Past activities – capacity building and advocacy
The Coordinator was involved in numerous activities which can be divided into 4 categories
A) Access to treatment of Hepatitis C – This involves active participation at the first South and Southeast Asian Community Consultation on HCV (June 22-23) in Bangkok and a presentation at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna where the Coordinator gave an overview of the problem from Asian perspective. Loon was a driving force behind discussions between NACO, UNAIDS, WHO and ITPC-India to push for the inclusion of HVC in the sentinel survey. In addition, HIVCF, for the first time, will allocate resources to projects focussed on women and HIV and possibly HCV.
B) EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiation – The Coordinator worked in partnership with Indian CSOs to advocate for the ceasing of bilateral discussions between the EU and the Indian government in regards to strengthening FTA TRIP+ provisions that would significantly undermine domestic production of affordable generic medicines. Sign-ons, press releases, press conferences, rallies and international media interviews were held in India and at the IAC in Vienna.
C) Technical discussions with key stakeholders: The Coordinator submitted a training module on Living Positively: The Role of the Network of Positive People as requested by NACO for the ART doctors training curriculum. There was a half-day meeting on TB with stakeholders in India, a meeting organised by UNAIDS-India on Universal Access and face-to-face meeting with NACO reps on eligibility criteria for enrolment on second line ART.
D) Organisational development – ITPC-India: The Coordinator worked closely with ITPC-India and encouraged NACO to include ITPC-India members on its Technical Review Group on ART. He also led the site-visit of Steven Solnick from Ford Foundation and prepared brief update on progress, challenges and achievement of ITPC-India to date.
Current and future activities
HIVCF round 5 is being discussed with the programme manager and programme director and the Regional Secretariat aims to have a preparation meeting in Early October.
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