AAN (AIDS ALLIANCE NEPAL) is a national community based non-profitorganization representing people living with HIV/AIDS through a network of individuals and groups who provide services to people living withHIV/AIDS (PLWHA). AAN was formed in March 2005 in response to an emerging need for PLWHA (especially women and children living with HIV) to be given a voice.

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World AIDS Day observed in Nepal
Sunday, 17 February 2008
Various groups and organizations in Nepal came together to mark the World AIDS Day Saturday with the theme "Take the Lead". In his message to the occasion, Dr. Padam Bahadur Chand, director of National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Center, said that the government was working to implement the commitments made to ensure universal access to treatment and care for the HIV/AIDS patients. According to him, there are AIDS Coordination Committees in all of the 75 districts in the country. Through 16 centers, 1,296 patients are being provided with Anti Retro Viral treatment. Official statistics show that there are 10,321 HIV/AIDS patients, of whom 1,553 are with full blown AIDS in the country. According to UNAIDS, there are some nearly 40 million people living with HIV throughout the world, among which approximately 2- 3.5 million people in South Asia are living with HIV and AIDS.
 
World AIDS Day 2007
Friday, 15 February 2008
World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 38.6 million people living with HIV, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 3.1 million (between 2.8 and 3.6 million) lives in 2005 of which, more than half a million (570,000) were children. AAN encourage you to participate in the rallies being organized in all over Nepal. Make this year World Aids Day a grand success.
 
Joint initiative to help children affected by AIDS in Nepal
Friday, 15 February 2008
A joint initiative to support the government in achieving universal access for children and their families to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support is being launched, Thursday, by the UNICEF, Family Health International (FHI), the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nepal (NAP+N) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID). "The partnership seeks protection, care and support for children affected by AIDS, with the goal of ensuring early entry into care and/or treatment for HIV-exposed children and to increase access to comprehensive services for children throughout the country. The partnership also aims to prevent mother to child HIV transmission," states a press release by the UNICEF. Children account for half of all the new HIV infections worldwide and it is estimated that approximately four thousand children in Nepal are infected with HIV. With an estimated seventy thousand people living with HIV in Nepal, there are tremendous implications for children, whose lives are greatly affected when a parent is infected, the release adds. The partnership will work under the coordination of the National Center for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC). Source: NepalNews
 
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