|
PREVENTION |
| Awareness, STI
mgmnt. Vaccine Initiative |
- Continue with and intensify the
programmes, and give them higher profile
|
| PMTCT |
- Continue with research on Nevirapine,
and implement Constitutional Court decision
- Extend sites where demands of research
dictate and where there is capacity, in
accordance with national guidelines and
protocols
- Decide in December using research
results whether to introduce universal
access to Nevirapine
- Working on Universal Roll-out Plan in
line with conditions above, as a matter of
urgency
|
| Anti-retrovirals
in instances of rape |
- Endeavour to provide a comprehensive
package of support for survivors of sexual
assault. They will be counselled, including
on the risks, allowed to make an informed
choice and provided with the drugs if it is
their choice in accordance with guidelines
and protocols (as with needle-stick
injuries)
- Continue to ensure that such drugs are
administered in accordance with protocols
- Promote further research into efficacy
of this
|
|
TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT |
| Opportunistic
infections |
- Continue and intensify the programme,
and give it higher profile
- Publicise progress in availability of "specialised"
drugs such as Diflucan, and drugs for TB and
pneumonia, and encourage People Living with
AIDS to partner government in monitoring
availability in health institutions
|
| Care and
support interventions |
- Continue and intensify the
programme, and give it higher profile
|
| Anti-retrovirals
in comprehensive treatment |
- Recognition that ARVs can help if
administered at particular stages in the
progression of AIDS and in accordance with
international guidelines and protocols
- Continue efforts to reduce costs of
these drugs including discussions with
producers of main drugs, access to the
Global Fund and investigating production of
generics
- Campaign to improve compliance with
treatment regimes for all drugs
- Ensure private sector administers drugs
in accordance with national guidelines
- Encourage investigation into alternative
treatments based, particularly, on
supplements and medication to boost immune
system
|
|
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL ISSUES |
| Discrimination
|
- Intensify campaign against
discrimination
- Continue with investigation on further
legal avenues to protect the infected and
affected
|
| Broad social
issues |
- Commitment to urgent action and caring
- Appreciation of the need to deal with
challenge of poverty as part of overall
programme against HIV/AIDS
- Openness in dealing with epidemic and
development of policy issues
|
|
MONITORING, RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE |
| Statistical
System |
- Continue improvement of methodologies
and National Statistical System as a whole
|
| International
AIDS Panel |
- Work to continue, and government is not
protagonist in scientific debate but seeks
to facilitate and benefit from results of
research
|
|
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS |
| Broad Local
partnerships |
- Renewal and strengthening of
partnerships
- Encourage all SANAC partners to act as
primary voice of the campaign
|
| Health
Practitioners |
- Show sensitivity to their difficult
situation, and work with them to improve
working conditions
|
| International
Partnerships |
- Strengthen liaison with SADC, African
and Developing countries to ensure common
approaches on strategic issues
|
|
STRUCTURES |
| South African
National AIDS Council |
- Improve structures and style of
operation
|
| Government
|
- Constitute "core SANAC" Ministers,
including DACST and Presidency ministers
into Presidential Task Team in AIDS
- Strengthen government structures dealing
with HIV/AIDS, led by Deputy President
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