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Panos Global AIDS Programme |
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Panos London |
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12 Dec 2005
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Latvia has made significant progress in tackling its HIV and AIDS since 1999 . Effective prevention programmes have been introduced and People Living with HIV and AIDS are receiving essential treatment free of charge. However, a recent study concludes that these advances could be threatened by a lack of funding.The study was part of an international review of country’s progress on tackling HIV and AIDS, 5 years after the ‘declaration of commitment’ made by 180 countries at the 2001 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Next year, it will be five years since that declaration was made. Has it made any difference to the epidemic in Latvia? |
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Description:
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The UN’s Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has outlined a framework to assess progress made by countries individually and the world as a whole in responding to this global epidemic. In addition, a number of international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been conducting studies in different countries to assess the views of local NGOs and people living with HIV and AIDS on progress made.
The Panos Institute, based in London, supported such a study in Latvia in September this year. Bec Shaw Crompton of Panos says, ‘We believe that this is an important study. It allows organisations working directly on the issues and the people who are directly affected by the disease to have their say in an important global review.’ Findings from this study were presented at a round table meeting held in Riga on 24th November 2005.
The Panos Global AIDS Programme is a network of offices from Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia and Europe, working together to increase participation, ownership and accountability in the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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http://www.panos.org.uk/press/news_releases.asp?newsid=1471
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