[Viva] Fwd: People living with HIV call for stronger focus on access to quality treatment, human rights and involvement

[Margarite Sanchez]

This just in from the LIVING 2012 positive leadership summit.
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From: GNP+ Communications <communications at gnpplus.net>
Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Subject: People living with HIV call for stronger focus on access to
quality treatment, human rights and involvement
To: margaritesanchez at gmail.com


*Washington DC/ Amsterdam, 20 July 2012*: LIVING2012 : the Positive
Leadership Summit ended today on a high note with people living with
HIV making a strong call to global leaders in the HIV response to
increase access to quality treatment, protect and promote the rights
of people living with HIV and involve people with HIV in scaling up
the HIV response.

People living with HIV from 85 countries met for the last two days in
Washington DC at this 13th International Conference for people living
with HIV, an official preconference to AIDS2012.

“LIVING2012 has been an amazing opportunity for people living with
HIV to meet and discuss the issues that matter the most to all of
us,” said Kevin Moody, CEO of the Global Network of People living
with HIV (GNP+). “These global meetings are essential to determine
common ground amongst people living with HIV and to define how the HIV
response can be more effective, efficient and inclusive.”

During the Summit, discussions focused on three areas of concern to
people living with HIV: Access to Treatment, Prevention, Care and
Support; Human Rights; and Community Development and Activism.

Around these themes, people living with HIV called for protective laws
to be implemented, enforced and monitored by all governments and other
agencies. Human rights protections must include equality for women,
men having sex with men, LGBT populations, sex workers and people who
use drugs. The strong consensus was that stigma and discrimination, in
particular HIV criminalization, is a violation of human dignity
impeding the HIV response at all levels.

With participants from many different countries, all had different
experiences regarding access to treatment, prevention, care and
support. However, there was a strong demand that access to quality
treatment and prevention should be available to all people and
inclusive of all key populations. This access can only be achieved
effectively when it happens under the umbrella of Positive Health,
Dignity and Prevention.

In addition, the preventive effects of quality treatment are an
important opportunity to make great leaps in stopping new infections.
However, there was no consensus formed because of concerns about the
lack of scientific evidence for early treatment; issues regarding
possible human rights violations; and the need to focus access to
treatment based on medical needs of people living with HIV first,
rather than public health concerns.

LIVING2012 participants called on the community of people living with
HIV to be inclusive in their activism and leadership to be able to
effectively address the needs of all people living with HIV,
specifically youth, women and members of key populations such as men
who have sex with men, sex workers and people who use drugs.

Participants at LIVING2012 will bring forward these messages to
AIDS2012 to discuss and highlight the real needs of people living with
HIV during workshops and other sessions. In addition, people will take
back to their communities these combined learning experiences and
advocacy messages.

*LIVING2012, the 13th International Conference of People living with
HIV*, is organized by the Global Network of People living with HIV
(GNP+) <http://www.gnpplus.net/>
. The LIVING2012 conference and process is supported by the LIVING
Partnership, a consortium of organizations committed to strengthening
the movement of people living with HIV and their communities. Read
more at www.living2012.org <http://www.living2012.org/>
 or http://www.gnpplus.net

*For more information: * Manuel da Quinta, at daquintam at unaids.org
<mailto:daquintam at unaids.org>
, or Tel: +221 77 450 2369 or Martin Stolk, at mstolk at gnpplus.net
<mailto:mstolk at gnpplus.net>
, or Tel: +31 6 1991 2406



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