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Name: AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa
Street 1: 5th Floor Mercantile House
Street 2: 63 Hout Street
City: Cape Town
Province: Western Cape
Post Code: 8001
Country: South Africa
Phone: +27214225463
Email: maggie@arasa.org.na
Web Site: http://www.arasa.info

Focal Point Contact Information

Salutation: Ms
First Name: Paula
Last Name: Akugizibwe
Title: Regional Treatment Literacy and Advocacy Coordinator
Title: Regional Treatment Literacy and Advocacy Coordinator
Email: p.akugi@gmail.com

TB activities you're involved in:

Advocacy, communication and social mobilization
Health Promotion
Media
Patient-led activities and social mobilization
Political and national advocacy
TB education and awareness raising
Funding
Advocacy
Capacity Building for partner initiatives
Research
Research
Health systems, services and policy research
MDR-TB
Technical Assistance
Advocacy
Human Resources training (Drs, nurses, researchers, NGOs)
Research
 

General Information

Organization Type: NGO - International Health

Organization Description:
Established in 2002, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) is a regional partnership of non-governmental organisations working together to promote a human rights approach to HIV/AIDS and TB in Southern Africa through capacity building and advocacy. It is constituted in the form of a trust and all partner organisations are members of the trust. Three steering committees, comprising trust members, act as advisory boards for the three ARASA programme areas: training and awareness raising, advocacy and lobbying and regional treatment literacy and advocacy.

Central to all of the programme areas is the recognition that some 25 years into the epidemic the protection of human rights remains critical to a successful response to HIV and AIDS. HIV-related stigma and discrimination remain major obstacles to meeting the target of universal access to HIV prevention, care and treatment. It is internationally recognised that protection of human rights, both of those vulnerable to HIV infection and those already infected, is not only a right, but also produces positive public health results against HIV. The denial of human rights such as the rights to non-discrimination and gender equality, information, education, health, privacy and social assistance increases both vulnerability to infection as well as the impact of the epidemic. Particular attention must be given to protecting the rights of vulnerable groups such as women, young people and children as well as the rights of marginalised groups such as men having sex with men (MSM), intravenous drug users (IDU's), commercial sex workers, prisoners and others who engage in activities deemed to be immoral or illegal if they are to avoid infection and withstand the impact of HIV.

ARASA's central operational strategy through all three of these programme areas is thus to utilise the ARASA partnership to build and strengthen the capacity of civil society, with a particular focus on PLWA organisations, to effectively advocate for a human rights approach
 
Which Working Group(s) will you participate in: ACSM
MDR-TB
TB/HIV
No of staff who are directly involved with TB: 1 - 5
Which country are you based in: South Africa
Which country/ies do you do operate in: Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: African
Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: No
How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: Stop TB communications
Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: Network with other partners

Declaration of interests
No conflicts of interest were delacred.

Application date: 2009-1-9