2008-10-08

Kyrgyzstan. CAPACITY supported creation of the Union of PLH in Kyrgyzstan

On September 26–27, 2008 the initiative group, representing people living with HIV, organizations working with PLH and other interested partners, with the financial and technical support of the CAPACITY Project initiated the meeting of PLH. During the course of the meeting the following issues were reviewed and discussed: increasing the participation of PLH in developing the national policy on HIV, preparing proposals and recommendations to be included into the package of services for PLH drafted by the CAPACITY Project, and unifying the above organizations into a single legal entity. The meeting resulted with the establishment of the Union of PLH in Kyrgyzstan – the first in the history of the country, the constitutors of which became three organizations of people living with HIV, development and approval of the mission, goals and objectives of the Union, election of the Union Presidium and its Chair, as well as development of the draft of the package of services for PLH, which will be finalized and presented at the regional workshop organized by the CAPACITY Project in October 2008.

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