Gestos is now the alternate delegate for Latin America and the Caribbean Region (2012/2013) in the UNAIDS Programm Coordinating Board (PCB).
From our Ungass-AIDS Group, we have also Mabel Bianco as delegate for the same regions in the PCB NGO Delegation. After each meeting, the group of NGO delegates, elaboate a document that aim to keep all SC in the world well informed about what happened in the PCB and how the NGO delegation reacted/ what we have proposed.
So, I would like to invite you to read it carefully. And please let us know in case you have doubts. I also suggest that you read all related documents, that you can follow through the hiperlink in the text.
Good reading! And please help us to disseminate this document among your networks.
Alessandra Nilo
GESTOS
Report from the Latin American Regional Consultation on Progress towards Universal Access for Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Support for HIV/AIDS.
Globally, an estimated 14.6 million people in low and middle-income countries are living with HIV and need HIV treatment now. Only 5.25 million of these people (approximately one-third) have access to HIV treatment. In Latin America, an estimated 950,000 people need HIV treatment and 478,000 (51%) have access.
Women In Kenya between 15-49 years infected with HIV comprise of 8.8% compared to men of the same age-group which is 7.4%. Overall, women are more likely (8.4%) to be infected with HIV than men (5.4).
The Heads of States and Government Representatives recognize that HIV/AIDS constitutes a global emergency and poses one of the most formidable challenges to the development, progress and stability of our respective societies and the world at large, and requires an exceptional and comprehensive global response.
"We,heads of State and Government and representatives of States and Governments,assembled at theUnited Nations,from 25 to 27June 2001,for thetwenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly,convened in accordance with resolution55/13 of 3 November 2000,as a matter of urgency,to reviewand address the problem of H IV/AIDS in all its aspects."