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Advancing
the Human Rights approach to HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe
Hege Waagan,
UNAIDS, Social Mobilisation Adviser
May 27, 2006
This presentation
was made at the launch of the Zimbabwean
HIV/AIDS Human Rights Charter 27th May 2006.
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Overview
- Human Rights
and human rights approaches to HIV and AIDS
- Brief overview
of the situation in Zimbabwe
- Global UNAIDS
initiatives linked to Human Rights
- UNAIDS support
to national level implementation of 3 ONES
- One strategic
framework
- MIPA
- One coordinating
authority
- One M&E
framework
- Other areas
of support: Resource mobilisation and information
- Summary
How do Human
Rights relate to HIV and AIDS
- Lack of possibility
to fulfill ones human rights increase the vulnerability of the
population, contribute to increase in prevalence and worsens the
impact of HIV and AIDS
- Poor access
to information, education and health care services increase the
risk of contracting the virus and the impact of HIV is felt more
keenly
So, HIV and
AIDS specific approaches alone can not solve the problem.
- Underlying
causes of vulnerability must be addressed
- And HIV and
AIDS made part of development programmes
UNGASS-The declaration
of commitment on HIV/AIDS
- Recognises
that the realisation of human rights is essential to reducing
vulnerability to HIV and AIDS.
- Protecting
human rights empower people living with HIV.
- Human rights
are interrelated and interdependent. So the right to health cannot
be viewed in isolation from rights to education, housing and employment
etc.
- Progressive
realisation of rights
- But, requires
deliberate, concrete and targeted actions towards the goals.
- HIGH level
meeting on AIDS 31 May-2 June. A review of achievements and establishing
new commitment.
What do we
promote?
- Those rights
necessary to enable people to avoid infection
- Those rights
necessary to cope if living with HIV
- all the rights;
civil, economic, political, social and cultural.
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