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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Please
find attached the following AIDS-related articles compiled by UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">1. AFP
- </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Pas
de lutte contre le SIDA sans les associations (ONUSIDA)<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">2. Afriquinfos
- </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">L'Onusida
salue les efforts du Congo dans la lutte contre le sida<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">3. Afrique
en ligne - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">ONUSIDA: Visite du directeur exécutif à Brazzaville<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">4. Journal
de Brazza.com - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Vih/Sida: 22% de réduction du taux l’infection<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">AFRICA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> AND MIDDLE EAST <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
<u></u>Ethiopia<u></u> Press Agency - </span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Ethiopia</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">: 'Live <u></u>and<u></u> Let Others Live' <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
<u></u>Zambia<u></u> Times - </span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Zambia</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">’s AIDS fight
acknowledged<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">3.
<u></u><u></u>Mmegi Online<u></u>, <u></u>Botswana<u></u><u></u> - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Homes to become new
front in the AIDS war <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">4. Afrique
en ligne - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">VIH SIDA: La Zambie et le Fonds mondial signent un accord <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">ASIA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> AND PACIFIC<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
Times of <u></u><u></u>India<u></u><u></u>
- </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Census of HIV+ migrants in Jarkh<u></u>and<u></u>
gains momentum<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
<u></u><u></u>China<u></u><u></u>
Daily - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Discrimination a challenge in HIV prevention <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">3. Hindustan Times - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Louganis boost to <u></u>South Asia<u></u>'s first LGBTI games<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">EUROPE<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">1. 20Minutes.fr
- </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Détourner
le virus du sida pour soigner le cancer <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
Financial Times - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Linkage: Joint approach is still a dream <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">LATIN AMERICA AND <u></u>CARIBBEAN<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
<u></u><u></u>El Financiero<u></u>, <u></u>Costa Rica<u></u><u></u> - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Técnica que facilita
detectar el Sida gana Premio Jorge Manuel Dengo 2012 <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
<u></u><u></u>El Comercio<u></u>, <u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u> - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Un test para detectar
el VIH comenzó a venderse en farmacias de EE.UU. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">NORTH AMERICA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
<u></u><u></u>Washington<u></u><u></u>
Post - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Tutu promotes campaign to end child marriage<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
Voice of <u></u>America<u></u> News - </span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Zimbabwe</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> HIV Activists Push for
Government Accountability <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">3.
PLoS Medicine - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">The Potential Impact of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV
Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men <u></u>and<u></u>
Transwomen in <u></u><u></u>Lima<u></u>, <u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u>: A Mathematical Modelling
Study <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">UNAIDS WEB.SITE<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">1.
UNAIDS – </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Increased country ownership to ensure long term
sustainability of HIV services in <u></u><u></u>Ukraine<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">2.
UNAIDS - </span></font></span><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">The hopes <u></u>and<u></u>
dreams of young women growing up with HIV <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">===========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">===========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Pas de lutte contre le SIDA sans les
associations (ONUSIDA)<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">AFP<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">10/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">BRAZZAVILLE
— La lutte contre le SIDA serait impossible sans "la contribution du
mouvement associatif" qui a permis la mobilisation d'importantes
ressources financières, a affirmé mercredi à Brazzaville le directeur exécutif
de l'ONUSIDA, Michel Sidibé.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"Sans
le mouvement associatif, les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) et
d'autres organisations partenaires, on n'aurait pas pu faire de progrès"
dans la lutte contre l'épidémie du VIH/sida, a déclaré M. Sidibé, en visite
pour deux jours à Brazzaville et recevant un groupe d'associations concernées.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"Sans
la société civile, on n'aurait jamais eu les ressources qu'on a aujourd'hui :
ces 15 dernières années, on est passé de 300 millions de dollars à 16 milliards
de dollars par an pour mener cette lutte", a-t-il ajouté.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"Cependant,
Michel Sidibé a relevé que la lutte contre l'épidémie est à une "période
critique" en Afrique où 6,4 millions de personnes sous traitement ne
reçoivent que des médicaments de première génération "pouvant créer de la
résistance". <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"Il
faut qu'on arrive à travailler avec des firmes pharmaceutiques pour avoir des
médicaments simplifiés", a-t-il suggéré.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Selon
le directeur de l'ONUSIDA, le Congo "fait des efforts quotidiens en ce qui
concerne la recherche", sans donner plus de précisions. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">En
2011, 83.000 personnes vivaient avec la maladie au Congo, qui affiche un taux
de séroprévalence de 3.2%. Seuls 44% des malades ont accès au traitement et les
associations congolaises dem<u></u>and<u></u>ent
ainsi une augmentation des fonds pour la prévention et la mise à disponibilité
d'antirétroviraux.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Copyright
© 2012 AFP. Tous droits réservés<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_UNAIDS2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">2</span></font></b></a><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">L'Onusida salue les efforts du Congo dans la
lutte contre le sida<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Afriquinfos<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_UNAIDS3"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">BRAZZAVILLE (Xinhua) - Le directeur exécutif de l' Onusida
et secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies, M. Michel Sidibé, a salué
mercredi les éfforts du gouvernement congolais dans la lutte contre le VIH/Sida
en général, et particulièrement dans la réduction de la transmission du VIH de
la mère à l'enfant.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"Le
Congo fait partie de ces pays africains qui ont pu démontrer qu'on pouvait
maitriser cette infection, qu'on pouvait même reduire de facon significative le
nombre de nouvelles infections, le Congo fait partie de ces pays qui ont réduit
de 22% les nouvelles infections et nous pensons qu'en 2015, on aura surement
entre 2 à 3% d'infections au maximum, ce qui est pour nous un progrès
énorme" , a-t-il reconnu à l'issue d'un entretien avec le ministre
congolais de la Santé et de la Population, François Ibovi.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"Dans
ce contexte, nous voulons que le Congo soit l'un des prémiers pays à annoncer
qu'il n'y a plus d'enfants congolais qui naissent avec le sida. Aujourd'hui, on
n'a que cinq enfants qui naissent chaque jour avec le sida au Congo, on a 1.700
enfants par an, et je pense que le Congo peut faire en sorte qu'il y'ait une
génération sans Sida, et nous allons tout faire pour accompagner le Congo dans
cet éffort là", a-t-il souligné.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Reconnaissant
le leadership du Congo qui a été le fer de lance de l'accès universel des
malades aux soins contre le VIH/Sida, Michel Sidibé a promis l'accompagnement
de son institution et des autres agences du système des Nations Unies au
gouvernement congolais dans ses éfforts de lutte contre cette p<u></u>and<u></u>emie.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"Nous
travaillons avec les fondations de lutte contre le sida, notamment avec la
fondation de la prémière dame du Congo, Mme antoinette sassou Nguesso, nous
allons l'appuyer, nous travaillons aussi avec les fondations de récherche, il y
a une fondation de récherche au niveau du Congo, que nous allons appuyer pour
faire en sorte que les données réels soient mis à la disposition des décideurs
politiques et publics", a indiqué M. Sidibé.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Il a
par ailleurs souhaité que les éfforts soient aussi ménés et coordonnés dans
l'organisation, la gestion des stocks de médicaments pour faire en sorte que la
distribution se fasse de manière permanente.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">"On
sait que c'est la gratuité, mais on sait aussi qu'il faut mieux gérer le stock
de médicaments, il faut faire en sorte que la distribution de ces médicaments
se fasse de façon éffective pour que les malades ait accès de manière
permanente aux médicaments pour éviter les résistances", a conclu le
directeur de l'Onusida.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">M.
Sidibé, qui est au Congo pour apprécier les efforts congolais dans la réponse
contre le VIH, rencontrera jeudi les organisations de la société civile et aura
un entretien avec le président Denis Sassou Nguesso.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Au
Congo, selon les données fournies l'an dernier, 83.000 personnes environ sont
affectées par le VIH et 44% d'entre elles bénéficient du traitement
antirétroviral (ARV). Chaque année, 7. 900 personnes sont nouvellement infectées
par le VIH. 4.600 personnes sont mortes du sida en 2011.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_UNAIDS4"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">4<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">ONUSIDA: Visite du directeur exécutif à
Brazzaville<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Afrique in ligne<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Brazzaville,
Congo - Le directeur exécutif de l’ONUSIDA, Michel Sidibé, est arrivé
mercredi matin à Brazzaville pour une visite de travail de deux jours au Congo,
au cours de laquelle il aura des entretiens avec les autorités congolaises dont
le chef de l’Etat, Denis Sassou N’Guesso. Cette rencontre avec le
chef de l’Etat congolais s’inscrit dans le sillage du plaidoyer du
directeur exécutif de l’ONUSIDA aux dirigeants africains, pour une
responsabilité partagée et des solutions novatrices pour accélérer la riposte
au SIDA, à la tuberculose et au paludisme en Afrique.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Cette
initiative expose des stratégies durables à long terme pour financer et fournir
un accès aux services de traitement et de prévention du VIH/SIDA et autres
services de santé en Afrique, conformément aux Objectifs du millénaire pour le
développement.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Le
directeur exécutif de l’ONUSIDA est accompagné du directeur régional du
Bureau de l’ONUSIDA pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre,
Mamadou Pethe Diallo.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Au
Congo, le nombre de personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA s’élève à 83 000,
selon les chiffres de 2011. Seulement 44% d’entre elles ont accès au
traitement antirétroviral, t<u></u>and<u></u>is
que chaque année, 7.900 personnes sont nouvellement infectées par le VIH.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Après
le Congo, M. Michel Sidibé se rendra à Kinshasa, en République démocratique du
Congo (RDC) pour participer au 14ème sommet de la Francophonie, qui va se tenir
du 12 au 14 octobre, au cours duquel un appel sera lancé pour plus
d’efforts en matière de lutte contre le VIH/SIDA.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Pana
11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_UNAIDS5"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">5<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Vih/Sida: 22% de réduction du taux
l’infection<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Journal de Brazza.com<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Le
ministre de la santé et de la population, M. François Ibovi, a reçu le 10
octobre à Brazzaville le directeur exécutif de l’ONUSIDA, M. Michel
Sidibé <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Abordé
par la presse à l’issue de cette audience, M. Sidibé a loué les efforts
consentis par le Congo dans la réduction de l’infection à VIH dans le
pays, ainsi que des progrès réalisés dans la lutte contre le Sida et dans
l’accès universel aux traitements. Nous avons discuté de la lutte contre
le Sida au niveau mondial, des progrès effectués et essentiellement des efforts
consentis par le Congo qui est l’un des pays africains qui ont pu
démontrer qu’il était possible de maitriser cette infection du VIH/Sida
et réduire de façon significative le nombre des nouvelles infections, a-t-il
confié à la presse nationale. Le Congo fait partie des pays africains qui ont
réduit de 22% les nouvelles infections. Nous pensons que d’ici 2015, le
pays aura un taux d’infection de 2 à 3 % au maximum. Ce qui est pour
l’ONUSIDA un progrès énorme, a fait savoir le directeur exécutif de cette
agence spécialisée de l’ONU. [i Le Congo a été aussi le fer de lance à
l’accès universel aux traitements qui est une question de justice sociale
à travers la déclaration de Brazzaville qui a été portée par le Président de la
République du Congo qui nous a permis d’aller vers une nouvelle vision de
zéro nouvelle infection, zéro discrimination et zéro décès.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Dans
ce contexte, nous voulons que le Congo soit l’un des premiers pays à
annoncer qu’il n’y a plus d’enfant congolais naisse avec le
Sida], a notifié le responsable de l’ONUSIDA. Au Congo, il n’y a
que cinq enfants qui naissent avec le Sida par jour sur les 1700 enfants
naissants suivis par an. Le Congo peut faire en sorte qu’il y ait une
génération sans Sida. Nous allons tout faire pour accompagner le pays dans ces
efforts, a confirmé M. Sidibé. L’action de l’ONUSIDA est de
coordonner les efforts d’une dizaine d’organisations comme
l’UNICEF qui travaille avec le gouvernement sur l’approche de
l’élimination de la transmission du VIH/Sida de la mère à l’enfant,
a-t-on noté. En, outre, l’ONUSIDA travaille avec les fondations comme
Congo-Assistance présidée par l’épouse du chef de l’Etat, Mme
Antoinette Sassou-N’guesso, ainsi que les fondations de recherches pour
une meilleure organisation et gestion des médicaments, avec la gratuité et la
disponibilité des traitements antirétroviraux (ARV). Ainsi, M. Sidibé a rassuré
les autorités congolaises que pour un accès permanent des malades aux
médicaments à travers une distribution effective, afin d’éviter des résistances
aux infections à VIH, l’ONUSIDA et les autres organisations spécialisées
vont assister le Congo pour contribuer à la réduction de zéro infection à VIH
aux enfants d’ici 2015.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">By Mengesha
Amare<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">A lot has
been written <u></u>and<u></u> talked about HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS. Billions of dollars have also been pumped
into the effort to dramatically arrest the rapid prevalence of the deadly
disease worldwide.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">But the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic continues indiscriminately affecting human
race regardless of race, sex, colour <u></u>and<u></u>
place of origin, you name it though achievements have been witnessed in the
fight against it. Obviously, a lot remains to be done in that regard.
