Reclaiming Our Lives !
GNP+ is the global network for and by people living with HIV. GNP+ advocates to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV. As a network of networks, GNP+ is driven by the needs of people living with HIV worldwide. Based on emancipation and self-determination, GNP+ works with independent and autonomous regional and national networks of people living with HIV in all continents.
Under the central theme Reclaiming Our Lives!, GNP+ implements an evidence-informed advocacy programme focused on:
- Empowerment (Click here for more);
- Human Rights (Click here for more);
- Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (Click here for more); and
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of people living with HIV (Click here for more).
Civil Society at 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting
Monday, 15 June 2009 02:00
Windhoek, Namibia, 9 June 2009: GNP+ and UNAIDS held a Civil Society Pre-Meeting to the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting in Windhoek, Namibia. The pre-Meeting aimed to strengthen the participation of civil society attendees to the conference and increase its active participation. The Implementers’ Meeting is an annual conference that focuses on implementation of best practices and lessons learnt for HIV implementers worldwide. The Meeting is co-sponsored by the Global Fund, GNP+, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank. The 2009 theme is Optimising the response: Partnerships for Sustainability.
New Travel Restrictions against People with HIV in US and Czech Republic
Friday, 12 June 2009 14:19
GNP+ together with partners GNP+ NA and EATG has published news releases to the international community on new travel restrictions against people living with HIV in the United States and the Czech Republic respectively.
According to information received, as of June 1, 2009 to enter the United States, Canadians living with HIV wishing to enter the US have to go through a visa application procedure including a face to face interview, where they have to declare they are HIV asymptomatic, have received counseling on how to prevent HIV transmission, and agree to practice safe sex, amongst other things.
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Nouvelles Procédures d'Immigration des États-Unis Non-productives Et Discriminatoire 104.35 Kb
Also with effect from June 1, 2009, Czech visa applicants from Congo, Kenya, Moldova, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Vietnam will have to present health certificates, showing that they do not suffer from tuberculosis and syphilis and that they are not living with HIV. GNP+ and EATG urge the Czech Republic Government to repeal these new immigration procedures as they are stigmatising, discriminatory and have no public health rationale.
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GNP+ participates in refocusing UNAIDS on Universal Access
Friday, 12 June 2009 13:50
GNP+ this spring participated actively in the UNAIDS E-dialogue on Universal Access. GNP+ provided input into the electronic discussions around most at risk groups, mobilizing partnerships for collective action and building mutual accountability, and the future role of UNAIDS in a changing global environment. GNP+ responses were well received. The input to the discussions was summed up in a final report that was submitted to UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. This report is to be extensively drawn upon for the upcoming Leadership Agenda.
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