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).
Media statement AIDS2010: Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention
Monday, 19 July 2010 18:38
Thoughts about HIV prevention with people living with HIV has undergone a revolution. The new concept of 'Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention' focuses on improving and maintaining the dignity of the person living with HIV, which has a positive impact on the person's health, and which, in turn, creates and enabling environment that will reduce the likelihood of new HIV infections.
Statement on Austrian Laws Impacting People Living with HIV
Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:10
Local and international organizers for the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) look forward to welcoming delegates to Vienna this month.
As delegates plan their stay in Vienna, this short statement provides an overview of some Austrian laws that impact on people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). The organizers of AIDS 2010 recommend that conference delegates read this statement to understand their legal position with respect to these areas of law. There are two key points in this statement:
- Intentional and negligent acts capable of transmission of HIV are criminal offences in Austria;
- Legal risks can be minimized through safer sex and safer injecting practices.
Joint Statement Austrian Laws Affecting People living with HIV (0,06 Mb)
Namibia lifts travel restrictions against people living with HIV
Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:50
International civil society and networks of people living with HIV welcome the formal announcement from the Namibian Minister of Home affairs, the Honourable Rosalia Nghidinwa, to remove from its Immigration Control Regulation all HIV related immigration barriers for people living with HIV.
With immediate effect, people living with HIV will not be barred from entering, staying or seeking residence in Namibia based solely on HIV positive status.
Latest Resources
- Building effective partnerships: Donor Consortium Conferences
- Consultation Implications of NPT research and development for people living with HIV
- PLHIV Stigma in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia Poster
- Global Picture of HIV Criminalisation Poster
- The Critical Role of PLHIV in shaping Biomedical Prevention Research Poster
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