Principally, progress towards mitigating the negative impacts of the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic must be measured not by counting the number
of activities undertaken to discuss features of HIV <u></u>and<u></u>
AIDS, ways of its transmission, mechanisms to prevent <u></u>and<u></u>
control the disease, <u></u>and<u></u> dividing
them into the total population who contract the disease. But, it should be
measured in accordance with the change (behavioural) brought about among the
society. This in fact requires commitment, determination <u></u>and<u></u>
courage to get the motto 'live <u></u>and<u></u>
let others live' into practical actions. As the government <u></u>and<u></u> development partners have been working to make a
difference, hopes are now rising to bring about change especially among the
youth. What the very problem in this regard is, most of the time what people
talk about the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic <u></u>and<u></u> what they are really doing are diametrically
different. Whatsoever the talk people at every walks of life hold, the major
concern needs to be behavioural change, ability to be triumphant over the
disease. Because once developed, it would be easy to keep oneself away from the
potential risks to contract the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">This writer
could hardly say the required behavioural change, even at a lesser extent
against HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS, is met so far.
This is because of a number of factors in the pipeline to further exacerbate
the rapid prevalence of the disease. For instance, the situation what we have
been through particularly in urban areas such as in <u></u><u></u>Addis Ababa<u></u><u></u>, is really threatening. I can say
that it adds fuel to fire. Unless immediate actions are taken to fend off the
condition that put the youth at stake, it would be beyond control.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">This does not
mean, indeed, that no promising actions have been taken so far in due course of
reversing the situation. But a great deal remains to be done if we are to bring
about a difference regarding the epidemic under discussion. Since its
recognition in the <u></u><u></u>United
States<u></u><u></u>, the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic
has been a championship worldwide.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Undeniably,
HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS is a global p<u></u>and<u></u>emic with cases reported from virtually every
country. At the end of 2007, for example, 33.2 million individuals were living
with HIV infection, according to sources. Studies further indicate that the
disease has occurred in waves in different regions of the world, each wave
having somewhat different characteristics depending on the demographics of the
country <u></u>and<u></u> region in question as
well as the timing of the introduction of HIV into the population. Over
two-thirds of all people with HIV infection live in sub-saharan region
eventhough the countries in the region are home to just 10 to 11 per cent or so
of the world's population. Among high risk individuals like commercial sex
workers, patients attending Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) clinics living
in urban areas of the region, seroprevalence is currently over 50 per cent in
some countries.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">A number of
organizations have been focusing on reducing the rapid prevalence of the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic. For instance, UNAIDS has mapped a new
framework for AIDS investments which are focused on high-impact,
evidence-based, high-value strategies. According to sources, the new strategic
approach to investments would achieve extraordinary results; at least 12.2
million new HIV infections would be averted, including 1.9 million among children
between 2011 <u></u>and<u></u> 2020; <u></u>and<u></u> 7.4 million AIDS-related deaths would be averted
between 2011 <u></u>and<u></u> 2020.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">For the
framework to be effective, programme activities must recognize critical
enablers, such as reducing stigma, respect for human rights, creating a
protective legal environment <u></u>and<u></u>
capacity building for community based organizations, which are crucial to
overcoming the barriers to successful programme outcomes, cited in the sources
too.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Using the
framework to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care <u></u>and<u></u> support by 2015 requires a scaling up of funding
to 22-24 billion USD in 2015, in line with the targets in the 2011 United
Nations Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. If full implementation of the new
framework is achieved in the next four years, global resource needs would peak
in 2015 <u></u>and<u></u> decline gradually
thereafter; making the AIDS response an excellent investment opportunity where
returns will offset the upfront cost in less than one generation.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The global
incidence of HIV infection has stabilized <u></u>and<u></u>
begun to decline in many countries with generalized epidemics. The number of
people receiving antiretroviral therapy continues to increase, with 6.65
million people getting treatment at the end of 2010. Almost 50 per cent of
pregnant women living with HIV received effective antiretroviral regimens to
prevent mother-to-child transmission, spurring the international community to
launch the Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among
children by 2015 <u></u>and<u></u> keeping their
mothers alive. What would have been viewed as wildly unrealistic only a few
years ago is now a very real possibility.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Recent
published evidence from clinical trials has also confirmed the powerful impact
antiretroviral drugs have on the epidemic as part of an effective package of
options for HIV prevention. For the first time, the prospect of a microbicide
that contains antiretroviral medicine is providing additional hope to the women
in sub-Saharan <u></u>Africa<u></u> who continue bearing a
disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic in this region.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Despite these
advances, still too many people are acquiring HIV infection, too many people
are getting sick <u></u>and<u></u> too many people
are dying. New surveillance data confirm that the epidemic disproportionately
affects sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who
inject drugs, prisoners <u></u>and<u></u> migrants
in both concentrated <u></u>and<u></u> generalized
epidemics.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Too often
national AIDS plans, according to sources, omit these people, who face
formidable legal <u></u>and<u></u> other
structural barriers to accessing HIV services. Globally, more than 50 per cent
of the people eligible for treatment do not have access to antiretroviral
therapy, including many people living with HIV who are unaware of their HIV
status. Children have much poorer access to antiretroviral therapy than do
adults, <u></u>and<u></u> attrition at each stage
in the cascade of care has highlighted the need to strengthen links within HIV
services <u></u>and<u></u> with other areas of
health <u></u>and<u></u> community systems.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Nevertheless,
several critical developments over the past year have highlighted the capacity
of the global response to innovate <u></u>and<u></u>
learn from scientific <u></u>and<u></u>
programmatic evidence. The Political Declaration on HIV <u></u>and<u></u>
AIDS, adopted in June 2011 by the United Nations General Assembly, set
ambitious targets aimed at achieving universal access <u></u>and<u></u>
the health-related Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The WHO Global Health
Sector Strategy on HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS,
2011-2015, the UNAIDS 2011-2015 Strategy: Getting to Zero, <u></u>and<u></u> the UNICEF's strategic <u></u>and<u></u>
programmatic focus on equity will help to guide national <u></u>and<u></u>
global efforts to respond to the epidemic <u></u>and<u></u>
move from an emergency response to a long-term, sustainable model of delivering
HIV services. These strategies emphasize the need to better tailor national HIV
responses to the local epidemics, to decentralize programmes to bring them
closer to people in need <u></u>and<u></u> to
integrate with other health <u></u>and<u></u>
community services to achieve the greatest impact. These are important
developments aimed at consolidating gains to date <u></u>and<u></u>
improving the quality, coverage <u></u>and<u></u>
efficiency of HIV services.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The past
decade has seen a historically unprecedented global response to the unique
threat the HIV epidemic poses to human development. Networks of people living
with <u></u>and<u></u> affected by HIV, as well as
civil society organizations, have continued working with other partners, dem<u></u>and<u></u>ing <u></u>and<u></u>
mobilizing political leadership. This has led to increased funding, technical
innovation <u></u>and<u></u> international
collaboration that has saved millions of people's lives <u></u>and<u></u>
changed the trajectory of the epidemic. As capacity at all levels increases,
programmes are becoming more effective <u></u>and<u></u>
efficient.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Nevertheless,
financial pressures on both domestic <u></u>and<u></u>
foreign assistance budgets are threatening the impressive progress to date.
Recent data indicating that HIV funding is declining is a deeply troubling
trend that must be reversed for the international community to meet its
commitments on HIV.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">HIV has
proven to be a formidable challenge, but the tide is turning. The tools to
achieve an AIDS-free generation are in our h<u></u>and<u></u>s.
