Dear All,

First of all many thanks to GYCA to provide a unique opportunity to implement a small grant project title “Access to care, treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) in Nepal “.

The purpose of this project is to remind us our mission, commitment and promises and if successful to influence policy making process and resource allocation decisions for quality care, treatment services in Nepal.

Specific Objective of the project is:
• Develop fact HIV and AIDS treatment IEC materials.
• Provide a unique PHA forum to their share ideas, stories, challenges, gaps and needs of PHA.
• Meaningful involvement of youth PHA in policy/decision level of Health/HIV.

Initially, we are preparing to develop a fact HIV and AIDS treatment IEC material and distribute in INGOs/NGOs, CBOs and government agencies etc. and aware them about the needs of PLHAs minimum standard of quality care, treatment services in Nepal.

Similarly, we are preparing to conduct a PLHAs forum, where they can share their challenges, needs and gaps and also conduct current stakeholders meeting. The agenda of the forum and stakeholders meeting is to survey on the side effects of 1st and 2nd line Anti-retro viral (ARV) treatment and what regimen are provided in 2nd line ART by Nepal Government to PLHA and how many people are receiving 2nd line treatment in a free of cost, because Government of Nepal had announced to provide 1st line ARV regimen for PLHAs in a free of cost.


Cheers,
sujan