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Recommendations from the National Workshop on Children Living with HIV 3rd-4th May 2006.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
The India HIV/AIDS Alliance hosted a National Workshop on Working with
Children Living with HIV/AIDS on 3rd and 4th May 2006 in New Delhi. The key
objectives of this workshop were to enhance understanding about issues of
children living with HIV/AIDS and to develop practical programme and policy
recommendations for providing care, support and treatment to children living with HIV.
This workshop was well attended by over 70 participants from 6 states in India.
The workshop had representatives from the National AIDS Control Organisation
(NACO), WHO, UNICEF UNAIDS, DFID, EU and the Delhi State AIDS Control Society. Programme staff from over 38 NGOS, working in the field of HIV/AIDS,
participated in the deliberations of the workshop.
The first day’s programme comprised two plenary sessions which focused on
providing an overview of the current situation facing HIV positive children in India, current government responses to the situation, and programming responses from civil society. Plenary presentations were made by WHO, UNICEF, Family Health International, the Clinton Foundation, NAZ Foundation India, MAMTA, SEARCH and the India HIV/AIDS Alliance. This was followed by case study discussions and group work on five thematic issues (health & nutrition, stigma & discrimination, education, protection, and psychosocial support), in which children also participated. The second day focused on policy issues relating to positive children.
Presentations were made on the key recommendations arising from the group work and on findings from the Alliance’s draft Children and HIV/AIDS Policy Review. A panel discussion comprising representatives of government, UN agencies, positive networks and NGOs, further discussed and refined the list of recommendations for practical action from the meeting.
This list of recommendations could be viewed in this page.