Let us move forward together on the ambitious goals set for 2015 <u></u>and<u></u> bring us closer to realizing our collective
vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination <u></u>and<u></u>
zero AIDS-related deaths.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Progress has
been made until the end of 2010 in scaling up access to health sector
interventions for HIV prevention, treatment, care <u></u>and<u></u>
support in low-<u></u>and<u></u> middle-income
countries. It is the fifth in a series of annual progress reports published
since 2006 by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) <u></u>and<u></u> Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS
(UNAIDS), in collaboration with national <u></u>and<u></u>
international partners, to monitor key components of the health sector response
to the HIV epidemic. The report reflects the commitment of United Nations
Member States, civil society <u></u>and<u></u>
United Nations agencies to ensure accountability for global progress in the
response to HIV through regular monitoring <u></u>and<u></u>
reporting.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Since 2010
was the deadline established in 2005 for achieving universal access to HIV
prevention, treatment, care <u></u>and<u></u>
support, many reports also represent an important benchmark, an opportunity to
take stock <u></u>and<u></u> identify both
achievements <u></u>and<u></u> outst<u></u>and<u></u>ing gaps <u></u>and<u></u>
to take a constructive look forward in the response at this critical point in
the response to the HIV epidemic.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sadly,
decreased labor productivity <u></u>and<u></u>
increased health care expenditure due to AIDS have extraordinarily dwindled the
activities of various socio-economic sectors. The peak age range from AIDS
cases is 20 to 29 years old for women <u></u>and<u></u>
25 to 34 years old for men. Many sexual, social <u></u>and<u></u>
economic issues creating differences among women <u></u>and<u></u>
men are highly attributable to the epidemic rapid prevalence. Besides, women
engaged in sex earlier to men, young women have sex with older men, <u></u>and<u></u> women are less able to negotiate safe sex than
men are also factors further exasperating HIV <u></u>and<u></u>
AIDS spread. Women are also much more exposed to various forms of sexual
violence such as rape, abduction, spousal abuse <u></u>and<u></u>
marital rape which have contributed to p<u></u>and<u></u>emic
spread. Female genital mutilation <u></u>and<u></u>
customary laws <u></u>and<u></u> practices
governing divorce, marriage <u></u>and<u></u>
widowhood would also increase the risk of infection among both men <u></u>and<u></u> women.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">These things
have further exacerbated the serious impacts of the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic.
Women also appear to have more limited access to HIV information sources <u></u>and<u></u> their underst<u></u>and<u></u>ing
of HIV prevention measures is lower than men.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The very
important thing that should be taken into consideration, as to me, is ends must
be measured as the travel to know the real changes, though it looks abstract,
helps identify what setbacks were observed to hinder effective stride. When we
say 'real' the interventions that lead the society at large <u></u>and<u></u> the youth in particular to a position to change
their mind <u></u>and<u></u> start to look into
themselves. Remember, it does not mean that the workshops, seminars,
consultative meetings <u></u>and<u></u> other
pertinent gatherings have not yet helped bring about change. Thus, it is high
time to wake up <u></u>and<u></u> save the
generation through loudly trumped the drum advocating "Live <u></u>and<u></u> let others live, stop AIDS." Recognizing
the fact that HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS has
dropped black spot on development, growth <u></u>and<u></u>
prosperity <u></u>and<u></u> incurred a number of
social <u></u>and<u></u> economical costs like
loss of work force <u></u>and<u></u> time, loss of
family financial resources as well as decreased productivity, everyone must not
let themselves contract the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic.
Double check to prevent a wreck. In clear terms, the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic
must not be overlooked until it knocks everyone's door.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Let me rest
my case by exhorting the society at all walks of life to value their life <u></u>and<u></u> to pay concern what is said about the deadly disease.
And the government, all stakeholders working on HIV <u></u>and<u></u>
AIDS <u></u>and<u></u> other development partners
to join h<u></u>and<u></u>s, fuel the fight
against the disease <u></u>and<u></u> know the
reality on the ground as it is better to measure ends than means! The FOUR
fundamental aspects revolving around how to protect oneself <u></u>and<u></u> others from HIV:<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">ABSTAIN- do
not have unprotected sexual intercourse.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">ALWAYS be
FAITHFUL to your partner.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">TEST - <u></u>and<u></u> know your <u></u>and<u></u>
your partner's status by talking about <u></u>and<u></u>
testing for HIV at regular intervals.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">CONDOMISE-
Always properly use a condom each time <u></u>and<u></u>
for each round of sexual intercourse.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">As far as
Using Condoms Correctly, according to sources, the following steps need to be
seriously followed.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">1. Check the
expiry date on the condom <u></u>and<u></u> if
date has passed do not use it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">2. Check the
packaging is not damaged. If the packaging has a hole or is torn the condom
inside will probably be damaged too, so don't use it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">3. Keeping a
condom in your wallet or in your pocket is not a good idea because it can get
heat damaged, especially after a long time. Store condoms in a cool place.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">4. Don't use
butter, Vaseline, fish oil or any other oils as lubricant when using condoms as
these may cause the condom to break.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">5. Only wear
one condom. Don't wear two male condoms. And don't have sex with a male condom
if the woman is using a femidom. Using two condoms could make the condoms
burst.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_AfricaMiddleEast2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Zambia</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">’s AIDS fight
acknowledged<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Zambia</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> Times<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">10/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">‘SEX
thrills, AIDS kills’ is perhaps the most touching message health workers <u></u>and<u></u> other anti-AIDS activists loved to use in
Zambia’s early efforts to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">And when
Vice-President Guy Scott says that his Government is on the right track in the
struggle against HIV/AIDS <u></u>and<u></u>
related diseases, he is obviously stating that there hasn’t been a let-up
in the war against AIDS, which was started some three decades ago.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Indeed those
of us who were there when the first case of HIV was reported in the early 1980s
know well that HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS
prevention through Zambia’s AIDS fight acknowledged awareness-raising
began early in Zambia.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">We vividly
remember how aggressive anti-AIDS activists launched the campaign targeting
mostly sexually active men <u></u>and<u></u>
women.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">From then <u></u>and<u></u> on to the 1990s, much of the early campaign
involved mass production of pamphlets <u></u>and<u></u>
posters that warned of the dangers of AIDS <u></u>and<u></u>
promoted abstinence, for instance, if one had to avoid contracting the disease.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">These
pamphlets <u></u>and<u></u> posters could be seen
stuck not just on the notice boards of health institutions, but in public
places such as bars <u></u>and<u></u> taverns,
markets, wall fences <u></u>and<u></u> even on the
trees.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">One <u></u>US<u></u> journalist actually sounded impressed in the
late 1980s when he reported that “<u></u>Zambia<u></u>
is waging one of the world’s most aggressive educational campaigns
against AIDS, surpassing anything being done in the <u></u>United
States<u></u> (of <u></u><u></u>America<u></u><u></u>).”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Knowing that
the age group 15-24 was just about the most sexually active, <u></u>and<u></u> single, anti-AIDS messages emphasised abstinence
before marriage.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">This preventive
measure was, <u></u>and<u></u> still is,
particularly embraced by the Catholic faithful as the best weapon against the
spread of HIV/AIDS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Other
organisations have been saying that where people could not abstain, they should
use a condom. And condoms have been quite h<u></u>and<u></u>y,
with Government health institutions <u></u>and<u></u>
grant-aided NGOs distributing them free of charge including ARVs.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">These have
not been the only areas of advice, however, because over the years, a wide
range of media has also been used to carry messages about AIDS targeting
adults.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Children
have, meanwhile, been taught at least the biological facts about the HIV/AIDS
scourge in their respective schools.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Studies have
shown that in <u></u><u></u>Zambia<u></u><u></u>,
unlike in some countries, HIV does not primarily affect the most underprivileged
people in the rural areas, as high infection rates have been recorded among
wealthier people <u></u>and<u></u> the better
educated.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">It is,
therefore, not surprising that HIV is most prevalent in the urban centres along
the line of rail, rather than in poorer rural provinces.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">This does not
necessarily mean there are some areas that are free of the p<u></u>and<u></u>emic. It has spread throughout the country <u></u>and<u></u> affects all parts of our society, although some
groups, especially the vulnerable seem to be most affected.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">These are
young women <u></u>and<u></u> girls, as we have
earlier indicated, aged 15-24, where the HIV prevalence is said to be more than
twice that of men in this age group.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">And
generally, there are more women affected than men. Health <u></u>and<u></u> social workers tell us that a number of factors
resulting from gender inequality contribute to the higher prevalence among
women.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">For instance,
in many societies, women are often taught never to refuse their husb<u></u>and<u></u>s sex or to insist their partners use condoms.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">In fact, in
one local behavioural survey, around 15 per cent of women reported forced sex,
although this may not reflect the true number as many women may have not
disclosed this information.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">In addition,
young women in <u></u><u></u>Zambia<u></u><u></u>
are said to become sexually active earlier than men, with partners who will be
on average five years their senior, some of who may already have had a number
of sexual partners.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The result of
the overall sexual behaviour has been that all areas of <u></u><u></u>Zambia<u></u><u></u>’s public sector <u></u>and<u></u> the economy at large have been weakened, thus
slowing down national development as it is the most productive persons that
have been hit hardest.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">However, we
join h<u></u>and<u></u>s with Dr Scott in
acknowledging the ongoing efforts in fighting HIV/AIDS because the Government,
with the help of non-governmental organisations <u></u>and<u></u>
donors, has continued supporting the health system with interventions that help
contain the HIV/AIDS p<u></u>and<u></u>emic.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">There are
also efforts to control such diseases as malaria <u></u>and<u></u>
tuberculosis, raising people’s hopes that the HIV.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><b><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc;font-weight:bold"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_AfricaMiddleEast3"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">3<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_AfricaMiddleEast4"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Homes to become new
front in the AIDS war <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Mmegi Online, <u></u><u></u>Botswana<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">10/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">KEOBONYE
MAJATSIE, Correspondent<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">In
an unprecedented move in the war on HIV/AIDS, the National AIDS Coordinating
Agency (NACA) will conduct a part of its fourth Botswana AIDS Impact Survey
(BAIS IV) by means of testing people for the deadly virus in their homes.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">BAIS
IV, whose key aspect is cessation of new infections, will also establish the
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate <u></u>and<u></u> the
prevalence of non-communicable diseases, such as TB, in Botswana.NACA will
carry out the survey in conjunction with other stakeholders, such as Statistics
Botswana <u></u>and<u></u> the Ministry of Health.
