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Welcome to SEA-AIDS! |
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SEA-AIDS is a regional electronic discussion forum (eForum) focused on HIV/AIDS, TB and other health and development issues in Asia and the Pacific. Founded in March 1996, SEA-AIDS is a moderated eForum, with support from a virtual network of experts called the SEA-AIDS eForum Resource Team.
SEA-AIDS objectives
- promoting collaboration between non-governmental organisations and governments
- enhancing participation and debate around regional/national decision-making and policies
Core functions
- A platform for dialogue, discussion and debate;
- Supporting regional advocacy;
- Mapping regional developments and emerging issues; and
- Providing an overview of news, events, projects, resources and job-openings
Members
People living with HIV/AIDS; those working with community based and local/national/regional/global non-governmental and civil society organisations; UN and other regional and global intergovernmental agencies; employees of national, provincial and district-level governments; corporate, multilateral and institutional donors; doctors and health workers; HIV/AIDS documentation/information centres; research institutes; academic establishments; journalist/media groups; faith-based organisations; pharmaceutical and other private sector organisations |
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Online Discussion on Universal Access |
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ITPC, APN+, 7 sisters, WAC, AHRN and HDN are pleased to announce a new focused online discussion of Universal Access on SEA-AIDS beginning on Monday, 12 May. During the next three months (May-July 2008), this online discussion will introduce specific themes and questions relating to universal access, based in part on the regional framework developed by civil society during the preparation of the Independent Commission on AIDS report in late 2007
We encourage you to join and participate in the discussion.
Click here to read the posting announcing the discussion.
During the focused discussion, key background documents will be available here:
Key Correspondent (KC) articles: Personal testimonies of PLHIV with TB
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Rapporteur Summaries from 8th ICAAP |
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Rapporteur summaries of the issues emerging during the 8th ICAAP, held on 19-23 August in Colombo, Sri Lanka are posted here!
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KC On-site Reports from 8th ICAAP Colombo, Sri Lanka 2007 |
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Key Correspondent (KC) On-site Reports
From Colombo and Beyond – The 8th ICAAP Colombo Declaration 
8th ICAAP Newspaper
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Background Resources on the AIDS Epidemic in Asia Pacific |
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The Correspondent issue 15, “From Kobe to Colombo: Keeping AIDS in focus in Asia and the Pacific,” produced by Health and Developments Networks (HDN) is a useful background resource for ICAAP events. This special issue of the Correspondent comprises two parts; obstacles and recommendations for action – Regional Consultation on Scaling up towards Universal Access Pattaya, Thailand – February 2006, and selected reports from the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) Kobe, Japan – July 2005.
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KC On-site Reports from 7th ICAAP Kobe, Japan 2005 |
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Key Correspondent (KC) On-site Reports
7th ICAAP Civil Society Statement to National Governments in the Asia Pacific region
7th ICAAP News
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Issue 3
(Size: 3,639 KB) |
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eCorrespondent |
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Read the SEA-AIDS monthly synopsis here!
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Critique: Children at the IAC |
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2.3
million children living with HIV today
<5%
Child-related abstracts
5%
Elligible children with HIV on ARVs
9%
PMTCT service coverage for pregnant women with HIV
"After 25 years of AIDS, why are children still largely ignored?"
- Richard Horton, Editor,
The Lancet
"It is a bitter indictment that so few HIV-positive pregnant women have access to PMTCT"
- Stephen Lewis, UN Special
Envoy on AIDS in Africa
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