PLWHAs

getting treatment and ART medicines at Bow ring hospital ART center have to

travel a long distance from all over karnataka and do not get any food because

of their financial condition and also if they miss the line they have to wait

for a hole day and some time next day.

 

In order to make the government aware that they have to provide the nutrition

supplement for these PLWHAs we the member organizations have taken initiative to

provide food pockets twice a week and make the people  as well as the

department, this intern many have taken responsibility to provide every month

one organization is taking responsibility to provide.

 

We want to have a campaign on nutrition in Bangalore addressing the press the

need of nutrition supplement to ART users before 10 April 2009.

 

We are seeking the suggestions and guidelines for the same and any similar

activities took place in the other parts of our country.

 

Regards

 

P.

For Bangalore HIV and Aids Forum

e-mail: <williamwvi@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

The Social Welfare Department of Kerala State has initiated Nutrition support

for women and children who have registered for ART. Details of the programme is

available in the link

http://www.ksacs.in/nutrition-support-programme.php

It is all about understanding how a department can take initiatives to

understand the problems of PLHIV and offer solutions.  More details can be had

from Dr Usha Titus IAS, Secretary Social Welfare (keralasacs@... with Kind

Attn Dr Usha Titus)Mr Sunil Kumar, Consultant Mainstreaming, Kerala SACS

(sunilgdss@...), Dr Rita Cross, Joint Director C & S drritacross@...

Thanks and Regards

Ajai

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S.Ajai Kumar

Joint Director IEC

Kerala SACS

Red Cross Road

Thiruvananthapuram - 35

Kerala, India

e-mail: <ajai.ksacs@...>