NACA says the results of 2012 BAIS IV will allow for assessment of trends in
prevalence rates <u></u>and<u></u> behavioural
risk factors, as well as provide updates of national <u></u>and<u></u>
international indicators. The survey will also be used to assess the impact of
national programme performance <u></u>and<u></u>
provide the basis for evidence-based strategic planning <u></u>and<u></u>
future research.MNACA's Manager for Research Monitoring <u></u>and<u></u>
Evaluation, Mpho Mmelesi, told a full Gaborone City Council meeting recently
that visits would be made to people in their homes <u></u>and<u></u>
ask for permission from parents <u></u>and<u></u>
guardians to conduct the survey.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">"We
call upon parents <u></u>and<u></u> Batswana in
general to cooperate with us in carrying out this study," she said, adding
that precautionary measures would be taken when the need arose.Those involved
in the study will get their results from health facilities within six
weeks.However, the study will only target private dwellings <u></u>and<u></u> not prisons, hospitals, army barracks <u></u>and<u></u> hotels, among common places. Citizens <u></u>and<u></u> non-citizens who normally live in households
will be tested while non-citizens <u></u>and<u></u>
tourists will be excluded. The study, which will be covered within two months
of fieldwork, is expected to start on January 15 <u></u>and<u></u>
end on March 15 next year. NACA says 415 households from 301 Census Enumeration
Areas <u></u>and<u></u> approximately 17,000
individuals aged 10 to 64 years <u></u>and<u></u>
21,000 individuals aged six months will be covered.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">The
study will target breastfeeding mothers <u></u>and<u></u>
their six weeks old babies. NACA says the primary objective of the study is to
update current information on the behavioural patterns of the population aged
10-64 years.According to NACA, this will help determine the HIV prevalence <u></u>and<u></u> incidence rates for the population aged six
weeks <u></u>and<u></u> above <u></u>and<u></u> the information gathered will be used for
national HIV programme planning <u></u>and<u></u>
guide future AIDS research.The study will, among others, focus on parental
survival <u></u>and<u></u> fostering, employment <u></u>and<u></u> other economic characteristics, household
characteristics, healthcare <u></u>and<u></u>
support.Individual questions will include background demographic information,
alcohol consumption <u></u>and<u></u> drug abuse,
sexual history <u></u>and<u></u> behaviour,
knowledge of HIV <u></u>and<u></u> of access to
interventions, attitudes towards gender issues <u></u>and<u></u>
counselling, childbearing <u></u>and<u></u>
antenatal care <u></u>and<u></u> other chronic <u></u>and<u></u> communicable diseases.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">In
its drive to sensitise <u></u>and<u></u> create
awareness among members of the public <u></u>and<u></u>
to maximize participation in BAIS IV, NACA will address full council meetings,
press conferences, design a logo/br<u></u>and<u></u>
for the survey, produce <u></u>and<u></u>
distribute promotional material, produce radio jingles <u></u>and<u></u>
TV programmes, sms alerts, <u></u>and<u></u> newspaper
inserts.NACA has also revealed that prevalence for the Chobe District, which
used to be the highest, has decreased from 29.4 percent in 2004 to 23.0 percent
in 2008. Another notable decrease is observed among Kweneng West <u></u>and<u></u> Kgalagadi North districts which recorded the
lowest prevalence in 2004. (SPA)<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_AfricaMiddleEast5"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">5<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">VIH SIDA: La Zambie et le Fonds mondial
signent un accord <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Afrique en ligne<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Le
Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme a signé
mercredi un accord avec l'Association sanitaire des églises de Zambie (CHAZ)
portant sur 102 millions de dollars afin de soutenir davantage la riposte
nationale au VIH en Zambie. Les activités mises en œuvre par cette
subvention seront axées sur la prévention de la transmission mère-enfant du
VIH, la promotion de la circoncision masculine, l'expansion et le maintien du
traitement du VIH, la réduction de nouvelles infections et le maintien d'une
couverture élevée pour atténuer l'impact.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
subvention permettra également de renforcer le conseil, le dépistage et
l'adhésion des communautaires au traitement du VIH.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">«La
subvention que nous signons aujourd'hui marque une étape importante pour le
peuple zambien et la CHAZ est ravie de faire partie de cette réalisation», a
déclaré le Dr Joop Jansen, président du conseil d'administration de la CHAZ.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">«Cette
étroite collaboration est louable et je tiens à encourager tous les partenaires
à poursuivre ces relations étroites afin de nous assurer que nous commençons à
voir la fin du sida en Zambie», a-t-il déclaré.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Le
ministre zambien de la Santé, Joseph Kasonde, a déclaré que le Fonds mondial a
été l'un des principaux bailleurs de la riposte nationale en Zambie et qu'il a
énormément contribué au bon fonctionnement du système de santé en Zambie.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">«L'importance
et la signification de la cérémonie de signature de cet accord de subvention ne
peuvent pas être sous-estimées», a-t-il ajouté.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Selon
Mark Edington, le chef de la gestion des subventions du Fonds mondial, la
subvention sera investie dans des interventions à haut impact qui aideront la
Zambie à atteindre l'accès universel au traitement du VIH.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Le
Fonds a déclaré que la subvention est une consolidation de quatre subventions
du Fonds mondial contre le VIH, dans le cadre du nouveau mécanisme unique de
financement qui permettra au pays de mieux coordonner et de mettre en
œuvre les programmes en coordination avec le ministère de la Santé et les
partenaires techniques et financiers en Zambie.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
subvention va couvrir jusqu'en décembre 2014 et permettra de mener des
activités de conseil et de dépistage en faveur de 404.000 personnes, le
traitement antirétroviral pour 77.000 adultes (17% du besoin national); la
distribution de médicaments antirétroviraux pour 16.000 femmes séropositives
enceintes afin de réduire le risque de transmission mère-enfant (objectif
commun avec les autres bailleurs de fonds), la mobilisation au niveau de la
communauté de 4.600 travailleurs qui adhèrent au soutien à la lutte contre le
VIH, le circoncision de 84.000 personnes et le soutien à 70.500 orphelins et
enfants vulnérables.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">La
CHAZ est le deuxième plus gr<u></u>and<u></u>
prestataire de soins de santé en Zambie grâce à ses structures de santé gérées
par l'église et travaille main dans la main avec le ministère de la Santé pour
la mise en œuvre des programmes à travers la Zambie, y compris dans les
zones rurales difficiles d'accès.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Depuis
sa création, le Fonds mondial a accordé 662 millions de dollars américains sous
forme de subventions à la Zambie pour les trois maladies et plus de 428 millions
de dollars américains ont été décaissés pour la mise en œuvre du
programme.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Pana
11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">ASIA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> AND PACIFIC<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">=======================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Census of HIV+ migrants in Jarkh<u></u>and<u></u> gains momentum<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Times of <u></u><u></u>India<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Kapil
Dixit, TNN<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">ALLAHABAD</span></font></span><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">: Following <u></u><u></u>Allahabad<u></u><u></u>
being termed by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) biggest host of
HIV/Aids-infected persons in Uttar Pradesh, officials of the UP State Aids
Control Society (UPSACS) are working at a breakneck pace to collect block level
data (BLD) to ascertain the exact figure of HIV/AIDS patients.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The NACO has
placed five UP districts, including <u></u><u></u>Allahabad<u></u><u></u>,
Azamgarh, Deoria, Etawah <u></u>and<u></u> B<u></u>and<u></u>a under its scanner after these districts were
placed under sensitive category in migration of HIV/AIDS infected persons.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Allahabad</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> being termed most sensitive, greater stress is being laid
on collecting actual data of victims from all 20 blocks of the district <u></u>and<u></u> offering treatment <u></u>and<u></u>
counseling to patients.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">UPSACS
officials of are carrying out an intensive drive to check the health status of
migrants <u></u>and<u></u> identify their
locations with an aim to offer them counseling <u></u>and<u></u>
treatment as well as assistance. They are also conducting studies regarding the
migration pattern <u></u>and<u></u> prevalence of
HIV.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Nodal
officer, District Aids Programme Control Unit ( DAPCU), Dr O P Shahi told TOI
that migrant labourers, truckers <u></u>and<u></u>
MSM (men having sex with men) were being identified in the district as they
were most responsible for <u></u>and<u></u>
vulnerable to spread of the deadly disease. He added that efforts were underway
to identify them so that they could be offered best possible treatment <u></u>and<u></u> counselling. During surveys, it has come to
notice that victims due to various reasons including social stigma, do not come
forward <u></u>and<u></u> reel under depression,
said Dr Shahi.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Three kinds
of migrants are primarily responsible for the spread of the deadly disease
including workers at brick kilns, stone cutting, mining, silica mining centres <u></u>and<u></u> service clusters (who migrate from one state to
another for employment. Dr Shahi said under the directives of NACO <u></u>and<u></u> UPACS, district health authorities are busy
locating the infected persons with the aim of offering them treatment,
assistance <u></u>and<u></u> counseling.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Officials are
also mapping high-risk groups like female sex workers, intravenous drug users <u></u>and<u></u> men having sex with men (MSM) so that concrete
measures could be initiated to restrict the spread of the virus. UPSACS
officials have also been spreading awareness under the information, education <u></u>and<u></u> communication (IEC) programme.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Last year, a
NACO monitoring committee visited the city to find reasons behind the rapid
increase in transmission of HIV in the district. The team had also inspected
services being offered to HIV+ <u></u>and<u></u>
AIDS patients at the Integrated Counselling <u></u>and<u></u>
Testing Centres (ICTC).<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The NACO
initiative comes in the wake of <u></u><u></u>Allahabad<u></u><u></u>
being placed under the high risk group as far as spread of HIV is concerned.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dr Shahi
informed that the villages prone to high risk have been put under the scanner <u></u>and<u></u> a series of awareness <u></u>and<u></u>
educational camps are being launched to check the menace.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Pointedly,
NACO has also asked UPSACS to check the status of migrants living in these
villages as they are among prime carriers of HIV in the district.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">As far as
route of infection <u></u>and<u></u> risk
transmission categories are concerned, in about 85.3 per cent cases the disease
spreads due to unsafe sexual contact, while 3.80 per cent, 2.05 per cent, 3.34
per cent <u></u>and<u></u> 6.46 per cent cases are
due to prenatal transmission, blood transfusion, injectable drug users <u></u>and<u></u> others, respectively.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Currently,
three NGOs are implementing the targeted interventions among the high risk
groups in the district covering commercial female sex workers (FSWs), men
having sex with men (MSM) <u></u>and<u></u>
Intravenous drug users.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_AsiaPacific2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Discrimination a challenge in HIV prevention <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">China</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> Daily<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Xinhua<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">BEIJING</span></font></span><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"> - An official from the <u></u><u></u>Chinese<u></u> <u></u>Center<u></u><u></u>
for Disease Control <u></u>and<u></u> Prevention
(CDC) warned that social discrimination against HIV carriers may be even more
dangerous than the virus itself.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Discrimination
has caused people with risky behavior to become reluctant to be tested for HIV,
posing a challenge for HIV control <u></u>and<u></u>
prevention efforts, Wu Zunyou, director of the CDC HIV/AIDS prevention <u></u>and<u></u> control center, was quoted as saying in the
Thursday edition of the China Youth Daily.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">According
to an earlier report jointly produced by the Ministry of Health, the Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV <u></u>and<u></u>
AIDS <u></u>and<u></u> the World Health Organization,
there were about 780,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in China as of the end of
September last year, with infections among the student population rising.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Sexual
relations are the main source of the infections, accounting for 63.9 percent of
the total number of cases, Wu said, adding that the number of HIV-positive gay
males also increased.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Infections
transmitted via homosexual behavior accounted for 13 percent of the total cases
in the first nine months of 2011, an increase from 2.5 percent in 2006, Wu
said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Sexually
transmitted HIV cases among homosexual men are spreading more quickly in cities
with more dense populations, such as <u></u>Beijing<u></u>, <u></u>Shanghai<u></u> <u></u>and<u></u> <u></u><u></u>Chengdu<u></u><u></u>, Wu said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Wu
said a lack of awareness regarding HIV/AIDS risks, as well as a failure to refrain
from engaging in risky sexual activity, have made gay males more suspectible to
infection.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Wu
called on suspected patients to seek out HIV testing as soon as possible, as an
early diagnosis <u></u>and<u></u> treatment can
reduce mortality <u></u>and<u></u> stop the
disease from spreading.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">However,
some patients are reluctant to do so for fear that they may be discriminated
against by others, Wu said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Wu
said authorities have made efforts to eliminate discrimination by promoting
public awareness of the disease, adding that several groups have volunteered to
provide advice, guidance <u></u>and<u></u>
intervention for high-risk people.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Wu
said the government is working to provide free anti-viral treatment for
infected people.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Aggressive
control <u></u>and<u></u> prevention efforts have
kept the number of new infections at a low level in recent years, Wu said.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_AsiaPacific3"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">3<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Louganis boost to <u></u>South Asia<u></u>'s
first LGBTI games<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Hindustan</span></font></span><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> Times<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">10/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Utpal
Parashar<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Nepal
is set to host South Asia's first sports festival exclusively for lesbians,
gays, bisexuals, transgendered <u></u>and<u></u>
intersexes -LGBTI in short-a three-day event which will kick start this Friday.
