Presidential AIDS Council (COPRESIDA) and the Foundation AID for AIDS (AFA) signed an agreement to promote strategies to improve living conditions of People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in order to strengthen the national response to the epidemic. The agreement was signed on a Memorandum of Understanding by Dr. Gustavo Rojas Lara, Director of COPRESIDA, Mr. Jesus Aguais, Executive Director of AID FOR AIDS International and the architect Rafael Ricart Nouel, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation Dominican AID for AIDS.
The signing of the agreement, AID for AIDS Foundation announced a donation of antiretroviral drugs for opportunistic infections and valued at 5 million pesos to COPRESIDA.
Dr. Rojas Lara said that with the incorporation of the Foundation extending the range of the National Response and strengthen the actions of both prevention and care.
"The idea is to cover the gaps in access to medicines that face people who are on ART or those who need it and can not acquire," the official said.
The actions envisaged in the agreement will be oriented to access to treatment programs, prevention, training health professionals and program of comprehensive care for children and adolescents.
In the area of \u200b\u200bprevention and promotion actions will be implemented in close coordination of the programs developed the Ministry of Education to train educational community.
To strengthen the Integrated Care Program for Children and Adolescents, the agreement provides medical support and counseling to address the health challenges and benefit from antiretroviral drug treatments.
Through the agreement, AFA is committed to put their experience and the work he has done since 1998 to serve the National Response COPRESIDA supporting their strategic actions.
"The purpose of this agreement is to cover as many people in rescue therapies, both individually and in mass, and other services" Ricart said Rafael Nouel, President of the Board of the Foundation.
said that with the joint efforts of both entities will be a strategic alliance to build a better response to the epidemic.
Under the agreement, AID For AIDS Foundation will also support efforts in prevention COPRESIDA to implement the general knowledge about the epidemic, through the "How you know about HIV and AIDS?".
In other ingredients, the signatory institutions seek to reduce stigma and discrimination around the epidemic, improving the quality of life of people living with HIV in the country. The donation
The donation of antiretroviral drugs and opportunistic infections was delivered by representatives of AID for AIDS Foundation Dr. Gustavo Rojas Lara, in the presence of technical equipment COPRESIDA. The donation includes
Fluconazole Siprofloxasina and Zidolam-n, and its total cost is RD $ 4, 995,541.76.
May 4, 2010
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