[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655637510{margin-top: -15px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]UNAIDS Executive Director urges to close the gap and end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Oussama Tawil, UNAIDS Country Coordinator on how we need to address stigma and discrimination in healthcare, education and employment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Oscar Fernandes, Minister of Road Transport and Highways and President, Forum of Parliamentarians on HIV/AIDS
Through involving panchayat leaders in spreading awareness about HIV/ AIDS at the grassroots, infection rates have declined by 50 percent.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]J.D. Seelam, Minister of State (Revenue) and Secretary General, Forum of Parliamentarians on HIV/AIDS says the most important step for India is to enact the draft Bill on protecting the human rights of people affected by HIV and ensuring their rehabilitation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Members of the Indian Parliament share their views on what needs to be done to address the challenge of HIV/ AIDS in India
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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kousalya Periasamy, President, Positive Women’s Network says social protection is very important for women living with HIV who comprise 40 percent of the affected population.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Prasada Rao, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for AIDS in the Asia Pacific calls the recent Indian Court judgment on criminalizing homosexuality a setback for the movement to reduce the spread of HIV/ AIDS in the region.
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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Lov Verma, Secretary, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on policies to address HIV/AIDS in India.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Gautam Yadav, Board Member, UNAIDS Youth Advisory Forum, on the importance of spreading awareness among young people on HIV/AIDS[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé says that for the first time we can see the end to a devastating epidemic… read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]