But more than the 350 athletes from Nepal <u></u>and<u></u>
150 others expected from 17 countries, the main attraction of the festival
would be Olympic legend Gregory Efthimios Louganis or Greg Louganis to fans
worldwide.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">The
US diving champion, who won double gold medals in the 1984 <u></u>and<u></u> 1988 Olympics, has confirmed his attendance as
guest of honour for the event to be hosted in Kathm<u></u>and<u></u>u.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Louganis's
career has been an inspiration for sportspersons worldwide <u></u>and<u></u> is bound to boost those taking part in the
festival. His presence will also aid the fight for LGBTI rights in Nepal, feels
organizer Blue Diamond Society. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">One
of the most enduring images of the 1988 Seoul Olympics was Louganis's accident
during preliminary rounds of the springboard event where he suffered a
concussion after hitting the board. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">The
US diving champion, who won double gold medals in the 1984 <u></u>and<u></u> 1988 Olympics, has confirmed his attendance as
guest of honour for the event to be hosted in Kathm<u></u>and<u></u>u.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Despite
worries about whether he would be able to continue, he came back for the final
round <u></u>and<u></u> won the event. It was
later revealed that he was diagnosed as HIV positive six months prior to the
Olympics.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Louganis
disclosed that he was gay in 1994 <u></u>and<u></u>
co-wrote his autobiography 'Breaking the Surface' a year later where he
detailed his early years of domestic abuse, rape <u></u>and<u></u>
depression. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">The
athlete has dabbled in films <u></u>and<u></u>
television besides coaching. He was mentor to the US diving team in the London
Olympics. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">More
importantly Louganis has been a role model for spreading HIV awareness <u></u>and<u></u> his work to defend civil liberties of LGBTI
community <u></u>and<u></u> those diagnosed with
HIV/AIDS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">EUROPE<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">========================<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Détourner le virus du sida pour soigner le
cancer <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">20Minutes.fr<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Santé
Le chercheur Matteo Negroni travaille sur les propriétés du VIH<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Alors
qu'il était à l'Institut Pasteur et travaillait sur l'évolution moléculaire du
virus du sida, Matteo Negroni, actuellement chercheur au CNRS de Strasbourg, a
eu une idée lumineuse. « Pourquoi ne pas se servir des propriétés du VIH, dont
la capacité à répliquer et utiliser son environnement à ses propres fins est
énorme, pour créer un gène inédit ? » Une trouvaille qu'il a brevetée. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Des
tests extrêmement positifs<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Depuis
deux ans, une équipe d'une dizaine de personnes travaille dans un laboratoire
de l'Institut de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire sur des enzymes qui
permettraient de diminuer la posologie, et donc les effets secondaires, des
médicaments anticancéreux. « La drogue antitumorale a besoin d'être activée par
une enzyme une fois dans la cellule. Il faut trouver une enzyme qui soit plus
efficace que l'enzyme naturelle. » Les tests in vitro sur des cellules humaines
se sont révélés extrêmement positifs : une efficacité de 250 à 300 fois
supérieure de la drogue antitumorale. « Si l'on arrive à insérer cette enzyme
mutante dans les cellules tumorales d'un patient, on pourrait le soigner avec
des doses plus faibles, donc moins toxiques. » Matteo Negroni et son équipe se
donnent encore un an pour obtenir le comportement idéal de cette enzyme. Puis,
des tests sur les souris permettront de voir si l'efficacité est la même que
sur des cellules en culture. « Les spécialistes des thérapies contre le cancer
seront très intéressés pour des tests précliniques si cela fonctionne. » <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">—Fabienne
Delaunoy<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_Europe4"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">4</span></font></b></a><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Linkage: Joint approach is still a dream <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Financial Times, <u></u><u></u>UK<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">By
Andrew Jack<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Place
a map of the prevalence of HIV in <u></u>Africa<u></u> next
to one showing the less well known condition of urogenital schistosomiasis, <u></u>and<u></u> there is a striking overlap. It is just one
example of the broader impact of neglected tropical diseases.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">While
the connections between many conditions may be poorly studied, the potential
for saving money <u></u>and<u></u> improving
health by coordinating the efforts of those fighting them is substantial.
Experts argue sharing just a fraction of the generous support to fight the Big
Three of HIV, TB <u></u>and<u></u> malaria to
tackle more neglected diseases could reduce the burden of both sets of
conditions.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">One
measure would be greater support for deworming with drugs already donated.
Female genital ulcers caused by schistosomiasis are associated with a
substantial increase in transmission of HIV.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">And
several studies have argued helminth infections increase HIV viral load <u></u>and<u></u> the likelihood of mother-to-child transmission.
The worms boost the chance of contracting TB, increase the risk any infection
will be more severe <u></u>and<u></u> less
responsive to therapy <u></u>and<u></u> also
exacerbate anaemia in children <u></u>and<u></u>
pregnant women, adding to the death toll from malaria.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A
second measure would be to enhance malaria bed net distribution by tapping into
the infrastructure created by projects such as the Global Programme to
Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis <u></u>and<u></u>
the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">These
community-based initiatives using local volunteers with government support tend
to be well accepted compared with intensive one-off malaria bed net campaigns.
Using them would increase the likelihood that nets would be used to protect
against malaria, while also helping protect from other insect-borne diseases
including lymphatic filariasis. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">But
Prof David Molyneux from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine says:
“The malaria community does not want to either hear or listen, it
seems.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
former head of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, he has
lobbied over a decade for joint working. As he wrote in the Lancet in 2009:
“Although further research might be needed to examine the effect of
linking neglected tropical diseases <u></u>and<u></u>
malaria control on some of the weaker health systems in Africa <u></u>and<u></u> elsewhere, we believe that the evidence for
combining these two approaches is sufficiently mature to scale up combined
neglected tropical disease <u></u>and<u></u>
malaria control initiatives immediately.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">He is
still waiting.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB <u></u>and<u></u>
Malaria, the largest multilateral redistributing funds, said it believed its
financing did help strengthen health systems more broadly in recipient
countries, allowing them to tackle other conditions. But a spokesman said there
was no current direct support: “NTDs do not fall within our m<u></u>and<u></u>ate.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Copyright
The Financial Times Limited 2012.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">LATIN AMERICA AND <u></u>CARIBBEAN<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN">Técnica que facilita detectar el Sida gana
Premio Jorge Manuel Dengo 2012 <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">El
Financiero</span></font></span><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">, <u></u>Costa Rica<u></u></span></font></span><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">.MÓNICA
CORDERO SANCHO<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES">Una
técnica que identifica la presencia de las proteínas que libera un hongo
desarrollado por personas con el Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (SIDA)
ganó el premio Siglo Estrategia XXI: Jorge Manuel Dengo 2012.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES">El
premio reconoce las mejores ideas tecnológicas y científicas desarrolladas por
mentes nacionales.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES">Se
trata de un proyecto desarrollado por la costarricense Sindy Chaves,
microbióloga y profesora de la escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Reno,
Nevada, en Estados Unidos.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES">La
técnica, llamada denominado InMAD (IN vitro Microbial Antigen Discovery), se
aplica de manera similar a las pruebas de embarazo caseras y cuesta menos de
$1. El procedimiento es usado en un proyecto piloto en África.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES">En la
actualidad, Sindy Chaves es profesora invitada del Instituto Tecnológico (TEC)
para trabajar en el Laboratorio de Nanotecnología, donde se diseñan y producen
estructuras a una escala nanométrica, equivalente a una millonésima parte de un
milímetro.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="ES">Ella
modificó la técnica que la hizo acreedora del premio para utilizarla como
componente clave en la elaboración de etiquetas inteligentes que permitirán
detectar el exceso de bacterias en las carnes.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_LatinAmericaCaribbean2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">Un test para detectar el VIH comenzó a
venderse en farmacias de EE.UU. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="FR">El Comercio, Peru<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">OraQuick,
un test casero del VIH aprobado en julio pasado por la agencia estadounidense
de medicamento (FDA), comenzó a venderse el martes en las farmacias de Estados
Unidos desat<u></u>and<u></u>o tanto opiniones a
favor de la prueba como contrarias al uso de esta. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">El
test de la compañía Orasure permitirá a la persona hacerse la prueba del sida
en la intimidad de casa, arroj<u></u>and<u></u>o
los resultados solo 20 minutos después de tomar una pequeña muestra de fluido
oral frot<u></u>and<u></u>o las encías. El kit
cuesta alrededor de 40 dólares.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Según
indicó CNN en Español, después de analizar el fluido, el kit, que funciona como
una prueba casera de embarazo, arrojará negativo (una raya rosada) o positivo
(dos rayas rosadas). En caso de dar positivo, se recomienda a la persona
confirmar los resultados mediante una muestra de sangre.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Daniel
Leyva, director de Comisión Latina para el Sida, dijo a CNN que la prueba
ayudará a que las personas que evitan la vergüenza de acudir al médico conozcan
cuál es su verdadero estado. Los que se oponen a la prueba aseguran que no es
recomendable que una persona se entere sola de una posible infección y que este
paciente requiere de orientación médica y psicológica.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">NORTH AMERICA</span></font></b></span><u></u><span><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Tutu promotes campaign to end child marriage<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Washington</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> Post<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">By
Lisa Rein<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, the South African anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize
winner <u></u>and<u></u> chair of the Elders, a
group of independent global leaders working for human rights, was in <u></u><u></u>Washington<u></u><u></u> on Wednesday
to promote his latest campaign: ending child marriage in the developing world.
