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His Royal Higheness Chief
Mumena (left), Dr. Kaunda.
Hon. Jean Kapata and Ben
Kangwa
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United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has
told the 19th International Conference on AIDS currently taking place in
Washington DC, that the US will support the Zambian government to step up
efforts to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS.
This is contained in a Statement released by Zambian Embassy Charges D’Affaire Ben Kangwa.
Addressing the gathering among them Zambia’s First Republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, Community Development Maternal and Child Health deputy minister Jean Kapata and Chief Mumena of the Kaonde people of Solwezi district, Hillary said the Obama Administration would keep up the momentum on mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS, help many more Zambians get on treatment and support a massive “scale up” of male circumcision.
She explained that the US support would drive down the number of new sexually transmitted infections by more than 25 per cent over the next five years. Hillary said, as the number of new infections in Zambia decreased, it would be possible to treat more people than those becoming infected each year, stating that for the first time, man would get ahead of the pandemic and eventually an AIDS free generation of Zambians would be in sight.
”Think of the lives we will touch in Zambia alone – all the mothers, fathers and children who will never have their lives ripped apart by the disease. And now, multiply that across the many other countries we are working with,” said Hillary. “This is a fight we can win. We have already come this far, too far to stop now. HIV may be with us into the future until we find a cure or a vaccine, but the disease that HIV causes need not be with us,” she said amid a huge deafening applause.” She observed that between 2009 and 2011, the number of new infections in Zambia went down by more than half and that this was just the beginning of things to come.
This is contained in a Statement released by Zambian Embassy Charges D’Affaire Ben Kangwa.
Addressing the gathering among them Zambia’s First Republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, Community Development Maternal and Child Health deputy minister Jean Kapata and Chief Mumena of the Kaonde people of Solwezi district, Hillary said the Obama Administration would keep up the momentum on mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS, help many more Zambians get on treatment and support a massive “scale up” of male circumcision.
She explained that the US support would drive down the number of new sexually transmitted infections by more than 25 per cent over the next five years. Hillary said, as the number of new infections in Zambia decreased, it would be possible to treat more people than those becoming infected each year, stating that for the first time, man would get ahead of the pandemic and eventually an AIDS free generation of Zambians would be in sight.
”Think of the lives we will touch in Zambia alone – all the mothers, fathers and children who will never have their lives ripped apart by the disease. And now, multiply that across the many other countries we are working with,” said Hillary. “This is a fight we can win. We have already come this far, too far to stop now. HIV may be with us into the future until we find a cure or a vaccine, but the disease that HIV causes need not be with us,” she said amid a huge deafening applause.” She observed that between 2009 and 2011, the number of new infections in Zambia went down by more than half and that this was just the beginning of things to come.
The 2012 International Conference on AIDS theme is “Turning
the Tide Together” and more than 21,000 delegates were officially registered by
yesterday. Zambia’s number of participants registered by the National AIDS
Council to date stands at 77.
The opening Session has set the stage for participants to
present and review the latest scientific research and to build momentum toward
ensuring that financial and global leadership across all sectors keeps pace
with scientific progress against HIV.
Project Concern International (PCI) made a presentation on “Reducing HIV incidence rates through repeat testing and post test risk reduction education” under the theme – The Case of Zambia’s Defence Force Counselling and Testing.
The presentation was made by PCI Programme Officer Elina Mulenga while Yvonne Mulenga, the Programme Manager of the same organization presented a Poster Exhibition on Counselling and Testing.
The Conference ends on July 27th, 2012
Project Concern International (PCI) made a presentation on “Reducing HIV incidence rates through repeat testing and post test risk reduction education” under the theme – The Case of Zambia’s Defence Force Counselling and Testing.
The presentation was made by PCI Programme Officer Elina Mulenga while Yvonne Mulenga, the Programme Manager of the same organization presented a Poster Exhibition on Counselling and Testing.
The Conference ends on July 27th, 2012
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