UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa

 Elizabeth Mataka, United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa:

“We are no longer fatalistic about HIV and AIDS. There is hope.”

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SADC Protocol on Women and HIV/AIDS

 

This is a recent commitment made by governments of the worst hit countries in the world by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Southern Africa harbours populations that are burdened with the highest HIV prevalence rate, with South Africa having the biggest HIV positive population on the continent.
 
The SADC PROTOCOL for 2015 – builds on the Maseru Declaration and in particular Article 27 in plain words sets out the new responsibilities of governments in the region concerning gender. Pdf.
 
 
      Article 27 on Gender and HIV/AIDSArticle 27 on Gender and HIV/AIDS
 
States Parties shall take every step necessary to adopt and implement gender sensitive policies and programmes, and enact legislation, that will address prevention, treatment, care and support in accordance with, but not limited to, the Maseru Declaration on HIV and AIDS. 
 
State Parties shall ensure that the policies and programmes referred to in sub-Article 1 take account of the unequal status of women, the particular vulnerability of the girl child as well as harmful practices and biological factors that result in women constituting the majority of those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.
 
State Parties shall by 2015:
Develop gender sensitive strategies to prevent new infections;
Ensure universal access to HIV and Aids treatment for infected women, men, girls and boys; and
Develop and implement policies and programmes to ensure appropriate recognition of the work carried out by care givers.