In 2011, the Elders created “Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to
End Child Marriage,” which now has 200 members in 38 countries.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Tutu,
81, met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the eve of the
inaugural International Day of the Girl Child at the United Nations. <u></u><u></u>Clinton<u></u><u></u> announced new
government <u></u>and<u></u> private initiatives
to prevent child marriage <u></u>and<u></u>
promote the education of girls, including m<u></u>and<u></u>atory
reporting of the minimum legal age for marriage <u></u>and<u></u>
the rate of child marriage in the State Department’s annual Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Tutu
met with The Post at the Mayflower Hotel before leaving for <u></u><u></u>New York<u></u><u></u>. He started the interview with a
prayer from the Book of Psalms.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Q:
Tell us a little about the campaign <u></u>and<u></u>
the economic <u></u>and<u></u> social forces that
have made child marriage a tradition for so long. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A: We
are really pushing this campaign for ending child marriage by 2030. It’s
prevalent all over what you might call the developing world. It’s in
virtually every African country. I was actually surprised. I used to think it
was something that happened only in <u></u>Asia<u></u>. My
eyes were opened by the fact that the highest incidence is actually in <u></u>Africa<u></u>.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">It is
a tradition where the family recognizes that they will benefit economically
from dowries <u></u>and<u></u> things of that
kind, <u></u>and<u></u> also having one less mouth
to feed. They also think they are concerned for the girl’s virtue, that
she might end up maybe being raped. It’s economic, too. For a new family
[that the woman is married into], you have one extra pair of h<u></u>and<u></u>s.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">But
it is a very debilitating practice. The girl child is not physically, let alone
emotionally, ready to bear a child. The statistics are that girls who give
birth when they are under 15 are five times more likely to die giving birth
than girls of 19 <u></u>and<u></u> over. And their
children are 60 times more likely to die before their first birthday.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Q: Do
the girls themselves ever see any benefit to being married off so young? <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A:
There would be very very few who are likely to say, “I want to do
this.” I think that almost 99.99 percent think no. When we were in <u></u>Ethiopia<u></u>, Mary Robinson [<u></u><u></u>Irel<u></u>and<u></u><u></u><u></u>’s
first female president <u></u>and<u></u> a former
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights] asked one of these child brides,
“What do you remember about your wedding day?” And this child
looked, I mean, on the point of just breaking down. And she said, “It was
the day that I left school.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Now
can you imagine remembering what ought to be the happiest day or your life in
that negative way? “I never went back to school.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Q: Do
you see child marriage as an entry point to fighting other problems in the
developing world? <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A: If
we want to make any headway with the [Millennium] development goals [adopted by
the United Nations in 2000], this is a key issue. All in all, it means that if
we don’t end this practice, this custom, six of the current [goals] will
be out of the question. Extreme poverty <u></u>and<u></u>
hunger, universal primary education, improving the health of women, reducing
the incidence of HIV <u></u>and<u></u> AIDS.
That’s because the husb<u></u>and<u></u> is
much older than his bride <u></u>and<u></u> is
likely to have had several partners. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Q: What has been position of
most governments on child marriage in these countries? <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A:
Almost all of the countries now prohibit marriage before the age of 18. But as
you know, you can have a law on the statute book <u></u>and<u></u>
life on the ground is totally different.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">But
it is important to say to people that this is something that can, in fact, be
ended, when you have a coalition of the right kind of forces. We’ve seen
it happening in <u></u><u></u>Ethiopia<u></u><u></u>.
The religious leaders, the traditional leaders, have set up schemes where they
discuss this with young people, <u></u>and<u></u>
the results have been very, very promising. In a very tradition- bound part of <u></u><u></u>Ethiopia<u></u><u></u>,
change is actually happening.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">We
were also in one of the poorest states in <u></u>India<u></u>,
<u></u>Bihar<u></u>, <u></u>and<u></u>
it was heartwarming to find that young people have organized a petition against
child marriage. And in many of their villages, they are finding allies. The
government provided bicycles for girls so they can ride to school. And school
uniforms. Generally they’ve made it more attractive to remain in school
than not to do so.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Q:
With the United Nations <u></u>and<u></u>
increasing resources behind you, what is the approach to trying to reverse the
practice of child marriage? <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A: We
[have] just come away from a meeting at the State Department. There’s a
government aid commitment, <u></u>and<u></u> there
are also some corporations. The Ford Foundation is committing $25 million over
five years, for example. The U.N. Population Fund has put in $20 million.
MacArthur [Foundation] found $10 million. These are wonderful commitments. We
left that particular meeting with our hearts singing.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">It’s
not just throwing money at the problem. For example, the State Department is
targeting education, to help girl children remain longer in school. It is not
Westerners coming along <u></u>and<u></u>
pontificating. They want to work with the communities on the ground <u></u>and<u></u> be very respectful of traditions <u></u>and<u></u> not come off as the superior know-it-alls.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">They
are intending to have coalitions with people who know the communities.
Organizations do not come along <u></u>and<u></u>
say, “We know how to do it.” The idea is to ensure that the st<u></u>and<u></u>ards are respectful of the customs <u></u>and<u></u> traditions of the community. It isn’t
anything that is being imposed from the top down. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Q:
You have many women in your family. Were they an inspiration to you to focus on
this issue? <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A: We
have three daughters <u></u>and<u></u> seven gr<u></u>and<u></u>children, of whom four are girls. Our daughters
— one is a priest, our youngest. The eldest has a master’s in
public health, she works with AIDS <u></u>and<u></u>
HIV. The other taught in a university. Now she’s going back to school to
do theology. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">They
all went to university. We are fortunate. We want the same for others. Where
they have the ability, for goodness’ sake, the sky should be the limit
for young women. They should reach for the stars!<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_NorthAmerica2"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Zimbabwe</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB"> HIV Activists Push for
Government Accountability <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Voice of <u></u><u></u>America<u></u><u></u> News<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">10/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Sebastian
Mhofu<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">HARARE</span></font></span><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">, <u></u>ZIMBABWE<u></u>
— AIDS activists in <u></u><u></u>Zimbabwe<u></u><u></u>
are dem<u></u>and<u></u>ing the government account
for millions of dollars it is raising through an AIDS-related tax. The
activists defied police orders <u></u>and<u></u>
marched to a government agency they accuse of corruption.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Hundreds
of activists dressed in T-shirts with the words “HIV Positive”
marched to the <u></u>Harare<u></u> offices of <u></u><u></u>Zimbabwe<u></u><u></u>’s
National AIDS Council, a government body managing the three-percent AIDS levy
collected from all workers.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">An
HIV-positive man in his 40s, Douglas Muzanenhamo, said he joined the march to
protest a lack of anti-retroviral drugs, crucial for prolonging the life of HIV
carriers.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">“We
have told them [the government] to provide us with ARVs for a long time. So
they have failed to give us our monthly supplies for ARVs," said
Muzanenhamo. "So we have decided to come here to tell them that we need
our drugs. They go to the press <u></u>and<u></u>
say there ARVs are available, but if you go to the pharmacies <u></u>and<u></u> clinics, they are not available. So we have
decided to come.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Tax
for AIDS tratement, prevention<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Zimbabwe</span></font></span><u></u><u></u><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"> is one of the countries most heavily affected by AIDS,
although the rate of HIV prevalence has dropped in recent years.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">In
1999, the nation became the first in <u></u>Africa<u></u> to
introduce a tax meant to raise money for AIDS treatment <u></u>and<u></u>
prevention programs. But the patients say nothing is reaching them now.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Police
said Tuesday they would not sanction the demonstration, but the activists
refused to give in. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Protester
Spiwe Chabikwa traveled from the city of <u></u><u></u>Bulawayo<u></u><u></u>
for the demonstration, knowing she risked being arrested or assaulted by the
police.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Protest
for accountability<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">It is
our right to demonstrate. The demonstration is not against the government, just
against corruption," said Chabikwa. "Even some people in the police
force are HIV-positive, so we are doing this for the entire nation. Everyone is
affected; the AIDS levy is paid by everyone whether HIV-positive or not."<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Police
maintained their distance as the activists marched <u></u>and<u></u>
petitioned the National AIDS Council. In an interview, council director Tapiwa
Magure said the levy is not being abused.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">"We
are up to date with our audits. There are tight controls, so whoever wants to
demonstrate must come to use. All I am saying is, we are more than ready to
explain everything," said Tapiwa.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">He
might be ready to explain, but the activists are more interested in getting
access to anti-retroviral drugs. The activist group Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human
Rights has petitioned the National AIDS Council dem<u></u>and<u></u>ing
that the agency release information related to how the AIDS levy is being
administered.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_NorthAmerica4"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">4<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">The Potential Impact of Pre-Exposure
Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men <u></u>and<u></u> Transwomen in <u></u><u></u>Lima<u></u>, <u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u>:
A Mathematical Modelling Study <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">PLoS Medicine<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">09/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Gabriela
B. Gomez1,2#, Annick Borquez1#*, Carlos F. Caceres3,4, Eddy R. Segura4, Robert
M. Grant5, Geoff P. Garnett1, Timothy B. Hallett1<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">1
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health,
Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 2 Amsterdam Institute for Global
Health <u></u>and<u></u> Development, Amsterdam,
The Netherl<u></u>and<u></u>s, 3 Instituto de
Estudios en Salud, Sexualidad y Desarrollo Humano, Lima, Peru, 4 Universidad
Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 5 Gladstone Institutes, University of
California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of
America<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Abstract
<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Background<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">HIV
pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the use of antiretroviral drugs by uninfected
individuals to prevent HIV infection, has demonstrated effectiveness in preventing
acquisition in a high-risk population of men who have sex with men (MSM).
