APACHA India acknowledges the Peer out reach workers contribution to NACP.

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APACHA India acknowledges the Peer out reach workers contribution to

NACP.

The Indian Multi Sectoral Civil Society Alliance to Combat HIV / AIDS

launched in Mumbai on 12th February, 2009 acknowledged the Peer out

reach workers contribution to the National AIDS Control Program

(NACP).

The unanimous resolution of the funding members of APACHA India

observed that the Peer out reach workers are the backbone of National

HIV response. The resoulution further stated that " We strongly feel

the need for increasing the remuneration for the services of the peer

out reach workers immediately "

@Many of the peer outreach workers are from the affected and infected

communities and deserve additional care and support. When the

remuneration of all the other administrators of HIV response have

increased, reducing the remuneration of peer outreach workers is

unfortunate, unjustified & unethical " . the resolution further

observed.

The civil society alliance APACHA India is the representative body of

Asian People's Alliance for Combating HIV & AIDS (APACHA) is lead by a

22 member Executive Committee.

Dr. Ashok Rau of Freedom Foundation is the Chairperson of APACHA

India for next one year. Other members in the team are: Vice-

President Noori Saleem, Vice- President Dr. Boby , Secretary-

Mathew Mattam, Join Secretary- Sanghamitra Iyengar, Joint

Secretary- Namita Nanda, Treasurer Dr. Sanjeev Kumar.

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