Universal Access to HIV treatment Remains a Pipe Dream

The goal of universal access to HIV treatment by 2010 is in danger of being missed, according to a report issued by the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), a coalition of HIV activists from more than 125 countries. The report, titled Missing the Target, said that plans to rapidly expand access to treatment to 10 million people by 2010 would not be successful unless efforts were drastically increased.

"Developing country governments must take on greater leadership on HIV/AIDS. People living with HIV and civil society must engage with their governments and insist they do more. In advocating for change, [people living with HIV] and civil society often face serious challenges and risk," said the report.

It also accused donors of failing to establish a successful formula for securing the regular and reliable funding essential to universal access efforts. ITPC said that funding agencies needed to make more visible efforts towards increasing access to treatment among poorer communities and integrating tuberculosis (TB) and other treatments into health services. read more

Facing the Challenges of HIV/AIDS

In many poor countries, commercial female sex workers are frequently exposed to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs/STDs). Where sex workers have poor access to health care and HIV prevention services, HIV prevalence can be as high as 50-90%. Evidence shows that targeted prevention interventions in sex work settings can turn the pandemic around.

Bangladesh is a high prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases, particularly among commercial sex workers; there are available injection drug users and sex workers all over the country, low condom use in the general population. Considering the high prevalence of HIV risk factors among the Bangladeshi population, HIV prevention research is particularly important for Bangladesh.

It is very awful, several organization in Bangladesh are working only to prevent HIV/AIDS but few of them like as ‘Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation’ try to develop proper strategic plane, so should increase research based organization recently.
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Mozambique: CNCS And FAO Sign Agreement

Mozambique's National AIDS Council (CNCS) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) signed in Maputo on Tuesday an agreement for the expansion of the project "Junior Farmer Filed and Life Schools", which seeks to improve food security and nutrition among the most vulnerable children.

"Another reason for my satisfaction is the sustainability of the project and its expansion to other Mozambican schools", said Ndolamb Ngokwey.

This program is a joint partnership between the Mozambican Agriculture Ministry, FAO, and the United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and is budgeted at one million USD.read more

Angola: Handball Player Calls for Support to HIV/Aids Infected

Angolan female handball player of the national team, Filomena Trindade Wednesday appealed to Agostinho Neto University's students for non-discrimination of HIV/AIDS infected people, as they are also normal persons and can also take part in sporting events and others activities.

The event, the first of the kind, which aimed at sensitising the university students on HIV/Aids, gathered students of the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences (ISCED).

The Youth and Sports Ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have set up a commission in charge of holding various activities on Aids in the framework of the Afrobasket to be hosted by Angola on August 15-25, 2007.
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