Consequently, there is a need to underst<u></u>and<u></u>
if <u></u>and<u></u> how PrEP can be used
cost-effectively to prevent HIV infection in such populations.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Methods
<u></u>and<u></u> Findings<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">We
developed a mathematical model representing the HIV epidemic among MSM <u></u>and<u></u> transwomen (male-to-female transgender
individuals) in <u></u><u></u>Lima<u></u>, <u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u>, as a test case. PrEP
effectiveness in the model is assumed to result from the combination of a
“conditional efficacy” parameter <u></u>and<u></u>
an adherence parameter. Annual operating costs from a health provider
perspective were based on the US Centers for Disease Control <u></u>and<u></u> Prevention interim guidelines for PrEP use. The
model was used to investigate the population-level impact, cost, <u></u>and<u></u> cost-effectiveness of PrEP under a range of
implementation scenarios. The epidemiological impact of PrEP is largely driven
by programme characteristics. For a modest PrEP coverage of 5%, over 8% of
infections could be averted in a programme prioritising those at higher risk <u></u>and<u></u> attaining the adherence levels of the
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiative study. Across all scenarios, the highest
estimated cost per disability-adjusted life year averted (uniform strategy for
a coverage level of 20%, US$1,036–US$4,254) is below the World Health
Organization recommended threshold for cost-effective interventions, while only
certain optimistic scenarios (low coverage of 5% <u></u>and<u></u>
some or high prioritisation) are likely to be cost-effective using the World
Bank threshold. The impact of PrEP is reduced if those on PrEP decrease condom
use, but only extreme behaviour changes among non-adherers (over 80% reduction
in condom use) <u></u>and<u></u> a low PrEP
conditional efficacy (40%) would adversely impact the epidemic. However, PrEP
will not arrest HIV transmission in isolation because of its incomplete
effectiveness <u></u>and<u></u> dependence on
adherence, <u></u>and<u></u> because the high cost
of programmes limits the coverage levels that could potentially be attained.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Conclusions<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">A
strategic PrEP intervention could be a cost-effective addition to existing HIV
prevention strategies for MSM populations. However, despite being
cost-effective, a substantial expenditure would be required to generate
significant reductions in incidence.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Editors'
Summary<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Background<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Without
a vaccine, the only ways to halt the global HIV epidemic are prevention
strategies that reduce transmission of the HIV virus. Up until recently,
behavioral strategies such as condom use <u></u>and<u></u>
reduction of sexual partners have been at the center of HIV prevention. In the
past few years, several biological prevention measures have also been shown to
be effective in reducing (though not completely preventing) HIV transmission.
These include male circumcision, treatment for prevention (giving antiretroviral
drugs to HIV-infected people, before they need it for their own health, to
reduce their infectiousness) <u></u>and<u></u>
pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP), in which HIV-negative people use
antiretroviral drugs to protect themselves from infection. One PrEP regimen (a
daily pill containing two different antiretrovirals) has been shown in a
clinical trial to reduce new infections by 44% in of men who have sex with men
(MSM). In July 2012, the US Food <u></u>and<u></u>
Drug Administration approved this PrEP regimen to reduce the risk of HIV
infection in uninfected men <u></u>and<u></u>
women who are at high risk of HIV infection <u></u>and<u></u>
who may engage in sexual activity with HIV-infected partners. The approval
makes it clear that PrEP needs to be used in combination with safe sex
practices.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Why
Was This Study Done?<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Clinical
trials have shown that PrEP can reduce HIV infections among participants, but
they have not examined the consequences PrEP could have at the population
level. Before decision-makers can decide whether to invest in PrEP programs,
they need to know about the costs <u></u>and<u></u>
benefits at the population level. Besides the price of the drug itself, the
costs include HIV testing before starting PrEP, as well as regular tests
thereafter. The health benefits of reducing new HIV infections are calculated
in “disability-adjusted life years” (or DALYs) averted. One DALY is
equal to one year of healthy life lost. Other benefits include future savings
in lifelong HIV/AIDS treatment for every person whose infection is prevented by
PrEP.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">This
study estimates the potential costs <u></u>and<u></u>
health benefits of several hypothetical PrEP roll-out scenarios among the
community of MSM in <u></u><u></u>Lima<u></u>, <u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u>. The scientists chose this
community because many of the participants in the clinical trial that showed
that PrEP can reduce infections came from this community, <u></u>and<u></u> they therefore have some knowledge on how PrEP
affects HIV infection rates <u></u>and<u></u>
behavior in this population. Because the HIV epidemic in <u></u>Lima<u></u>
is concentrated among MSM, similar to most of <u></u>Latin
America<u></u> <u></u>and<u></u> several other
developed countries, the results might also be relevant for the evaluation of
PrEP in other places.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">What
Did the Researchers Do <u></u>and<u></u> Find?<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">For
their scenarios, the researchers looked at “high coverage” <u></u>and<u></u> “low coverage” scenarios, in which
20% <u></u>and<u></u> 5% of uninfected individuals
use PrEP, respectively. They also divided the MSM community into those at lower
risk of becoming infected <u></u>and<u></u> those
at higher risk. The latter group consisted of transwomen at higher risk
(transsexuals <u></u>and<u></u> transvestites with
many sexual partners) <u></u>and<u></u> male sex
workers. In a “uniform coverage” scenario, PrEP is equally
distributed among all MSM. “Prioritized scenarios” cover transwomen
at higher risk <u></u>and<u></u> sex workers
preferentially. Two additional important factors for the estimated benefits are
treatment adherence (i.e., whether people take the pills they have been
prescribed faithfully over long periods of time even though they are not sick) <u></u>and<u></u> changes in risk behavior (i.e., whether the
perceived protection provided by PrEP leads to more unprotected sex).<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
cost estimates for PrEP included the costs of the drug itself <u></u>and<u></u> HIV tests prior to PrEP prescription <u></u>and<u></u> at three-month intervals thereafter, as well as
outreach <u></u>and<u></u> counseling services <u></u>and<u></u> condom <u></u>and<u></u>
lubricant promotion <u></u>and<u></u> provision.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">To
judge whether under the various scenarios PrEP is cost-effective, the
researchers applied two commonly used but different cost-effectiveness
thresholds. The World Health Organization's WHO-CHOICE initiative considers an
intervention cost-effective if its cost is less than three times the gross
domestic product (GDP) per capita per DALY averted. For <u></u><u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u>, this means an intervention
should cost less than US$16,302 per DALY. The World Bank has more stringent
criteria: it considers an intervention cost-effective for a middle-income
country like <u></u><u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u>
if it costs less than US$500 per DALY averted.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
researchers estimate that PrEP is cost-effective in <u></u><u></u>Lima<u></u><u></u>'s MSM population for most scenarios by
WHO-CHOICE guidelines. Only scenarios that prioritize PrEP to those most likely
to become infected (i.e., transwomen at higher risk <u></u>and<u></u>
sex workers) are cost-effective (<u></u>and<u></u>
only barely) by the more stringent World Bank criteria. If the savings on
antiretroviral drugs to treat people with HIV (those who would have become
infected without PrEP) are included in the calculation, most scenarios become
cost-effective, even under World Bank criteria.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
most cost-effective scenario, namely, having a modest coverage of 5%,
prioritizing PrEP to transwomen at higher risk <u></u>and<u></u>
sex workers, <u></u>and<u></u> assuming fairly
high adherence levels among PrEP recipients, is estimated to avert about 8% of
new infections among this community over ten years.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">What
Do these Findings Mean?<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">These
findings suggest that under some circumstances, PrEP could be a cost-effective
tool to reduce new HIV infections. However, as the researchers discuss, PrEP is
expensive <u></u>and<u></u> only partly effective.
Moreover, its effectiveness depends on two behavioral factors—adherence
to a strict drug regimen <u></u>and<u></u> continued
practicing of safe sex—both of which remain hard to predict. As a
consequence, PrEP alone is not a valid strategy to prevent new HIV infections.
It needs instead to be considered as one of several available tools. If <u></u>and<u></u> when PrEP is chosen as part of an integrated
prevention strategy will depend on the specific target population, the overall
funds available, <u></u>and<u></u> how well its
cost-effectiveness compares with other prevention measures.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Additional
Information<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Please
access these websites via the online version of this summary at
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1</a>001323.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Information
is available from the US National Institute of Allergy <u></u>and<u></u>
Infectious Diseases on HIV infection <u></u>and<u></u>
AIDS <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">NAM/aidsmap
provides basic information about HIV/AIDS, summaries of recent research
findings on HIV care <u></u>and<u></u> treatment, <u></u>and<u></u> a section on PrEP <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Information
is available from Avert, an international AIDS charity, on many aspects of
HIV/AIDS, including HIV prevention <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">AVAC
Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention provides up-to-date information on HIV
prevention, including PrEP <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
US Centers for Disease Control <u></u>and<u></u>
Prevention also has information on PrEP <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">The
World Health Organization has a page on its WHO-CHOICE criteria for
cost-effectiveness <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Citation:
Gomez GB, Borquez A, Caceres CF, Segura ER, Grant RM, et al. </span></font></span><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">(2012) The Potential Impact of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for
HIV Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men <u></u>and<u></u>
Transwomen in <u></u><u></u>Lima<u></u>, <u></u>Peru<u></u><u></u>: A Mathematical Modelling
Study. PLoS Med 9(10): e1001323. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001323<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Academic
Editor: Joshua A. Salomon, <u></u>Harvard<u></u> <u></u>School<u></u> of Public Health, United States of <u></u><u></u>America<u></u><u></u>
<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Received:
July 21, 2011; Accepted: August 24, 2012; Published: October 9, 2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Copyright:
© 2012 Gomez et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use,
distribution, <u></u>and<u></u> reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author <u></u>and<u></u>
source are credited.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Funding:
This work was principally funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Additional funding: the Medical Research Council <u></u><u></u>UK<u></u><u></u>, The Wellcome Trust, US National
Institutes of Health, <u></u>and<u></u> The
Gladstone Institutes. The funders had no role in study design, data collection <u></u>and<u></u> analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of
the manuscript.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Competing
interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN">Abbreviations:
ART, antiretroviral treatment; ARV, antiretroviral; DALY, disability-adjusted
life year; GDP, gross domestic product; iPrEx, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Initiative; MMSM, men who mostly have sex with men; MMSW, men who mostly have
sex with women; MSM, men who have sex with men; PrEP, HIV pre-exposure
prophylaxis; WHO-CHOICE, World Health Organization Choosing Interventions That
Are Cost-Effective<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">*
E-mail: <a href="mailto:annick.borquez06@imperial.ac.uk" target="_blank">annick.borquez06@imperial.ac.uk</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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These authors contributed equally to this work. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">Increased country ownership to ensure long
term sustainability of HIV services in <u></u><u></u>Ukraine<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">10/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Representatives from the
UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) visited Ukraine from 4-5 October to
learn about its National AIDS Programme <u></u>and<u></u>
to experience first-h<u></u>and<u></u> the
progress made <u></u>and<u></u> the challenges
remaining in the country’s AIDS response. This was the first visit of the
UNAIDS governing body to the Eastern Europe <u></u>and<u></u>
<u></u>Central Asia<u></u> region.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The PCB delegation met
with the Vice-Prime Minister <u></u>and<u></u>
Minister of Health of Ukraine, Dr Raisa Bogatyryova, as well as with other
government officials, development partners, civil society <u></u>and<u></u> community representatives—including
members of national <u></u>and<u></u> regional
networks of people living with HIV—<u></u>and<u></u>
with the UN Country Team <u></u>and<u></u> the
Joint Team on AIDS.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The meeting with Dr
Bogatyryova offered an opportunity to discuss the concept of shared
responsibility <u></u>and<u></u> to explore ways
in which domestic financing could be strengthened.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The Ukrainian Government
has increased the domestic investments for HIV by 10-fold (between 2005 <u></u>and<u></u> 2010), <u></u>and<u></u>
has succeeded in increasing external financing especially for HIV prevention,
care <u></u>and<u></u> support programmes for key
populations. Yet, 50% of the country’s AIDS response remains dependent on
donor financing.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">“The current
situation in <u></u><u></u>Ukraine<u></u><u></u>
is confirming the importance of the country’s decision for the state
leadership <u></u>and<u></u> accountability in our
joint fight against HIV,” said the Vice-Prime Minister Bogatyryova.
