Re: National Conference on Research in HIV & AIDS,April 21-23, 2006

April 19, 2006

Dear friends,

It doesn't give me any surprise now the way NACO is working through when there

is no mention in the web page of NACO about its Ditrector (Dr. Sujata Rao) even

several months after her posting. Likewise the name of the RSAC has not yet been

changed.

Also you can see at NACO web page many columns are lying blank and the figures

filled in some of the columns are more than 6 months old, never updated, inspite

of reminding them, never ask the related SACs why don't they send their details

regularly?

I just can't understand who should we asked for such kind of irregularities when

NACO doesn't respond ? There are certain questions i.e. what they want to

achieve from this kind of announcement ? who have been invited ? who will be

participating?

What will they get out of it ? will any one be going to evaluate the outcomes of

the conference ?

I extremely surprise on the silence of NACO on some of the other questions of

importance e.g.

(i) announcement of the Health Minister for making HIV testing mandatory in Goa,

(ii) PEP services limited to health care workers only and not for the rape

victims etc.

(III) closing down offices of SACs in M.P., Chhatisgarh, Andman & Nicobar etc.

I wish to get some clarification before, I include the issues in my report to be

submitted to UNAIDS PCB, but I didn't get any response from the Director, NACO

till the deadline, may be she didn't take it as serious or important?

The sharing and debate must go on and wait for the right time, because I believe

that still there is a ray of hope.

regards,

Bhawani

Bhawani Shanker Kusum

NGO Delegate for Asia Pacific, UNAIDS PCB

Secretary & Executive Director

Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS)

Amber Bhawan, Amber 302028

Jaipur, India

Tel./Fax : 91-141-2530719

E-mail: gbsbsk@...

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