Monday, April 19, 2010

Assignment Submission: Campaign on Zero Tolerance of Discrimination against HIV and AIDS

General Objective
Build a society with an equal respect of all the human beings irrespective of their disease condition and status to contribute a peaceful and healthy society.

Specific Objectives
At the end of 2011, with respect to HIV status;
-Declare and display targeted central level public hospital, and perpheral health care centers zero disricimination area
-Enforce targeted service centers to treat equally during recruitment and serving the clients

Targets:
At the end of 2011, there will be
-2 Central Hospitals declared zero discrimination area
-10 Illaka Level Health Post and 10 VDC Level subhealth post of one target district declared zero discrimination area
-Zero cases of discrimination with respect to HIV status in job opportunities in recruiting and selection process in the targeted district
-Zero cases of discrimination( as of reported in media or admin.body ) of public services ( at the government service centres: hospitals, public health office, local development office, adminstration office at district level) with respect to HIV status

Strategies
-Political commitment
-Administrative commitment
-Mobilize social, political and religious leaders
-Create healthy pressure through media campaign
-Ensure visibility of zero tolerance of discrimination against HIV status
-Linking existing structure of GON and civil societies to ensure sustainability of program ( ART, PMTCT, VCT and RH/STI programs)
-Involvement of the concerned groups in program planning, implementation and monitoring
-Focus on young people through school based child clubs and community based child clubs
-Linking child clubs with Paralegal committees of VDCs for scaling up at national level

Focus areas :
-Social structure: utilize the existing structure
-Education: link with existing education system
- Health Infrastructure: utilize the existing structure
- Income and Basic need fulfillment opportunity
- PLHA's right to be free from violence : existing laws



Opportunities
-Constitution of Nepal
-HIV/AIDS policy of Nepal
-Local governance and municipality acts for taking activities at local level to born resources locally
-Grant guidelines at DDC and VDC level to design and implement local level small and low cost activities
-More than dozens of FMs and National Newspapers
-Equity and access project and social mobilization focus by Ministry of Health of Nepal and its district health/public health offices

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Problem Tree : Change Sigthed and Targeted


1.Which of the causes are you most interested in trying to change? Why?

I would like to go for economic discrimination to target for immeidieate change. Since, there is fluid political situtation which is deteriorating all the sociodemographic interventions. Currently, we can focus on what the legal document is already stating.
Interim constitution of Nepal has stated health as human right. So, it is states' responsibility to focus on the health needs of the citizens irrespective of economic status of citizen,
So, current social protection frame will enable at a minimum to state on the issue.

2. Which of the causes would be easiest for you to influence with your available time and resources? Why?
Economic discrimination at health facilities can mostly be eradicated as it has strong legal frame suupported by constitution of Nepal. It would not be so easy but ;
-strong media campaign,
-Local political support
- Anti discrimination office policy
- Zero tolerance for discrimination

are the some of the feasible interventions that we can do immediately.

HIV and Human Right Issues in Nepal.