New HIV Bill to be tabled in budget session of Parliament

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New HIV Bill to be tabled in budget session of Parliament

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010

Bangalore: The long-pending Bill to tackle discrimination against people living

with HIV/AIDS has “reached finality†and will be tabled in the budget

session of the Parliament, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said on Monday.

Several differences of opinion had delayed the Bill and the conflicting views

had now been reconciled, he told presspersons on the sidelines of the inaugural

function of a three-day consultative meeting on “The Right to Healthâ€. He

also said that the law would soon get tough on corruption in the judiciary, with

the replacement of the Judges Inquiry Act of 1968 with the new Judges Standard

and Accountability Bill.

The global consultative meeting on “The Right to Health†will focus on

preventative and promotive healthcare for the poor, low and middle-income groups

in an urban setting, he said.

Risks

The urban poor — the majority of who live in slums — are more vulnerable to

health risks than their rural counterparts, said Mr. Moily in his inaugural

address. By the year 2030, 61 per cent of the world’s population will be in

cities, he added.

a Ritson, World Health Organisation designated technical officer for

Commonwealth Association for Mental Handicap and Developmental Disabilities

(CAMHADD) said that the Right to Health must be approached from a human rights

angle. “The Right to Health does not refer to healthcare services alone, but

encompasses other determinants of health such as water, food, education, work

conditions and environment,†she said. Delivering the keynote Lokayukta N.

Santosh Hegde said that efficiency of the healthcare sector was undermined by

corruption. The consultative meet is being organised by the Rajiv Gandhi

University of Health Sciences in association with CAMHADD.

Source:Hindu

Tarit Chakraborty.

Vice-President BNP+.

Secretary NHP+{Network of Hooghly People LIving with HIV/AIDS}.

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