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[Guest guest]

As we proceed in the year 2010 with merry songs playing and partying all over it

is with regret I’ll like to bring to the notice of all that Aids Health Care

Foundation in Delhi has stopped giving ART Medication (Ist and IInd Line) due to

lack of funding. Though Ist line people are being referred to the government ART

Centres however about 35 people from our community in the capital of India are

at the deaths doorstep.

I don’t know what to do next as whenever we do write mails it seems as if

mails are sent to officials who are blind or those who can see do not have logic

to give reply to such mails.

 

We at least once in life as an Indian pledged that “All Indians are our

brothers and sisters†and here when our dear ones face certain death where as

we will be making merry during New Year celebrations. INDIAN HEALTH MINISTRY,

NACO, DSACS, INP+, WHO, UNAIDS, etc all officials who bag handsome salaries due

to funding as are working for PLHA my sincere SHOUT to please listen and help

these 35 people continue on 2nd line ART from government ART programme.

Please stop discrimination in the PLHA community by bringing the criteria to

start the 2nd Line ART. If officially we do not receive an email from anyone

ASAP we are ready to die fighting than die regretting. NACO officials who go to

international conferences courtesy the PLHA community and brag about NACO

achievements my humble request to please consider this matter seriously and with

utmost importance.

For once I urge government officials / bilateral / international organisations

to show URGENCY and feel responsible for the fact that they are in the business

of SAVING LIVES.

Vikas Ahuja

Member, DNP+