Re: PLHIVs Kindly Work as a Team

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Dear PLHIV group members,

Re: /message/11571

First of all I am requesting all of you to stop writing the negative things

happening about PLHV at large.

Write something about good things happening in the country. Don't again and

again spoil PLHIV image in the forum.

If you find anything bad in the statelevel network, go and figth with them. Not

in the AIDS INDIA forum.

With solidarity,

Kumar

Kumar Nagarajan

e-mail: <kumarnagarajan86@...>

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Dear Forum,

Re: /message/11571

My reading of this email suggests that the Committee's working for the well

being of PLHIV are salaried Committee members using funds provided for support

and care programs for PLHIV's. but not answerable to PLHIV's directly.

I would like to validate that presupposition first because what follows depends

on the nature of beast.

It matters little whether it is in U.P. or anywhere else in India although

something like this process is already working in Tamil Nadu so it can't be

impossible either. If funds are being misappropriated then changes are required

not name calling.

If it is a career path then it won't work. My advice to all SACS Committees is

that their aim should be to be out of a job eventually as less and less citizens

become infected and more and more PLHIV's become well enough to work and take

care of themselves.

That to me is the purpose of HIV funding. Inside that purpose are many

facets including care and support, freedom from discrimination, access to

appropriate levels of medication the administration of which is clearly

understood by both infected people and their prescribers.

Then there is the matter of access to appropriate housing, nutrition,

hydration and prophylaxis where warranted and access to employment options

where possible.

What then happens is the PLHIV's live a normal lifespan and since no new

infections are occurring the disease fades from the chronic illness tables

progressively.

This data cant be measured short term either because whenever a testing program

is carried out it stands to reason that more infections are going to be

tabulated. That doesn't always mean new infections, just some of the old ones

being discovered early enough to be remedially treated.

In terms of this model the President and Executive of such a Committee

should be PLHIV's.

Memberships should be a priority for PLHIV's unless there are none willing or

able to fill all the vacancies. These members should be chosen by the

membership. At least one member should be competent to prepare financial reports

and budgets.

The SACS Committee and NACO could be offered an ex-officio position each for

transparency.

Priorities for services would be managed by the Executive and reported

regularly to the membership, avoiding meetings in favour of internet

communication where practical.

Now I will wait for an answer to my original question.

Looking forward to eventually reaching U P in my travels around India. I started

from Tamil Nadu working my way south and west and eventually reaching M.P before

my travel budget cut out.

Geoffrey

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Geoff Heaviside

Convenor - Brimbank Community Initiatives Inc

Convenor - Brimbank International Student Support Services

Secretary - International Centre for Health Equity Inc

Member - Australasian Society for HIV Medicine Inc

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Need an explaination.

Dear Editor, AIDS INDIA,

Re: /message/11571

These posts are confusing. Before putting up these posts on the AIDS India

e-forum, the editor should validated and that name of the person who has sent

this article should be mentioned for all those who post these article so that we

should know who writes so that we get clarifications to these articles.

These posting further puts allegations to the PLHIV community.

It was stated in the article that: " State level network of utter pradesh are 

now working only for money. All of their board are corrupt and involve in

criminal n sexual activities " .

Can you or the person who have posted this article prove this statement?

Best wishes,

Celina

e-mail: <celina@...>

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Dear Members

Re: /message/11571

I am entirely in agreement with Kumar.  The best practices and improvements in

the life of PLHA are worth discussing instead of orchestrating a war on people.

This e group is not the forum for such attcks.

 

Vijay

Vijay Kumar

e-mail: <svijaykr1954@...>