Support for people living with HIV/AIDS

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Hi and Happy New Year to everyone,

This is a mailing to address Dr. Maniar's query: Mumbai has several groups

for Positive People.

1) One of the oldest is the Salvation Army group at Byculla, Sankli Street.

2) Maharashtra Network of Positive People at the BMC Eye Hospital also has

separate groups (I think) for males and females

3) Swayam Siddha Sanghatana based at Parel also has support group meetings

4) Committed Communities Development Trust has groups specifically for women

and for CSWs.

5) Sevadhan (Andheri) and Sankalp (Bombay Central) do work with drug users.

6) Other organisations that have groups are World Vision India (Andheri) and

perhaps Apnalaya (Shivaji Nagar)

7) Dr. Prakash Bora has a large meeting once every three or four months for

people who are infected as well as family members where it is easy to lose

oneself in the crowd and not be directly identified.

These are the most active ones and most are members of the NGO AIDS Forum in

Mumbai. Many of these organisations are also located across the city and

there is some degree of co-ordination between all of them. So referrals to

one usually means that clients enter a network of services.

Melita Vaz

E-mail: <melita@...>

on behalf of the AIDS Forum in Mumbai