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).
Condoms remain critical to HIV prevention efforts
Friday, 20 March 2009 02:00
Condoms are an integral and essential part of HIV prevention and care programmes, and their promotion must be accelerated say the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) and the International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or personally Affected by HIV and AIDS (INERELA+).
GNP+ and INERELA+ deeply regret Pope Benedict XVI’s statement made this week in a press conference held on the papal flight en route to Yaoundé, Cameroon that the ‘AIDS tragedy cannot be overcome by money alone, cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which can even increase the problem’.
Rev. JP Mokgethi-Heath, Acting Executive Director of INERELA+ said: ‘Abstinence and mutual fidelity are highly effective means of reducing sexual exposure to HIV, but they must be promoted within a comprehensive prevention strategy that includes all effective methods. Condoms are an essential part of this overall strategy .”
Kevin Moody, International Coordinator and CEO of GNP+ concurred: ‘Condoms are an essential tool in promoting, attaining and maintaining the sexual and reproductive health of everyone, including people living with HIV. Over a quarter of a century into the epidemic, it is sad that we are still debating whether or not condoms should be part of the prevention effort.’
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