GNP+ Noticias y Declaraciones

Violation of human rights and breaches of medical confidentiality by the Greek Police and Health Authorities

Martes 15 de Mayo de 2012 16:16

Joint news release GNP+ and NSWP

As part of a Government authorised crackdown on hundreds of unlicensed brothels around Greece, sex workers are being arrested, submitted to forced HIV testing and facing criminal charges without recourse to due process, as well as being publically identified in the media.

As a result of these actions women are to face prosecution on charges of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm merely because they are HIV positive. There is no proof of exposure or transmission to others nor is it clear that any of these women knew their HIV status prior to this test. They are facing further charges for misdemeanours related to alleged illegal prostitution.

LIVING 2012: Self Supporting Applications Extended

Viernes 27 de Abril de 2012 16:53

The Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) and the LIVING 2012 partnership have extended the possibility for self supporting participants to apply for LIVING 2012: The Positive Leadership Summit.

Applications for self supporting participation can now be made at www.LIVING2012.org/register in English, French and Spanish.

LIVING 2012, the 13^th International conference of people living with HIV, will be held in Washington DC, USA on 19 and 20 July, 2012. LIVING 2012 is an official preconference to AIDS 2012, the 19^th International AIDS Conference that will take place from 22 to 26 July 2012.

GNP+ welcomes new WHO Couple HIV Testing and Counselling Guidelines

Miércoles 25 de Abril de 2012 16:02

The Global Network of People living with HIV welcomes the release of the World Health Organization’s “Guidance on Couples HIV Testing and Counselling and Antiretroviral Therapy for Treatment (ART) and Prevention in Serodiscordant Couples: Recommendations for a public health approach”. The new Guidance recommends increased offering of HIV testing and counselling to couples, with support for mutual disclosure. Other recommendations include offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV prevention to HIV-discordant couples.

GNP+ supports the specific attention paid in the Guidance to the sexual and reproductive health and rights of serodiscordant couples. Following a study amongst HIV-discordant couples conducted in 2009[i], GNP+ concluded that the needs of HIV-discordant couples have received insufficient attention in the research and policy agenda.

World TB Day 2012: GNP+ calls for a client centered approach to TB diagnosis, treatment and care

Viernes 23 de Marzo de 2012 12:09

24 March, 2012: The Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) recognises this World TB Day, the annual day to focus attention on tuberculosis, by calling for a paradigm shift to address the world’s leading cause of death for people living with HIV.

According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for one in four HIV-related deaths. Globally, around one third of all people living with HIV also have TB. While people living with HIV, and especially children, are 21-34 times more likely to develop active TB due to a weakened immune response, the loss of 350,000 people living with HIV in 2010[i] to a curable disease is unacceptable.

International Woman’s Day 2012: GNP+ calls for more protection of women’s and girls’ rights in the HIV response

Jueves 08 de Marzo de 2012 16:23

8 March 2012 - The Global Network of people living with HIV (GNP+) urges all stakeholders in the HIV response to better utilize opportunities to promote the health and dignity of women and girls, living with and affected by HIV.

“A lot more can be done to promote women´s and girls´ rights as part of the HIV response,” says GNP+ co-chair Anna Zakowicz.