“We are committed to further scale up HIV treatment <u></u>and<u></u> prevention in <u></u><u></u>Ukraine<u></u><u></u> with a new national AIDS
strategy for the next five years,” she added.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The Delegation <u></u>and<u></u> the Vice-Prime Minister talked about the need to
scale up HIV prevention <u></u>and<u></u>
treatment services as the current HIV treatment programme in the country is
meeting the needs of only 25% of people eligible. They also highlighted the
importance of creating an enabling environment to facilitate access to HIV
services to key populations at higher risk of infection such as sex workers,
people who use drugs <u></u>and<u></u> men who
have sex with men.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><u></u><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ukraine</span></font><u></u><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> is
experiencing the most severe HIV epidemic in <u></u>Eastern
Europe<u></u> with an estimated 230 000 people living with HIV. Injecting
drug use remains the leading cause of HIV infection in the country, with an HIV
prevalence of 21.5 % among people who inject drugs.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The members of the Delegation had the
opportunity to visit several health facilities to see the work being done on
the ground. In the <u></u><u></u>Kiev<u></u><u></u>
city AIDS clinic, for example, the government <u></u>and<u></u>
civil society partners are providing services for people living with HIV <u></u>and<u></u> people who use drugs—including HIV <u></u>and<u></u> TB treatment, substitution maintenance therapy
(SMT) <u></u>and<u></u> psychological support.
Also in <u></u><u></u>Kiev<u></u><u></u>,
the Lavra Clinic, is a specialised medical facility that provides clinical care
to HIV-positive patients, <u></u>and<u></u> has a
drop-in community centre which offers HIV testing, prevention <u></u>and<u></u> care for people who use drugs, sex workers <u></u>and<u></u> transgender people.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The delegation also interacted with
women at the maternity clinic of the Kiev City Center of Reproductive Health <u></u>and<u></u> Perinatology, which provides services to stop
new HIV infections among children as well as substitution maintenance therapy
to pregnant women who also use drugs. They also talked to the service providers
(medical professionals, psychologists, outreach <u></u>and<u></u>
social workers, <u></u>and<u></u> volunteers) to
learn more about their activities <u></u>and<u></u>
challenges they face.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Efforts to stop new HIV infections
among children <u></u>and<u></u> keeping their
mothers alive have yielded positive results in <u></u><u></u>Ukraine<u></u><u></u> where 96% of pregnant women
living with HIV received antiretroviral prophylaxis in 2011. Mother-to-child
transmission of HIV was reduced from 28% in 2001 to 4.7% in 2009.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Throughout the visit, the delegation
highlighted the key role played by civil society organizations in advocating
for, <u></u>and<u></u> providing HIV services for
key populations, care <u></u>and<u></u> support to
people living with HIV, <u></u>and<u></u> in
reducing stigma <u></u>and<u></u> discrimination
towards affected communities.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“I have seen civil society in
action in this region <u></u>and<u></u> I must say
that it is particularly strong in <u></u><u></u>Ukraine<u></u><u></u>. The partnership between
civil society organizations <u></u>and<u></u> national
<u></u>and<u></u> local governments is essential
in order to further scale up <u></u>and<u></u>
sustain HIV services for the most vulnerable populations in <u></u>Ukraine<u></u>,” said Matt Southwell, the PCB NGO
representative for <u></u>Europe<u></u>.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">“The PCB field visit to <u></u>Ukraine<u></u> was an excellent opportunity to expose
the delegation to the particular challenges of one of UNAIDS high impact
countries <u></u>and<u></u> the most severe
epidemic in <u></u>Europe<u></u>,” said Jan Beagle,
UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Management <u></u>and<u></u>
Governance. “The members of the delegation were also able to witness the
critical role of UNAIDS in leading the Joint UN Team with the support of the
Resident Coordinator <u></u>and<u></u> UN Country
Team.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The PCB delegation was composed of
the Deputy Minister of Health of Pol<u></u>and<u></u>
<u></u>and<u></u> PCB Chair, the PCB Vice Chair
from India, delegates from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Togo,
the Islamic Republic of Iran <u></u>and<u></u> El
Salvador, the European NGO constituency, three UNAIDS cosponsoring agencies
(WHO, UNODC, UNFPA), <u></u>and<u></u> the UNAIDS
Deputy Executive Director, Management <u></u>and<u></u>
Governance.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><a name="13a4faa6424c8ce1_FromUNAIDSorg02"><b><font color="white" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">2<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">The hopes <u></u>and<u></u>
dreams of young women growing up with HIV <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="EN-GB">UNAIDS<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#e93e35" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#e93e35" lang="ES-TRAD">11/10/2012<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font color="#ff99cc" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#ff99cc" lang="ES-TRAD"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">A group of nine inspirational young women born with HIV recently came
together at UNAIDS headquarters in <u></u><u></u>Geneva<u></u><u></u>
to share their experiences <u></u>and<u></u> to build
a foundation for work in the future. The gathering was part of a broader agenda
to promote <u></u>and<u></u> protect the human
rights, especially the sexual <u></u>and<u></u>
reproduction health <u></u>and<u></u> rights, of
all women living with HIV. This is their message to the world which they would
like to share on the first ever International Day of the Girl Child</span></font></i></span><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Our
Dreams<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">We
are the first generation of babies born <u></u>and<u></u>
to grow up living with HIV. Today, we are young women with dreams for our
communities which we come from <u></u>and<u></u>
the world we want to create. Telling our story is difficult but we use our
personal experiences to change, impact <u></u>and<u></u>
shape the world we live in.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">As
unique as we are, we are growing up to be wives, lovers, mothers, caregivers,
mentors, professionals, <u></u>and<u></u> world
leaders. We want to be alive, not just to live, but have a right to whole-full
lives as girls <u></u>and<u></u> women filled with
desires, aspirations, sexualities <u></u>and<u></u>
emotions. To achieve our dreams we need a fair, protective <u></u>and<u></u> supportive world; we refuse to live in isolation.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Whether
the world likes it, we are sexual beings <u></u>and<u></u>
have a right to have babies. We are willing to take on the responsibility to go
through a tough process to become pregnant, carry our babies for nine months <u></u>and<u></u> deliver them safely <u></u>and<u></u>
healthy. We are determined to do what it takes to keep our children healthy <u></u>and<u></u> free of HIV for the rest of their lives. To
achieve this we need accessible, on-going quality health care <u></u>and<u></u> services that cater to our choices <u></u>and<u></u> decisions. We want HIV to stop with us.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">We live in
communities filled with discrimination <u></u>and<u></u>
prejudices that comes in all forms. First <u></u>and<u></u>
foremost, our health care setting is filled with doctors <u></u>and<u></u>
nurses who are still misinformed <u></u>and<u></u>
uninformed, <u></u>and<u></u> they carry their own
prejudices <u></u>and<u></u> judgments against us.
We dem<u></u>and<u></u> that our families be
supportive <u></u>and<u></u> invest in our lives.
The final decision to disclose our HIV status belongs to us <u></u>and<u></u> only us, not to our families, partners, friends,
health care providers or educators. As much as we are HIV positive, we are
still sisters, aunts, mothers, <u></u>and<u></u>
gr<u></u>and<u></u>mothers of nations. The world
is blind <u></u>and<u></u> ignorant that we are
growing up with HIV <u></u>and<u></u> becoming
adults, <u></u>and<u></u> our communities,
including the HIV community, have not yet accepted us as young women born with
HIV.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">We deserve to
love <u></u>and<u></u> to be loved. Love free of
abuse, emotional torture, unfair treatment; rather love which is compromising,
dignified, compassionate, kind <u></u>and<u></u>
empowering. Together as partners we can share the responsibility to keep each other
safe; we don’t pass HIV to our partners <u></u>and<u></u>
they don’t pass any sexually transmitted infections to us <u></u>and<u></u> together we don’t infect each other.
Communication is vital for healthy partner relationships, respect <u></u>and<u></u> trust.<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">We have
solutions <u></u>and<u></u> we are the future.
Together, we st<u></u>and<u></u> tall <u></u>and<u></u> fight as one. <u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.0pt"><span><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">Cristina, USA / Grissel, USA / Kristofina, Namibia / Juliana, Kenya /
Lweendo, Zambia / Maryliza, South Sudan / Matilda, UK / Maureen, UK / Yana,
Ukraine<u></u><u></u></span></font></i></span></p>
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