INP+ to hold Dharna and Rally for ARVS in Delhi

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People living with HIV to hold dharna and rally to demand new aids drugs.

Access denied to crucial new HIV/AIDS medicines under the Indian government’s

AIDS treatment programme. Many HIV - positive people face aids & death.

DHARNA: 29 November – 1 December 2006, Inauguration: 11 AM, Jantar Mantar

WHAT: The Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS (INP+) is holding a

three-day Dharna at Jantar Mantar, which will culminate in a mass rally on World

AIDS Day – 1 December to demand that the Indian government include new AIDS

drugs in its free ARV (anti-retroviral) treatment programme. Many persons living

with HIV from around the country in dire need of second line treatment will sit

in the dharna for all three days.

WHEN: The inauguration of the Dharna will take place at 11 am on 29 November

2006 at Jantar Mantar and will be addressed by MPs, persons living with HIV and

activists and social workers representing various organizations.

The rally will take place on 1 December 2006 – World AIDS Day at Jantar Mantar,

10.30 am onwards.

WHERE: Jantar Mantar, New Delhi

For more information please contact:

Elango Ramachandar, President: +91-9448060409

KK Abraham, General Secretary: +91-9840066386

, INP+: tel - +91 – 9868984933

Loon Gangte, DNP+: tel - +91 – 9871029514

e-mail: <awaazdho@...>