Our national partner in Pakistan, Association of People Living with HIV (APLHIV) commenced its major activities for year 2017 with a two days National level gathering in Islamabad from 23rd -24th Jan 2017, which included launching of a report on Base Line Assessment of Integrated HIV Treatment Services, Advocacy ... Read More
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Feb2017
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Jun2016
In a strongly worded statement dated 14th June, 2016, APN+ expresses concerns over impact of Intellectual Property and Investment Provisions in RCEP negotiations. These trade negotiations threaten commitment made by RCEP Countries at the UN on 8 June, 2016 in the “Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast-Track ... Read More
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May2016
The Annual Report of 2015 provides a glimpse into the background of the network and also highlights its features of peer led advocacy, leadership, network strengthening, communication, secretariat strengthening and capacity building, challenges, ways forward and funding. Please click to Download PDF
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May2016
The APN+ Newsletter begins with a hopeful message from the steering committee followed by highlights of the network’s current and upcoming projects. Snippets of the CAT-S phase II roll out, Regional KAP grant, CCM capacity building initiative, regional study on the community based testing, online communications, generic pharma meeting in ... Read More
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May2016
1. Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) Community Rep meeting on 19th and 20th May: The Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) capacity development initiative in the Asia Pacific region has entered the second phase. APN+ along with GNP+ will facilitate a two-day regional meeting at Holiday Inn, Bangkok to review results from last ... Read More
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Apr2016
Negotiators from 16 countries will meet in Perth, Australia, 24 April, 2016 onwards for the 12th round of negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). The RCEP negotiating countries include developed countries (Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea), developing countries (China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, ... Read More
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Mar2016
APN Plus initiated MATA in 2011 as part of its multi-country proposal under Round 10 of the Global Fund grants implementation. The program assessed HIV treatment related issues like pre-ART care, ART, ART adherence, treatment literacy, high risk behavior, health seeking behavior, etc. and to develop baseline to monitor changes ... Read More
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Mar2016
Free HIV counseling and treatment is available worldwide; however, there are still a large number of individuals who remain deprived of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). Due to delayed diagnosis, the effectiveness of ART is reduced. The most vulnerable population is found to be Men who have sex with men (MSM) and ... Read More
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Mar2016
During the 2015 UN ESCAP Inter Governmental Meeting of HIV and AIDS held in Bangkok, a regional framework for action on HIV and AIDS beyond 2015 was set and focuses on three key pillars:
Addressing legal and policy barriers to access to HIV services;
Ensuring access to affordable medicines, diagnostics and vaccines; ... Read More
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Feb2016
APN Plus became the Principal Recipient (PR) for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in early 2011 under round 10 grant titled Monitoring Access to Treatment in Asia (MATA). The grant aims to improve understanding about issues related to PLHIV’s access to treatment, care and support ... Read More