Commissioner joy phumaphi opens meeting on treatment and care for persons living with HIV/AIDS

Abstract

The second CHGA Interactive was held in Gaborone, Botswana in 2004. During the meeting Statement given by Mrs. Phumaphi, Commissioner of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance, former Minister of Health of the Republic of Botswana in which she stressed that "HIV/AIDS is a personal challenge, a challenge affecting individuals, families and communities". The objective of CHGA interactive is to promote Civil Society Organization (CSO's) reflection on the issues of AIDS and governance, informing civil society of the work of CHGA, and obtaining civil society inputs into CHGA's own deliberations and recommendations. This engagement will ensure that the commission's final recommendations are not only reflective of critical analytical insight, but crucially, sensitive to the needs of those agencies and actors at the sharp-end of responding to the multiple challenges posed by HIV/AIDS.