Today, 6th December the actual PCB kicked off at the CICG, the Centre for International conferences of Geneva. Michel Sidibe opened the session with his Executive report and spoke about universal access, treatment care and support and prevention revolution.
The Twenty sixth PCB meeting minutes were shared and highlighted a strong link to the current strategy on sexual and reproductive health and HIV. In addition the meeting taught me three components, universal access, care and support and human right .There was also an extensive discussion on the UNAIDS strategy regarding care and support and universal access of treatment for people living with HIV , especially for woman and girls and vulnerable groups. Dr Françoise, who discovered the HIV virus presented a good session on treatment. The discussion was very useful as she talked about treatment for when the cd4 count is very high. She also indicated the importance of adherence and the effects it has on the body. Furthermore, there is research under way to look the African monkey who has a similar virus (SIV) to discover why they don’t get sick, and what that means to people living with HIV as well as treatment options. Furthermore UNAIDS shared their strategy for the next five years and stressed the importance of country commitment to roll this out. The UNAIDS vision of zero new infections, zero AIDS related deaths, zero discrimination was reiterated. The importance of comprehensive prevention work was also discussed as the Prevention revolution presents considerable cost cutting for HIV treatment, because less people will then be infected. All the countries shared their commitment to the UNAIDS strategy and agreed to develop an operational plan as a means of implementation. After the meeting we had a debriefing with the NGO delegation as well as the WAC observers team.
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