( The President Shri A.P.J.Abdul Kalam h...)President Urges to Avoid Discrimination Against AIDS Patients,Health

The President, Shri A.P.J.Abdul Kalam has urged Parliamentarians to see that a robust and effective legislation which would prevent discrimination against AIDS// patients in their day-to-day life is brought into force within the next six months. The President was addressing a function on World AIDS Day organized by Parliamentarians Forum on HIV/AIDS and NACO here today.

The President made the following suggestions to MPs, research laboratories, the Pharma industry and the Health Ministry: Considering taking up control and prevention of HIV/AIDS from their constituency within the next five years as an important mission; Members of Parliament can create an organized awareness campaign among all rural youth and women in their constituency for enabling prevention of infection among this population through a well-organised prevention programme; Creating a mechanism in partnership with societal organizations, medical institutions and Government for testing blood for any contamination and ensuring that contaminated blood is not stored in any blood banks in their constituency; Considering facilitating hassle-free availability of all services such as schooling for children, rural employment, nutrition, health services, banking credit, training and employment to all people with HIV/AIDS in their constituency. This will enable improvement of the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS and make them feel that they are an integral part of society; Consider creation of a HIV/AIDS Foundation in partnership with philanthropists and NGOs in their constituency, which can provide financial assistance to needy HIV/AIDS patients for their treatment and sustenance and to identify individual groups and encourage their work to find out two or three herbal based solutions for the cure of HIV and for a HIV vaccine.

The Vice-President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in his address said that the YUVA campaign spearheaded by the youth has the potential to play a pio
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