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| To address the issues related to HIV and AIDS at political level, a newly constituted Maharashtra Legislator’s Forum on AIDS (MHLFA) was launched in Mumbai on 19 July 2010. |
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| 3 March 2010 |
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| To mark the 10th anniversary of the International Sex Workers’ Rights Day and to increase attention of the state government towards human rights issues of sex workers, a group of legislators met 60 members of Chaitanya Mahila Mandali- a community based organisation of sex workers in Hyderabad. The meeting was convened by Andhra Pradesh Legislators Forum on AIDS (APLFA) in collaboration with SWECHA - a sex workers’ forum - and Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS). |
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| 2 July 2009 |
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| The Delhi High Court in India annulled a 150-year-old law criminalizing "carnal intercourse against the order of nature," commonly known as Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. |
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| 29 June 2009 |
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| Dr. Charles Gilks, UNAIDS India Country Coordinator, travelled to Guwahati, Assam along with Mr. Mark Dominic Bailey and Mr. Gopi Menon from Australian International Development Agency (AusAID) and Mr. Claes Erik Leijon and Ms. Yasmin Zaveri from Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) on June 29, 2009. |
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| 27 May 2009 |
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| Dr. Charles Gilks, UNAIDS India Country Coordinator, travelled to Uttar Pradesh on a two day visit from May 27 to 28, 2009. Dr. Gilks had a set of highly interactive discussion sessions with Uttar Pradesh Government officials — including Health Secretary, Dr. Lalit Verma; Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (SACS) Project Director, Mr. S. P. Goyal; officials of UP State AIDS Control Society (UPSACS) and its Technical Support Unit. |
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| 17 May 2009 |
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| The Andhra Pradesh Legislators Forum on HIV and AIDS (APLFA), along with the Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) through its District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit of East Godavari District and the Telugu Network of Positive People (TNP+) jointly observed the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial (IACM) at Kakinada on 17 May 2009. |
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| 20 April 2009 |
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| In a landmark decision, the Nagaland State Council on AIDS, the highest decision-making body on HIV-related issues in the state, on Wednesday approved a new State AIDS Policy. |
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| 21 February 2009 |
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| In a milestone in the political response to HIV in India, more than a 100 elected state legislators, from all major political parties in Andhra Pradesh have pledged to incorporate the goal of universal access to HIV services in their political manifestos. |
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| 10 February 2009 |
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| More than 600 young people from across the country -- sexual minorities, injecting drug users, positive networks, truck drivers, migrant groups, youth groups – came together for a two-day festival in the capital to celebrate sexuality, engage in a dialogue and find innovative solutions. |
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| 2 February 2009 |
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| Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation, inaugurated the two-day national planning workshop to scale up the Hindu leaders response to HIV across the country, at the Art of Living International Centre in Bangaluru on 31 Jan. 2009. |
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